Sleuthhounds Series

As consulting detectives Jane Ampson and Pureluck Homes settle down to a less than harmonious Christmas day, word comes of a case. A case from an eccentric writer living in a secluded manor. The search is on for an item that not even the owner can remember. What secrets do these dusty halls hold? What bearing have they on the tensions between the detectives? And, most importantly, will there be figgy pudding at the end?

Murder most foul has happened at the gentlewoman's club of the Crimson Debutantes, and on Valentine's Day of all days. The only course of action is to call on club member Jane Ampson and her detecting partner Pureluck Homes to crack the contemptible crime. Together the Sleuthhounds must monitor the movements of the club's members, appraise (semi) fine art, dig into horticulture, and maybe even spark a romance between a certain feline detective and the club's maid.

An urgent summons brings detecting duo Pureluck Homes and Jane Ampson to Bram Tender's annual Halloween party. But all is not fun and games as the party goers – employees at Tender's Novelty Co. – are in danger of being..."or elsed". Our peerless private investigators must put a stop to practical jokes gone too far: itching powder allergies, critical banana slippage, silly string suffocation, and chattering vampire teeth. Can they save the day, win the Halloween contests, and ferret out the perpetrator all before the party ends with a bang?