Excitement has reached an all time high as the residents prepare to celebrate. Summer Splash, the annual event of the season. That’s right, it’s time to lather up your sunblock and put on your ill-fitting Hawaiian shirt as this year’s party plans include vegan BBQ, a questionable clown, and a most unexpected surprise: A dead body floating in the community pool. Perhaps it’s time to consider an alternate location for the festivities?

Samantha ‘Sam’ Whitmore is no stranger to a good mystery. She’s a best selling author, specializing in this very genre. But her world is based in fiction and what’s happened here in her own backyard has just put the true in true crime. Against her ex-husband, and dog walking partner, Mac’s advice, this author turned neighborhood detective dives in deep to try to unravel this shocking whodunnit.

But wait, is this even a whodunnit? The victim, if he even is a victim, was every resident’s dog- hating neighbor Sandy Crowley. According to police, there are no signs of foul play. He simply went for a swim and drowned after hours. It’s the ‘after hours’ part that’s given Sam pause. Sandy Crowley always obeyed the rules of the Home Owners Association. Would he ever have gone swimming after hours? Sam doesn’t think so. And when she adds in the missing doll, sprig of bougainvillea, and the vanishing maid, this mystery writer quickly finds herself drowning in both clues and suspects.

You see, good reader, everyone here in Diamond Glen shares one thing in common: They all have a secret to hide. Including our very own favorite dog walking detectives, Sam and Mac. In fact, their’s may be the best kept secret of all. How do I know all this?, you ask. Well, that’s simple: I watch over them. After all, I’m their dog. Well, I once was their dog. Now just think of me as a kind of guardian angel. Literally.

My name is Hueby…

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