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Robo is NOT a pet dog.he is an intelligent, highly trained, police dog. The best part is the developing working relationship between Robo and Mattie.

There is great suspense and character development. The plot is a little bit predictable in this first book in the Timber Creek K-9 series, but still immensely enjoyable. But Mattie and her partner are determined to sniff out the killer. As the case unfolds, it becomes evident that someone doesn't want Robo on the case. As she learns to apply what she learned during training and to trust her dog, the two of them are pulled into a case where the dog could be key: The death of a local teenager. They have just completed their training at the academy and returned to Timber Creek, CO.

Officer Mattie Cobb has a new partner: K-9 Officer Robo. Highly recommended especially if you love mystery thrillers and K-9 partners! This is a gripping, intriguing, and compelling novel from cover to cover and I was reluctant to put it down! I already have the next two books in this series sitting in my short stack ready to be read, with book four on my wish list.

Margaret did her research and portrayed Maggie and Robo based on real life K-9 work. I am very happy to report that I needn't have worried. In short, I enjoyed it very much! I'm an animal lover and I'm always excited to read mysteries that involve K-9 partners but I always wonder how accurate the search and/or rescue work with the dogs will be. Killing Trail is the first book in the Timber Creek K-9 Mystery by Margaret Mizushima. If Mattie is going to uncover the truth she's going to have to trust Robo but if she misunderstands the signals from her new K-9 partner it could cost her and her new partner their lives. Everyone is hoping that Cole's daughter Angela can shed some light on what could have led to the murder of her friend Grace.Īs the investigation continues Mattie and Robo find themselves in danger. Cole is adamant that Grace would never have anything to do with drugs.

Cole Walker who recognizes the dog as belonging to a friend of his daughter's, Grace Hartman. Mattie takes the injured dog to the local veterinarian Dr. There has been an increase of drugs throughout the town and now they wonder if the teenager was part of it and it cost her her life. When Robo leads her to an injured dog who's been shot then they discover that the dog is standing guard over a young girl. Together they've just finished three months of training and it's their first day on the job when Mattie gets a call on the radio to meet the Sheriff McCoy at a cabin in the mountains outside of her small hometown of Timber Creek, Colorado. He's a German Shepherd and he's Mattie's new K-9 partner. He's dark, handsome, muscular, strong, and he's the only one who can out run her in cross country running. Officer Mattie Cobb is thinking that this could be the best partner she's ever been paired up with.