Captain John Cunningham, Falklands vet and gun-dog breeder, is back on the case. Doghouse finds Cunningham, and his fiancee Beth, presented with an uncomfortable conundrum: Visiting Beth's recently widowed Aunt Hattie, the couple is convinced that George Muir, her husband and a renowned wildlife artist, was murdered while working in his studio. Cunningham uses his extensive knowledge of guns to discern the clever modus operandi; but who among Uncle George's circle would have known enough to perpetrate the crime in the first place? Set against a winsome Scottish background and told with his characteristic charm, Doghouse is Hammond at his best. Praise for the novels of Gerald Hammond: Hammond has created another outstanding, very human detective, who offers an insider's view of the dog breeder's world' - Publishers Weekly 'Fast-moving, sometimes broadly funny, and one of Hammond's best' - Kirkus Reviews Gerald Hammond is a retired architect and the creator of the mystery series featuring John Cunningham, a dog breeder in Scotland, and Keith Calder, a gunsmith. He also writes under the pseudonyms Arthur Douglas and Dalby Holden.