UNTIL DEATH DO US BARK

A Lowcountry Pet & Home Mystery Book 6

A decade of lies. A dinner party turned deadly. And a pet sitter who won't stop until she finds the truth.

Carrie Ashford has built an unexpected life in Charleston. What started as pet sitting has evolved into something more—she's become the city's most unlikely detective, with a menagerie of rescued animals and a relationship with Detective Marcus Hale that's finally moving forward. When Marcus makes a dinner reservation at the city's most romantic restaurant and hints at "something important," Carrie dares to imagine a future she'd given up on.

But murder has terrible timing.

When Judge Evelyn Patterson's law clerk collapses at an elegant dinner party, Carrie finds herself drawn into an investigation that will test everything she believes about justice, truth, and the people who claim to serve them. Cameron Reyes was young, ambitious, and hiding secrets that powerful people would kill to protect.

As Carrie digs deeper, she uncovers a corruption scheme that has tainted dozens of cases over a decade—bribes paid, verdicts bought, lives destroyed by a system that was supposed to protect the innocent. At the center of it all stands Victoria Ashford-Cross, Charleston's most celebrated defense attorney, a woman whose polished exterior conceals something far darker.

But Cameron's murder is just the beginning. When evidence surfaces connecting Victoria to an unsolved case from ten years ago—the death of socialite Diana Pemberton, whose husband was tried and acquitted—Carrie realizes she's not just solving one murder. She's unraveling a decade of carefully constructed lies.

Meanwhile, at Judge Patterson's home, an old dog is dying.

Justice, the beloved courthouse Weimaraner who has served alongside the judge for fifteen years, is spending his final days surrounded by those who love him. Caring for Justice—and for Gavel, the enthusiastic young mutt Cameron rescued before his death—Carrie witnesses the quiet courage of a life well-lived and the grief of letting go.

Until Death Do Us Bark is the sixth book in the Pet Sitter's Predicament series, delivering the perfect blend of cozy mystery charm and edge-of-your-seat suspense.

For readers who love: Southern settings, amateur sleuths, animals, found family, slow-burn romance, and justice served with a side of sweet tea.