Cynthia Baxter

While standing in for a fellow vet at a charity dog show, Jessica Popper is pulled into a murder mystery that proves that Hollywood is really a dog-eat-dog world.

"Kate receives the shock of a lifetime when she's blindsided by an offer she can't refuse. An assistant movie director desperately wants to shoot a key scene at Lickety Splits and she's willing to pay big bucks to sweeten the last-minute deal. All Kate has to do is tolerate a bustling film crew for a few hours and provide one important prop--a scoop of handmade ice cream. But when up-and-coming actress Savannah Crane drops dead after spooning down...