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Mattie Cobb and her K-9 Robo search for a possible victim — but their find hints at two kinds of predator

Margaret Mizushima is the author of the award-winning and internationally published Timber Creek K-9 Mysteries. She serves as president for the Rocky Mountain Chapter of Mystery Writers of America, was elected the 2019-2020 Writer of the Year by Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, and is also a member of Northern Colorado Writers, Sisters in Crime, and […]

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A Colorado author’s novel is full of mystery, but also a narrative that explores all types of love

Margaret Mizushima is the author of the award-winning and internationally published Timber Creek K-9 Mysteries. She serves as president for the Rocky Mountain Chapter of Mystery Writers of America, was elected the 2019-2020 Writer of the Year by Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, and is also a member of Northern Colorado Writers, Sisters in Crime, and […]

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A K-9 detective does his job well, which means Deputy Mattie Cobb has another mystery on her hands

Margaret Mizushima is the author of the internationally published and critically acclaimed Timber Creek K-9 Mysteries, including “Burning Ridge,” named a Best Book of 2018 by “Kings River Life.” She lives in Colorado on a small ranch with her veterinarian husband where they raised two daughters and a multitude of animals. She can be found […]

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Six years after marijuana legalization, Colorado still hasn’t figured out what to do with pot-sniffing dogs

Here’s a scenario: Let’s say police one night pull over a pickup truck, and let’s say that a narcotics dog almost immediately gives an alert that it smells drugs when it approaches the vehicle. There’s a twist, though. In addition to being trained to sniff for methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin and ecstasy, the dog is also […]