Gathering Mist: A Timber Creek K-9 Mystery

Deputy Mattie Wray is called to Washington's Olympic peninsula for a search and rescue mission to locate a celebrity's missing child. With only a week until her wedding, Mattie is reluctant to leave Timber Creek, but her K-9 partner Robo's tracking abilities are essential to the effort. Dense forest, heavy rain, and uncooperative locals complicate the search. Mattie begins to suspect the situation involves something more serious than a lost child. When one of the search and rescue dogs falls ill, her fiancé Cole Walker, a veterinarian, suspects poisoning. Concerned for Mattie's and Robo's safety, Cole joins the rescue team. As hidden secrets emerge from the terrain, the team discovers the child was kidnapped. The search transforms into a criminal investigation, with Mattie, Robo, and Cole racing to find the missing child before time runs out. This is the ninth book in Margaret Mizushima's Timber Creek K-9 mystery series.