Don't Explain

In the fourth darkly hilarious mystery from Edgar Award nominee Dallas Murphy, Artie Deemer's beloved celebrity pooch, Jellyroll--TV pitch dog and big-screen hero--falls prey to the bane of every celeb's existence: the stalker.

The days of Hollywood's best-loved bow-wow since Lassie may be numbered. Crude cartoons threatening to end Jellyroll's life in a blaze of media glory are the calling cards of two apparently canine-crazed wackos. But when Artie decides to take Jellyroll and the lovely professional pool player, Crystal Spivey, on an impromptu hiatus in Maine, he discovers the quaint coastal town of Micmac offers a cache of fresh troubles. From tourists drawn by a vision of the Lord's face in a patch of lichen, to a serial killer with a taste for out-of-towners, to a father-son duo of nosy yachtsmen dogging Jellyroll's trail, this little fishing village harbors more homicidal mania and hidden madness than you can shake a lobster at.

When Jellyroll and Crystal suddenly vanish, Artie has no choice but to stalk or be stalked. With rage in his heart, he sets out to rescue his loved ones and face the music...even if it proves to be his own funeral march.