Both of these (Bloodlines and Curse of the Cockers) are Cunningham books - the dog trainer. I like him much more than Calder, the gun man - Calder is way too much of a know-it-all. The know-it-all in the Cunningham books, Beth, is painfully shy, and it's much easier to take her refusal to explain, at least for me. Of course, what it really is is that the author likes the 'last chapter explains all' style, and isn't in the least above hiding clues (that is, having the know-it-all 'explain' in the last chapter something that was not made clear in the story until then). Anyway. Like them, nonetheless. ( )