Meet Ellie Engleman, psychic dog-walker The newest dog-walker on Manhattan?s Upper East Side has a talent?she can hear what her canine clientele is thinking. So when a dog?s owner turns up dead, Ellie must bone up on her sleuthing?and perk up her ears to find a killer. “Four paws up.”— Laurien Berenson , author of Dogie day care murder “Managing to avoid every talking animal mystery cliché, McCoy fills this delightful story with humor, quirky characters and delicious hints of romance.”— Publishers Weekly (starred review) Judi McCoy ’s romance novel,  I Dream of You , debuted in 2001 and was a bestseller. An avid animal activist, McCoy donates all royalties earned from  Hounding the Pavement , her first novel in  A Dog Walker Mystery  series, to Best Friends in Kanab, Utah, the largest no-kill shelter in the US. Every year, she teaches a two-day "Aspiring Author" course at the Romantic Times convention and she regularly speaks to writing groups across the country.