In this adventure, it is Christmas time in Curly Bay, and the wealthiest philanthropists are gearing up to create fund raisers for the various charitable organizations including the Animal Rescue. In this adventure Courtney and the Fund Raiser's assistant find the man dead. Four dogs are also brought to the shelter, where there was no room, so Courtney had to take them home with her at night. Unfortunately, the dogs are untrained and make a mess of her house with one dog chewing things to splinters. The killer is found, and the dog who likes to chew wood saves Courtney. I definitely recommend this book.