I enjoyed this book very much. I have not read many mysteries, so I have no idea how this compares to others in the genre, but from my limited experience, I think it would hold its own. The style is unlike what I've seen before: most chapters are told in the first-person by the lawyer who is solving the case, but the rest of the chapters--almost half--are in third person, showing the reader different events that certain characters may or may not know. In this way, the different pieces of the mystery fall into place gradually, throughout the book, rather than during an unveiling at the end. The two different voices used to tell the story cause the reader's experience of the mystery (and even the very understanding of the case) to differ slightly from the experiences of the characters who work to uncover it. Moreover, the very first chapter, told in third-person, immediately establishes the novel's suspense, which doesn't let up during the book. In addition, the main characters are engaging and fun, and the lawyer's tone during the first-person portions made me laugh out loud in several places. Finally, as the title might suggest, this novel features a very lovable dog who, in this case, forms the connection between the lawyer and the client. The dog is a main character, too, but this book is still great for dog-lovers and non-dog-lovers (if there even is such a thing!) alike. I received this book for free from Goodreads firstreads giveaway.