Join the Lake Geneva Public Library and Lakeside Books at T he Riviera Ballroom in downtown Lake Geneva for a special author event fea turing Patricia B. McConnell as she shares her debut mystery book\, \; Away To Me! \;Register to attend this free program.
\n**Books will be available for sale ($29.54) and signing at the event. Cred it card sales only\, no cash or check. Please register and select whether you will purchase a book on February 28th so we can have enough inventory on hand!** \;
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Patricia B. McConnell is an internationall
y respected animal behaviorist and author whose acclaimed books\, includin
g The Other End of the Leash\, For the Love of a Dog\, and The Education o
f Will\, have sold more than 1.2 million copies. A former adjunct professo
r in Zoology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and behavior columnist
for The Bark magazine\, her nationally syndicated radio show\, Calling Al
l Pets\, played in more than 110 cities for 14 years and her television sh
ow Petline aired on Animal Planet for two and a half years. She lives with
her Border Collies and a flock of sheep on a farm in Black Earth\, WI and
can be found online at PatriciaMcConnell.com.
ABOUT TH E BOOK:
\nThe vivid\, immersive nature writing of William Kent Krueg er and Peter Heller meets the taut suspense of Louise Penny against the lu sh\, sprawling landscape of rural Wisconsin in the first of a new mystery trilogy by internationally renowned animal behavior expert Patricia McConn ell\, bestselling author of The Other End of the Leash and The Education o f Will.
\n\"Like All Creatures Great &\; Small meets Agatha Chris tie &ndash\; only with more glorious writing\, more training tips\, and mo re border collies! I could not put this novel down &ndash\; and when I did \, I felt blessed by the company of great characters both human and canine \, inspired to live lives of courage and hope.\" &mdash\;SY MONTGOMERY\, N ew York Times bestselling author of The Soul of an Octopus\, What the Chic ken Knows\, and The Hummingbird's Gift
\nMaddie is living her be st second life on a 40-acre sheep farm in the Wisconsin countryside. In ad dition to her passion for training sheepdogs&mdash\;including her spirited border collie Jack&mdash\;she sees all manner of dogs with behavioral pro blems ranging from biting to thunder phobia as part of her local practice. No stranger to trauma herself\, Maddie has worked hard to recover from th e ordeal of her previous marriage.
\nBut things take a turn when Maddie&rsquo\;s friend and mentor\, George\, is inexplicably killed by a rifle shot fired from the woods during a sheepdog trial. Maddie is de vastated and also baffled&mdash\;it&rsquo\;s not hunting season\, and who could mistake a man\, standing alone in a field\, for a deer?
\nShe&rsquo\;s still reeling from George&rsquo\;s shooting when a shelt er calls her for help with a German shepherd found half dead beside the hi ghway who&rsquo\;s too aggressive to feed and care for. The dog flourishes at the farm\, but when Maddie returns one day to find her house invaded\, it&rsquo\;s clear that she has stumbled into a situation far more complex and sinister than she realized. And her romantic involvement with an enig matic young shelter worker soon leads to even more trouble. As Maddie cont inues to search for answers to George&rsquo\;s death\, it quickly becomes apparent that her own life is once again in danger . . .
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