Order of Rachel Alexander and Dash Books
Rachel Alexander and Dash is a series of mystery novels by Carol Lea Benjamin. Rachel Alexander is a divorced dog trainer who is now a private investigator. She works alongside her dog, Dash, in order to solve crimes in Greenwich Village.
Carol Lea Benjamin began her Rachel Alexander and Dash series in 1996 with the novel This Dog for Hire. The series lasted nine novels, concluding with The Hard Way in 2006. The books can be read in any order. Below is a list of Carol Lea Benjamin’s Rachel Alexander and Dash books in order of when they were first published (which is the same as their chronological order):
Publication Order of Rachel Alexander and Dash Books
| This Dog for Hire | (1996) |    |
| The Dog Who Knew Too Much | (1997) | |
| A Hell of a Dog | (1998) | |
| Lady Vanishes | (1999) | |
| The Wrong Dog | (2000) | |
| The Long Good Boy | (2001) | |
| Fall Guy | (2004) | |
| Without a Word | (2005) | |
| The Hard Way | (2006) | |
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Rachel Alexander and Dash Synopsis: This Dog for Hire is the first Rachel Alexander & Dash mystery by Carol Lea Benjamin. Divorced dog trainer–turned–detective Rachel Alexander and her canine assistant Dash are hired by a man named Dennis Keaton to investigate the hit-and-run death of his friend and neighbor Clifford Cole, whose body was found on an isolated Christopher Street pier. The police are treating the gay painter’s suspicious death as a hate crime, but Dennis insists Cliff hadn’t cruised the waterfront in months. Plus, Magritte, Cliff’s champion basenji – a competitor in the upcoming Westminster Dog Show – may have been a witness to the crime and is now missing. The search for answers takes Rachel and Dash from the SoHo art scene to the most famous dog show in America. Now Rachel is in the sights of a killer hunting her across a treacherous urban landscape. There’s no one she can trust – especially not of the two-legged variety.