Questa avvincente serie immerge i lettori in un mondo di mistero sullo sfondo dell'incantevole Oxford. Quella che inizia come una normale passeggiata con il cane porta inaspettatamente alla luce un oscuro segreto, attirando la protagonista in una complessa indagine. Unendosi ad altri amanti dei cani, intraprende una ricerca della verità, decisa a scoprire l'identità dell'assassino. È una deliziosa miscela di enigmi intriganti, personaggi accattivanti e il pittoresco paesaggio inglese.
When her white German Shepherd unearths a body in the undergrowth during their daily walk through Oxford's picturesque Port Meadow, Anna Hopkins has a double shock: she'd met the victim before. Convinced that Naomi Evans was not the random victim of a serial killer as the police believe, Anna teams up with fellow dogwalkers to discover the truth.
When Professor Lowell is brutally attacked in his rooms at Walsingham, Oxford, college administrator Anna Hopkins discovers he had a connection with her fellow dogwalker Isadora Salzman - who has been keeping a surprising secret all these years. But someone else knows of Isadora's secret, someone who has sent her a threatening, frightening letter.
At a World War II-themed murder mystery party, Anna Hopkins and her fellow dogwalkers enjoy themselves until a real body is discovered. Who attended the event without a ticket? Anna is caught up in an intrigue that leads to a lost painting and a wartime secret that involves Anna's family. Was her late father guilty of a crime?