A Borrowing of Bones (Mercy Carr Mystery, Bk. 1)

The first installment in Paula Munier’s acclaimed Mercy Carr Mystery series, blending police procedural grit with compelling character dynamics.

Nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark Award and recognized in genre circles for its memorable canine and human sleuthing duo.

In A Borrowing of Bones, retired military police officer Mercy Carr is trying to move forward after being wounded in service and coping with the death of her fiancé. Alongside her bomb-sniffing dog Elvis, now dealing with his own trauma, Mercy walks the Vermont wilderness to work through her grief. But what begins as a therapeutic hike on Independence Day weekend becomes a high-stakes investigation when Elvis alerts to explosives and Mercy discovers an abandoned baby beside a shallow grave holding what appear to be human remains. Teaming up with U.S. game warden Troy Warner and his search-and-rescue Newfoundland, Susie Bear, the group must unravel a dangerous mystery that stretches from a missing mother to a cold-case murder, all under the threat of looming danger and explosive stakes.