Slow and Steady Wins the Case (Carolina Canine Mysteries #14)

Sheldon is missing. And he's not the kind of pet you misplace!

The beloved gopher tortoise has vanished from the Palm Harbor Senior Center garden, and George Thompson — the man who's fed him every morning for twenty years — is convinced someone took the last piece of his late wife he has left.

Dog trainer Bea Crawford has no shortage of suspects: a developer who'd pave over his own grandmother if the zoning was right, a disgruntled former employee, and an old friend whose chess grudge runs deeper than anyone knows. Meanwhile, a mysterious stray dog keeps showing up next door to Bea's husband's vet clinic, waiting for someone who isn't coming back.

With her golden retriever Luna finding the people who need her most and her French bulldog Max finding every unattended donut on the premises, Bea will have to untangle grudges, greed, and grief to bring Sheldon home.