Vicious attacks on both animals and people and mysterious drownings of five dogs are panicking the small town of Tides Harbor, Maine. Veterinarians Drs Bob Smiley and Charlie Harrison are once again called on to help their hometown's new threat. Animal control and the police will depend on the two vets to solve these crimes before the town's vigilantes take the law into their own hands.

A vicious cat, wily donkey, and an obstinate bull are just part of a day's work in this mixed animal practice. But Dr Smiley's run in with a horse show judge and the appearance of a former girlfriend of Dr Harrison's past add to this fast-paced mystery.

Picking up where he and his former co-author Dr Dave Jefferson left off, Dr John Hunt's second Tides Harbor novel weaves an exciting new mystery, while including dashes of veterinary insight and the New England way of life.