Murder Can Depress Your Dachshund

the long version

Zaftig Manhattan PI Desiree Shapiro is ogling the earrings at Bloomingdale's when her friend Blossom Goody catches up with her. The son of one of Blossom's old pals has been mysteriously shot and killed, and Blossom has generously volunteered Desiree's professional services. Everyone agrees that Jordy Mills was a saint. (Just ask Tootsie, the family dachshund, who's been practically suicidal since the man's demise.) In fact, Jordy was scheduled to donate a kidney to his brother, Cornell--but was killed the day before the transplant. Which soon led to a double tragedy, with Cornell, deprived of a suitable donor, taking his own life. Before long Desiree learns that, unlike his younger sibling, Cornell had enemies to spare. And she begins to wonder whether Jordy was murdered merely to ensure the death of his brother. Or--and Tootsie will forgive the expression--whether some lowdown dirty dog actually targeted good guy Jordy himself.