Tracking Game

In Margaret Mizushuma's Tracking Game, the 5th installment in the Timber Creek 5-9 Mystery series, this caper tells a wild tale of deception and betrayal, along with secrets and lies. It all started when Deputy Mattie Cobb reports on the scene of a car fire during the night of the dance. With her K-9 partner, Robo, they rush to retrieve two bodies from a burning car--one of them was dead and the other one was barely alive as he saved his life. That's where she started her investigation into Nate Fletcher's murder and who wanted him dead and set his van on fire. When she reported the bad news to his family, she learned interesting insight into Nate's life and his outfitting company. More than ever, she dug a little bit deeper with the rest of the Timber Creek County Sheriff's Office, which made them question some of them with motives. Meanwhile, Cole Walker, Mattie's significant other, is the local vet, and is dealing with some issues of his own concerning his two daughters, his ex-wife's battle with Depression, and his feelings for Mattie going forward. But things get wild and dicey, when they've found another dead body that's been mauled by a wild animal on the loose. Now it was up to them to track down that tiger and finds out how it'd gotten there and who wanted their next victim dead. Things come close of being slippery and dicey for Mattie, when she confronts the murderer and the tiger dead on in an intense climax.

This was a fantastic K-9 Mystery that's well written in 282 pages. I love stories that deal with K-9s and with the wild. I cared for Mattie and how she knew her stuff on how to use Robo for solving crimes. I loved the way they worked together as a team and how he protected her devotedly. I could see how she felt about Cole and how she waffled with parts of her past. Robo was a charmer for her dog and Cole was a good father who works with all sorts of animals, domestic and wild, and cared for his family. The theme of the story is that trafficking animals and drugs were illegal and be careful of others, whether it's family, friends or foes. Secrets will have a way to find themselves out into the open too. I loved the vast locations in Colorado from the campsites in the wild and all around the Denver area with mesmerizing scenic settings.

If you love amazing K-9 stories and love a great mystery that's filled with lots of non-stop action, plenty of suspense, drama, and a gripping mystery, check out Tracking Game and the rest of the Timber Creek Mystery series today!