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Jeffrey B. Burton's The Finders is the beginning of a fast-paced new series featuring a heroic golden retriever cadaver dog named Vira and her handler, Mason Reid.

Mason "Mace" Reid lives on the outskirts of Chicago and specializes in human remains detection. He trains dogs to hunt for the dead.…

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A friend of mine sent me this book and I’m thrilled she did. I’ll admit, I was a little worried at the beginning of the book that something bad was going to happen to the K-9, Vira. Instead, I discovered a fascinating storyline of a dog with a near-death experience developing “superpowers.” Vira finds her way to trainer Mace Reid who teaches her to find human remains. I like books that depict different types of working dogs.

I appreciated how Burton wove the city setting of Chicago into the plot as Reid and Vira hunt a cunning serial killer. A…

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