The ties that bind...Can be murder.It's amateur sleuth Eve Foster's birthday, and her best friend Tiana has planned a surprise party for her at Lake of Pints, the only bar in her new hometown of Granite, Michigan. A good time is had by all...until someone slips her a note asking for help.Distracted by the festivities, Eve doesn't read the note until morning, and by then, it's too late.A young man has been murdered, and his brother is missing somewhere in the state forest that surrounds the town.Working with her dogs and a few other volunteers from Michigan Mutts Search and Aid, they locate the missing man, but the murder of his brother remains unsolved.Feeling a responsibility to dig up the truth, Eve decides to do some investigating of her own.Can she crack the case and bring a killer to justice? Find out in this exciting Canine Cozy Mystery!