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Laurien Berenson

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Laurien Berenson is the award-winning author of the long running Melanie Travis canine mystery series and the new Senior Sleuths series starring Peg Turnbull and Rose Donovan as a pair of seventyish sisters-in-law who are learning to put aside old grudges as they work together to solve mysteries. DIE ANOTHER DANE (#31 in the Melanie Travis series) is out now.

Laurien's work has appeared numerous magazines and the New York Times. She and her husband live on a farm in Kentucky, surrounded by horses and dogs.
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Average rating: 3.98 · 43,904 ratings · 4,687 reviews · 51 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Pedigree to Die For (Melanie Travis, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 3,515 ratings — published 1995 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peg and Rose Solve a Murder (Senior Sleuths, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 3,050 ratings — published 2022 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Underdog (Melanie Travis, #2) 3.95 avg rating — 1,942 ratings — published 1996 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dog Eat Dog (Melanie Travis, #3) 4.03 avg rating — 1,569 ratings — published 1996 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hair of the Dog (Melanie Travis, #4) 3.97 avg rating — 1,539 ratings — published 1997 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Watchdog (Melanie Travis, #5) 4.07 avg rating — 1,400 ratings — published 1998 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peg and Rose Stir Up Trouble (A Senior Sleuths Mystery, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 1,386 ratings — published 2023 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gone with the Woof (Melanie Travis, #16) 3.97 avg rating — 1,396 ratings — published 2013 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jingle Bell Bark (Melanie Travis, #11) 4.01 avg rating — 1,362 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doggie Day Care Murder (Melanie Travis, #15) 3.94 avg rating — 1,367 ratings — published 2008 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I love books and I read a lot of them. Probably a hundred a year.

Fiction, non-fiction, history, biography? It doesn’t matter, I’m in. So Goodreads immediately felt like my kind of place: a comfortable, informative community that I definitely wanted to be a member of. And reviewing books is a big part of that.

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Series by Laurien Berenson

Melanie Travis (32 books)
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Laurien Berenson liked Bonnie's review of Die Another Dane (A Melanie Travis Canine Mystery Book 31): "It's nice to visit Melanie and the dogs but overall getting a little formulaic. Someone in the dog world is murdered and Melanie has to find out who. There are hints and lots of questions followed by a scene where the killer threatens our hero and th" Read more of this review »
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Laurien Berenson liked Anna Simon's review of Die Another Dane (A Melanie Travis Canine Mystery Book 31): "The book was very good. It is always fun to read about the dog show world and I like that the story is set right around Greenwich. It is another murder mystery- this time the dogs involved are Great Danes."
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Laurien Berenson liked Ann Downey's review of Die Another Dane (A Melanie Travis Canine Mystery Book 31): "I love this series! Another enjoyable adventure with Melanie and family, Aunt Peg, the poodles and a couple Great Danes to boot! I was wrong about whodunnit - the red herrings were just too well done and distracted me. :-) Looking forward to #32!"
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Laurien Berenson liked Julie Hix's review of Die Another Dane (A Melanie Travis Canine Mystery Book 31): "Another winner for laurien This book is as good as the other ones in the series. Again I couldn't figure out the murderer until the end. Love the glimpse into the dog show world and all the dogs."
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I can't remember the last time I had so much fun reading a book. A DAUGHTER OF FAIR VERONA is an absolute treat. Rosie, daughter of Romeo and Juliet, finds love and intrigue in this delicious do-over for the House of Montague. Witty, original, and no ...more
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“Men. Who needs them when you can have dogs?”
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“I’ve begun to have those stupid dreams. You know the ones where you show up for the final exam and haven’t cracked a book all semester?”
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“Your list of suspects, of course. Don’t you watch TV? Don’t you read books? How do you expect to solve a mystery if you’re not keeping a list?”
― Laurien Berenson, Jingle Bell Bark

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message 6: by Laurien

Dec 30, 2017 04:29PM

Donna wrote: "Laurien, thanks so much for accepting my friend request on Goodreads.
Hope you have a very Happy New Year.
Donna"

My pleasure! I hope you have a terrific 2018 too.

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message 5: by Donna

Dec 30, 2017 04:27PM

Laurien, thanks so much for accepting my friend request on Goodreads.
Hope you have a very Happy New Year.
Donna

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message 4: by Beth

Mar 09, 2013 03:10PM

Hi Laurien,
Thanks for sending a friend request to this mystery author on Goodreads! I hope you will put my books, A Real Basket Case, To Hell in a Handbasket, Deadly Currents, and Wicked Eddies, on your to-read list. If you'd like to enter a contest for free mystery books, sign up for my email newsletter at: http://bethgroundwater.com/ .
- Beth

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message 3: by Zoë

Mar 07, 2013 05:11PM

Hi Laurien. Thanks so much for Friending me. So, what's next up on your TBR pile?

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message 2: by Laurien

Mar 06, 2013 08:09AM

Thank you, Peg! I'm going to enjoy figuring out how all this works.

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message 1: by Peg

Mar 06, 2013 07:26AM

Thanks for your Goodreads friendship, Laurien.

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