Mabel plans to bring the thrills of volunteering to the masses - if she doesn't go to the dogs first.When Mabel finds herself sharing a thicket with a dead body while volunteering with canine search- and u0026-rescue, her life has clearly - once again - gone to the dogs! and tAfter her losing her job at age forty-nine, Mabel thought she'd turned things around. Now she's doing good by volunteering, and surely, she'll soon be a successful author, writing about her experiences. After solving two notorious decades-old cold cases while serving as a historical society volunteer, she's already getting invitations to appear on TV. and tHer new assignment couldn't be simpler. All she has to do is hide in the woods and let Millie the search dog practice finding her. But to her horror, Millie finds more than Mabel - there's a dead body hiding in the same patch of brush. To make things worse, Mabel's maybe-boyfriend, suspended PI John Bigelow, has a dark history with the victim. and tWhile struggling with maid-of-honor duties for best friend Lisa, a string of disasters created by handyman Acey, and a disagreeable new neighbor, can Mabel solve another murder in time to save John's detective license - if not his neck?