Dr. Bannerman Vet Mystery

For readers of Alexander McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series comes a lighthearted mystery with an incredible sense of place A swine barn explodes near a lakeside Manitoba town, putting veterinarian Dr. Peter Bannerman on a collision course with murder and a startling conspiracy. Peter is an odd duck, obsessed with logic and measurable facts, an obsession he puts to good use in his veterinary practice. When a murder is connected to the swine barn explosion and his friend Tom becomes the prime suspect, Peter feels compelled to put his reasoning skills, and his dog Pippin's remarkable nose, to use to help clear him. The situation darkens with a second murder and a series of break-ins, including at Peter's house and clinic, but Peter has a hard time knowing when he is out of his depth, despite warnings from his brother-in-law Kevin, an RCMP officer. It becomes increasingly clear that something extraordinary is behind all this, possibly international in scope. Ultimately Peter finds himself out in the middle of frozen Lake Winnipeg during a blizzard, fighting for his life and confronting a horrifying realization he had been blind to all along. A swine barn explodes, putting veterinarian Dr. Peter Bannerman on a collision course with murder and a startling conspiracy. Philipp Schott was born in Germany and grew up in Saskatoon. He now lives in Winnipeg, where he practises veterinary medicine, writes, and shares an old house on the Assiniboine River with his wife, two teenagers, three cats, and a dog. His first book, The Accidental Veterinarian, was a bestseller and was translated into four languages. The Willow Wren is his quasi-fictional account of his family before, during, and after World War II. Sales and Market Bullets • A charming, traditional mystery series featuring a quirky sleuth and set in the fictional Icelandic-Canadian community of New Selfoss, cross-lake rival to Gimli, and named "Canada's Quirkiest Town" by Maclean's magazine. • Schott is a beloved veterinarian himself and the author of the bestselling The Accidental Veterinarian. He draws on his real-life experiences for this book, adding a touch of realism. This is his debut mystery series. • Philipp Schott was born in Germany and speaks German. • The Accidental Veterinarian has been translated into Russian, Polish, Hungarian, Czech, and simplified Chinese. How to Examine a Wolverine has been translated into Russian and simplified Chinese. Audience • Fans of the Dr. Zol Szabo mystery series and Alexander McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series • Readers of charming, traditional mystery series who enjoy solving the crime • The veterinarian community and fans of the author's previous essay collections.

"A charming mystery." - Publishers Weekly on book one in the Dr. Bannerman Vet Mystery series It's springtime in rural Manitoba, and the snow has finally left the exotic animal farm when an ostrich finds and swallows a shiny object. (Because this is what ostriches do.) Cue veterinarian and amateur sleuth Dr. Peter Bannerman, who surgically removes the object, which looks like an ancient Viking artifact. Soon after, people around are horrified by a series of animal mutilations. This sets Peter, and his talented sniffer dog, Pippin, on the hunt for answers. Peter begins to suspect a link between the Viking artifact, the mutilations, and a shadowy group of white supremacists on the internet. Before long Peter and Pippin are in over their heads, and the only way for them to get out alive will be to unmask the mastermind before they end up among their victims. Veterinarian Dr. Peter Bannerman and his sniffer dog, Pippin, are back to solve a mystery involving a series of animal mutilations, a Viking artifact, and a shadowy group in the small town of New Selfoss. Philipp Schott was born in Germany and grew up in Saskatoon. He now lives in Winnipeg, where he practices veterinary medicine, writes, and shares a creaky old house on the river with his wife, two teenagers, three cats, and a dog. His first book, The Accidental Veterinarian, was a bestseller and was translated into five languages. Sales and Market Bullets • INTERNATIONAL APPEAL: Philipp Schott was born in Germany and speaks German. His first book, The Accidental Veterinarian, has been translated into Russian, Polish, Hungarian, Czech, and simplified Chinese, and How to Examine a Wolverine has been translated into Russian and simplified Chinese. • PRAISE FOR THE DR. BANNERMAN VET MYSTERY SERIES: • "Original, well-constructed, with a cast of interesting characters - I hope this isn't the last we'll read about Dr. Peter Bannerman and Pippin." - Ian Hamilton, author of the Ava Lee series • "Meet a very welcome addition to Canada's fictional crime-busters: amateur sleuth Peter Bannerman, beloved veterinarian and tea connoisseur, with his clever sniffer-dog associate, Pippin. Philipp Schott's small-town Manitoba characters are wonderfully engaging and entertaining, and his writing is almost as Nordic as the town, spare, humorous, and gripping by turns. Deadly and delightful, Fifty-Four Pigs is a delicious read with some of the most beautiful descriptions of a prairie winter anywhere." - Iona Whishaw, author of the Lane Winslow Mystery series Audience • Fans of the Thursday Murder Club series • Readers of charming, traditional mystery series who enjoy solving the crime • Fans of the author's previous veterinarian books • Readers of James Herriot

Peter Bannerman, veterinarian and amateur detective, deserves a summer vacation. Peter and his family head to a remote fishing lodge in northern Manitoba for a canoeing trip with his champion sniffer dog, Pippin. But a series of incidents color their plans. The lodge's sled team of huskies has been poisoned and, at the same time, a floatplane crashes into the lake, killing the pilot and both passengers. While Peter works to save the huskies, it is discovered that the plane crash wasn't an accident. It was murder. It's been a hot and dry summer, and one morning the Bannerman family wakes up to find a forest fire spreading quickly. They manage to dodge the conflagration, making it back to the lodge before it becomes cut off from the outside world. Peter soon figures out that the murderer, who probably also poisoned the huskies, must be among the other guests or staff trapped with them at the lodge. The power fails. The now-enormous fire draws nearer. Can Peter discover the culprit in time? Veterinarian Dr. Peter Bannerman and his sniffer dog, Pippin, are back to solve a mystery involving the poisoning of a team of sled huskies, a floatplane crash, and a murder. A locked room mystery that will keep you guessing right up until the end! Philipp Schott lives in Winnipeg where he practices veterinary medicine, writes, and shares a creaky old house on the river with his wife, kids, cats, and dog. His first book, The Accidental Veterinarian, was a bestseller and was translated into five languages. Six other books have followed. This is his third Dr. Bannerman Vet Mystery. Sales and Market Bullets • INTERNATIONAL APPEAL: Philipp Schott was born in Germany and speaks German. His first book, The Accidental Veterinarian, has been translated into Russian, Polish, Hungarian, Czech, and simplified Chinese, and How to Examine a Wolverine has been translated into Russian and simplified Chinese. • BESTSELLING SERIES: Book #1 in the series, Fifty-Four Pigs, was a national bestseller for six weeks. • PRAISE FOR THE SERIES: • "Schott's second mystery featuring gumshoe veterinarian Peter Bannerman (after 2022's Fifty-Four Pigs) combines the soothing sleuthing of Murder, She Wrote with the humble charm of All Creatures Great and Small." - Publishers Weekly, starred review on Six Ostriches • "Whether read individually or together, these books offer lovers of cozy mysteries and animal stories a heartwarming yet stimulating read, with a puzzle that hits the sweet spot between comfortably challenging and brain-buster." - New York Journal of Books