A mystery for dog lovers set in rural Appalachia in the 1940s.

With the help of a brave stray dog, a rural Tennessee family wards off the threats from a mysterious stranger. 

Jonathan and Lily McCoy are an elderly couple surviving off the land of Northeastern Tennessee. When a stray coonhound steals Jonathan’s hunting spoils, he sets out to tame the dog he names Rawhide. Rawhide is friendly and loyal, but his battered body suggests mistreatment and pain. 

And when troublemaker Ed Carter comes to claim Rawhide as his property, the McCoys are willing to fight him in court to protect their canine companion against renewed threats of violence, in this riveting mystery novel filled with American history.

Both a pause-resisting, old-time rural mystery novel and a heartwarming, emotional book for dog lovers, Barbara Nelson Blinn’s posthumously published cozy mystery with a brave dog evokes a simple time when many lived off the land, and hard work and honor prevailed against the untamed Tennessee wilderness. Barbara Nelson Blinn wrote the first draft of this story during her high school years, then finished her final draft in 1980. Her daughter, Dr. Carol Ann Blinn White, edited it and is publishing this beautiful book because she did not want such a literary gem to be lost forever. Add this incredible volume to your audio library today, and enjoy the Appalachian culture as it is portrayed in the 1940s, and fall in love with the McCoy family and their dog.