The Dog Who Knew Too Much

The path to enlightenment is fraught with danger when Greenwich Village PI Rachel Alexander and her pit bull, Dash, investigate the death of a tai chi practitioner

Did she jump or was she pushed? Devastated by the loss of their only child, David and Marsha Jacobs hire Rachel to find out why Lisa leaped to her death from the fifth-floor window of her martial arts studio. The tai chi instructor, who was studying to be a Zen Buddhist priest, seemed to have it all: beauty, brains, a vocation she adored, a sexy lover—and her beautiful, sad-eyed Akita, who may have been the only witness to her death and is still grieving the loss of his mistress.
Refusing to believe that Lisa would abandon her beloved pet—and with only a suspicious suicide note to go on—Rachel and her canine assistant, Dash, hit the streets of downtown New York, retracing the dead woman’s steps to figure out whether she was yin to a killer’s yang.
The Dog Who Knew Too Muchis the 2nd book in the Rachel Alexander and Dash Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
“Delightful . . . Rachel brings to mind a young, wisecracking, East Coast Kinsey Millhone.” —Publishers Weekly
“Crisp, clean, and focused, with a great heroine and canines; an enjoyable read.” —Library Journal
“You may want to check out the most helpful canine sleuth since Asta.” —Kirkus Reviews
“The book’s brisk, witty writing and sympathetic character evoke Lawrence Block’s snappy Bernie Rhodenbarr series. Along with the fun, Benjamin offers original and unsettling insights on families, t’ai chi, and the mysteries of human and canine behavior.” —Booklist
“You will find Benjamin’s work first-rate.” —The Plain Dealer

Carol Lea Benjamin is the author of the Rachel Alexander and Dash mystery novels, which feature a Greenwich Village–based private investigator and her pit bull sidekick. This Dog for Hire, the first book in the series, won the Shamus Award for Best First PI Novel. Benjamin has also been a teacher, worked as a private investigator, trained dogs, and written dog-training manuals such as Mother Knows Best: The Natural Way to Train Your Dog. She lives in New York City with her husband and two dogs.