Honor and Defend (Rookie K-9 Unit, 4)

I enjoyed this story about an ex-convict and a police officer working together. The police officer works in the K-9 unit and has also started a training center for service animals for the disabled that she runs on the side. Why would she hire an ex-con to work for her? Can she trust him? Obviously, she believes she can and is determined to protect him when someone starts shooting at them as they are delivering some puppies for the Prison Pups program where Lee had been incarcerated only a few months before. The attack comes on suddenly and viciously. Is there any way that they can get out of this situation alive? Or will this end with two more deaths in a string of unsolved crimes over the past several years. One of those involved the murder of Lee’s own sister. The stakes are high but the police are having a major problem tying any of the crimes together, or even finding any clues to help locate the perps and bring them to justice. One of the most puzzling aspects is that there has been a series of break-ins but nothing has been taken. Suspense runs high as the attacks escalate, while the police feel everything is spinning out of control. I especially liked the action involving the dogs. They made the story much more exciting.

good

I really enjoyed this book. It is part of a series.

great series

I really enjoyed reading this book

This is the fourth in a series of books about rookie K-9 officers in a small town in Arizona. Although a series, the book can be read as a stand alone. In this series, a class of rookie K-9 cops is keep in the town in which they trained due to a series of unsolved murders. A wealthy resident is funding their stay until the murders are solved. An added perk for the resident is that one of the rookies is her daughter, Ellen, whom she wishes would stay in her hometown but who wants desperately to leave to get out from under her mother's control. This book is about Ellen. Ellen's high school love, Lee, (who was run off by the mother during high school ) was framed for a crime he didn't commit by a dirty cop and served two years before evidence came to light that freed him. Before he was incarcerated, he had a successful dog breeding and training business and was saving money to become a vet. Ellen has used some of her trust fund to set up a program to train service dogs. It is growing by leaps and bounds and so Lee takes a job working for Ellen. A series of events during which their lives are in danger leads them to reexamine the feelings they had (still have) for each other. Nice continuation of the series but, again, could be read as a standalone.