Hi there! Mutt and Jeff here from Tracy Weber’s newest Mystery, A Fatal Twist. Those aren’t our real names but Michael, the nice human who’s decided to foster us, hasn’t come up with anything better yet. We’re six-week-old baby labradoodles. I’m Mutt, and I’m a gold female. My brother, Jeff, is all black.
Dru Ann asked us to write a post about a day in our lives, and since puppies live in the moment, we’ll have to write about today! Besides, we’re only six weeks old, so we only have forty-two days to choose from. And for the first fourteen of those, our eyes were closed!
Today’s been exciting and scary, both. We rode in a car for the first time inside a big, dark box. That was the scary part. The exciting part happened when Michael opened it! He said a few swear words when he first found us abandoned outside of his store, Pete’s Pets, but within a few seconds he started smiling and cooing.
He took us to this nice lady called a vet and had us checked out. She gave us a bath to get rid of some itchy little critters called fleas. Let me tell you, baths aren’t very fun at all. But as soon as she finished drying us off, she gave us some yummy treats, and all was forgiven.
Now we’re riding in a car again, this time on the way to Michael’s house. Michael thinks that we’re mellow, but that’s just because we’re super tired from our big adventure. Besides, we have to save up energy. We’ll have a lot of work to do once we get to his place.
Michael told the vet that he’s going to foster us until he finds out who abandoned us and why. He keeps mumbling about this woman named Kate, though. He’s afraid she’ll be mad when she learns that her canine family has tripled. He’s planning to bribe her with yummy smelling Chinese food and a bottle of something called Chardonnay.
We think he’s being silly. Of course Kate won’t mind. We’re hard workers. We dig, and chew, and sing, and we help humans get much-needed cardiovascular exercise. Their heart rate shoots way up whenever they try to catch us. And we’re super considerate. We go to the bathroom indoors. That way our humans don’t have to go outside in the cold weather to pick it up.
Michael is also worried about a German shepherd dog named Bella, which is just plain silly. He says Bella doesn’t like other dogs, but everyone knows that puppies are an exception. Big dogs love having their ears and tails pulled. And what’s more fun than a puppy swinging from your lower lip? As long as Bella gives us all of her food and toys, we’ll get along great.
We hear there’s a murder in our adventure, but we’re not sure what that word means, so you’ll have to read our story to find out.
Join us! We’re going to have so much fun!
A FATAL TWIST is the fourth book in the Downward Dog mystery series published by Midnight Ink, January 2017.
Yoga instructor Kate Davidson’s life takes a chaotic turn once she agrees to not only be the doula for her pregnant best friend, but also play foster mother to two puppies. The chaos gets worse when Kate finds the dead body of a philandering fertility doctor and sees Rachel, one of her yoga students, fleeing the scene.
Kate is convinced her student is innocent, and she sets out to find the real killer before her testimony condemns Rachel to a life behind bars. But her hands are full with caring for three dogs, teaching yoga classes, and gaining an unexpected crime-solving partner. If she’s not careful, Kate’s next yoga pose may be a fatal one.
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About the author
Tracy Weber is the author of the award-winning Downward Dog Mysteries series. The first book in the series, Murder Strikes a Pose, won the Maxwell Award for Fiction and was nominated for the Agatha award for Best First Novel.
Tracy is the owner of Whole Life Yoga, a Seattle yoga studio, as well as the creator and director of Whole Life 
Yoga’s teacher training program. She loves sharing her passion for yoga and animals in any way possible.
Tracy and her husband Marc live in Seattle with their crazy new German shepherd pup, Ana. When she’s not writing, Tracy spends her time teaching yoga, trying to corral Ana, and sipping Blackthorn cider at her favorite ale house.
For more information on Tracy and the Downward Dog Mysteries, visit her author website at TracyWeberAuthor.com.
All comments are welcomed.
Giveaway: Leave a comment below for your chance to win one of the 4 books in the Downward Dog series, either e-book (open to everyone) or paperback (U.S. residents only), winner’s choice. The giveaway will end January 11, 2017. Good luck everyone!
I love the Downward Dog series by Tracy Weber! The cover on this new book is so awesome! Looking forward to reading it! Thank you so much dearest Dru Ann and Tracy Weber for the chance to win. God bless you girls!
oh! puppies! <3
Loved the interview with Mutt and Jeff. I haven’t read this series yet but it has to be great if it has dogs in it. dbahn(at)iw(dot)net.
I love the Mutt and Jeff puppy interview. I hope they don’t torment Bella too much! grace dot koshida at gmail dot com
New series to me, but the puppy interview has me intrigued. Thanks for the chance to win one.
Smart mouthed pups!
Loved this post. Have yet to read this author. It looks like it is going to be a fantastic read. So hope this will be a start on the series.
Wonderful post and lovely giveaway. Thanks for this chance.
Loved this post! Perhaps the fact that my daughter and son-in-law have recently acquired a 8 week old black labradoodle puppy and have a 8 year old Australian Shepard mix adds to my interest?! I certainly think the author has a handle on those loveable mischievous puppies! Thanks Dru Ann for today’s entry! Thanks Tracy for the generous book offer to some lucky lucky person! 🙂 I can’t wait to read this book.
Don’t have an e-reader, but I would love to win one of your books in paperback.
I can just imagine what these two are going to get into!
Thank you Dru Ann for including Tracy’s book on your blog. I love this series and all the different predicaments that Kate and Bella find themselves in. Thanks for the chance to enter your giveaway. I would love a paperback to add to my other books.
sounds like fun. would love a paperback. thanks for chance.
Great series, looking forward to reading this latest book. Thanks for the giveaway!
I have two dogs. I guess neither of them are mutts, but they are my heart?
I’m looking forward to reading this. Puppies! Thank you for the chance to win.
This is such a great deal! I hope I win.
Thank you, everyone! Mutt and Jeff are troublemakers, that much is certain. Good luck in the book drawing as well. I hope you give my series a try and love it!
I’m so excited for the new book.
This sounds like a fun book to read. Of course puppies are the best!
I love this series! Would love to win one I haven’t read.
Thanks for hosting a great giveaway…I’d love to get the one book I’m missing…”A Fatal Twist.” I love this series, and it inspired me to try some yoga…yes, me, yoga!
This looks like a really fun series, I should get started on it right way. Thanks for a chance to win one of the books.
Any cozy with dogs in it is a cozy I want to read! Thanks for the cotest.
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This is a really fun series. Anxiously awaiting this newest installment to the series. Thank you for the chance to win a print copy
Thank you, everyone!
I love this series, I think Tracy is awesome, and so is Bella and Kate.
Tracy Weber Books sound really great. Thanks for sharing this with us and for the chance to win.
I love this series & can’t wait to read this new one. Thanks for the giveaway.
I really like this series. It’s well written and the conversations are true to life.
I love this series and can’t wait to read #4!!
I haven’t read this series yet, but I loved the interview with Mutt and Jeff. I’m looking forward to starting this series.
This series is on my TBR list. I would love to win a copy of the first book in the series, Murder Strikes a Pose. Thanks for the chance.
Just checking in to say Mutt and Jeff appreciate your interest in their story. Good luck and woof!
Great series and author! Thanks for the chance to win!
I’d love to enter for the paperback.
This series is such a good read…..
Thank you for the giveaway…..
Downward Dog series is one of my favorites. I am so looking forward to this latest episode in the story of Kate and Bella!!
Thank you for the chance.
These look great!
Cute Story-My kids will love it!
I’ve read her first book wondering how yoga was used and it was so well. I need to read 2-4.
Thanks so much! I hope you do and love them!
I haven’t read the series yet, but I’m looking forward to reading it.
Thanks for the opportunity! 😊
Thanks everybody! Good luck!
I have the first book in the series. The covers are cute.
Thank you! I feel very fortunate in my covers. I love them!