Hair of the Dog sees Dan Mahoney and fiancee Elaine Linden traveling to Florida for his next investigation, where five insured racing greyhounds supposedly died in a kennel fire. But circumstances are suspicious right from the start. Who is the dead body at the kennel entrance, and how is it possible the knife sticking out of his back is not the cause of death?

Dan spends his time gathering evidence and chasing leads, while Elaine starts her training as a private investigator. Adding to the mix, Dan’s mother, Maggie, decides to move to Florida in her retirement years and meets a suave new boyfriend. Another mystery arises when the two seniors take off on a last-minute cruise.

Dan and Elaine find themselves tracking bad guys from several sectors as the clues come together in this complex story set in the high-stakes world of dog racing and millionaire investors.

Praise for Susan Slater’s Dan Mahoney series:

Flash Flood is just what it sounds like–a fresh, surprising, adrenaline-rush whitewater ride. It’s also funny. Susan Slater can flat-out write. –Don Winslow, New York Times bestselling author

Slater’s excellent sequel to Flash Flood takes insurance investigator Dan Mahoney to tiny Wagon Mound, New Mexico … Readers will be glad they’re along for the ride. – Publishers Weekly (starred review)

There’ll be much, much more, with whispers of everything from alien experiments to voodoo, before Slater closes out this lively, surprising case, first of a series. - Kirkus Reviews

Dan Mahoney is an appealingly resilient character, a welcome addition to the roster of sleuths that make the Southwest a hotbed of current mystery fiction. –Publishers Weekly