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Hounded by Death (Beyond Investigations Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Barbara Hodges (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Spirits talk to Dakota Lee. They have since she was twelve years old. Now an adult, she is happy with her life as the owner of, Sugar Babies, a small bakery in the quiet town of Santa Mesa, California. Dakota has accepted her gift for the most part and learned to deal with the sometimes demanding spirits.
An early morning run leads to a gruesome discovery. A dead man slumped in his car, and a panicked basset hound pacing beside it.
The dead man is Detective Rod Kane. After a prickly interview with Kane's partner, Detective Blake Scott, Dakota is ready to put the disturbing event behind her.
When she sees the basset hound in the park the next morning everything changes. Coaxing the hound to her, she hears a man's voice consoling the dog. Seeing no one else around, Dakota knows it is a spirit and asks what the man needs.
Detective Rod Kane has refused this dead mother's offer to join her in the beyond. He can't. Not until he finds out who killed him.
He is startled that Dakota can hear him. Nonetheless, she is his answer. When Dakota asks, "What do you need?"
His answer is "Give JB a home and help me find my killer."
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  1. Book 1 of 2
    Beyond Investigations
  2. Print length
    283 pages
  3. Language
    English
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  5. Publication date
    January 22, 2018
  6. File size
    1504 KB
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Kind of wow. Barbara Hodges creates a amazing balance between medium intensity suspense and sensitive topics in Hounded by Death.....I look forward to reading more books in what I hope is a series.

This was good fun and has a Bassett hound -what else does a book need? Was also just a good story and kept my attention. The characters were likeabl. I hope this is the first in a series because I will be waiting for the rest.

Interesting and moves right along and I love books with dogs.

About the Author

Barbara M. Hodges is the author or co-author of 12 works of fiction. She lives on the central coast of California with her husband Jeff and two rescued basset hounds, Heidi and Monty.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0797ZC7T1
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Coastal Dunes Publishing (January 22, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 22, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1504 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 283 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0999709208
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 15 ratings

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Barbara is the author or co-author of 17 novels. She lives on the central coast of CA and shares her life with her husband Jeff and two basset hounds, Heidi and Monty.

Barbara is the vice-president of the Central Coast Chapter of Sisters In Crime and a proud member of Public Safety Writers Association.

You can reach Barbara through her email:

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I am usually, not a big reader. But I do like a good book, when I have the time. I did enjoy reading this book, and once I started, I read until the end. Snuggled up in bed with my basset hounds (and a visiting Chihuahua). The story was not what I would have expected, but it had a lot going on, interesting characters and it held my interest until the end. Besides that, my hounds were happy to have me to read to them.
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Leslie
5.0 out of 5 stars But I do like a good book
Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2018
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I am usually, not a big reader. But I do like a good book, when I have the time. I did enjoy reading this book, and once I started, I read until the end. Snuggled up in bed with my basset hounds (and a visiting Chihuahua). The story was not what I would have expected, but it had a lot going on, interesting characters and it held my interest until the end. Besides that, my hounds were happy to have me to read to them.
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Leslie
5.0 out of 5 stars But I do like a good book
Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2018
I am usually, not a big reader. But I do like a good book, when I have the time. I did enjoy reading this book, and once I started, I read until the end. Snuggled up in bed with my basset hounds (and a visiting Chihuahua). The story was not what I would have expected, but it had a lot going on, interesting characters and it held my interest until the end. Besides that, my hounds were happy to have me to read to them.
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Bob Doerr
4.0 out of 5 stars A Fast Fun Read
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2018
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Hounded by Death is one of those books that is fun to read and hard to put down. A mixture of suspense and supernatural. I highly recommend it!
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Marsha A. Tiemann
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read!
Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2018
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I found this to be a well crafted book. The story was fun to read and kept me wanting to get back to it when I was interrupted.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Looking forward to the next Beyond Investigations book
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2018
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I spent an enjoyable Sunday reading Hounded By Death. Suspense mixed with the supernatural, interesting plot and characters, including the hound, kept me reading all day.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2018
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Wonderful read ... you will never guess the ending....recommend.
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Sheryl
5.0 out of 5 stars Ghosts Play a Role in this Excellent Mystery
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2022
Ghosts assist police in solving a murder of one of their own. A different kind of mystery that brings you into an alternate world of supernatural as it intertwines in the "real" world of the living. Loved this book.
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Jeanie Jackson
5.0 out of 5 stars Strong mystery with real suspense but written with a gentle hand.
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2018
Kind of wow. Barbara Hodges creates a amazing balance between medium intensity suspense and sensitive topics in Hounded by Death. She also presents a really well done job for this trope. Dakota Lee can hear and speak to spirits. The spirit Dakota meets is a police detective who believes that he knows who is responsible for his murder. Dakota has to convince his partner that she is not a scam artist so the partners can still work together. The sex trade and sex trafficking are issues but while realities are mentioned, they are handled with enough distance to keep the book at the suspense rather than the side of the line. I very much appreciated that since the description of the book did not lead me to expect the horrors of either. Although Dakota is afraid to get directly involved in the investigation and neither man wants to endanger her, she has to be around so that the partners can communicate so she is drawn right into the dangers they face. I look forward to reading more books in what I hope is a series. I borrowed this book through the KU library.
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C. Bradley
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and unique
Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2018
This was good fun and has a Bassett hound -what else does a book need? Was also just a good story and kept my attention. The characters were likeable,. I hope this is the first in a series because I will be waiting for the rest.
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