''Death in Bloodhound Red'' is a mystery novel by American author

Virginia Lanier Virginia Rudd Lanier ( - ) was an American mystery fiction writer, author of a series featuring bloodhound trainer Jo Beth Sidden. Biography Lanier was born in Madison County, Florida in 1930. She was an orphan and was adopted by Ira and Mary Ho ...

. It was published by

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on 1 March 1995 and went on to win the

Anthony Award The Anthony Awards are literary awards for mystery writers presented at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention since 1986. The awards are named for Anthony Boucher (1911–1968), one of the founders of the Mystery Writers of America. Among the m ...

for Best First Novel in 1996.

Plot introduction

The novel is set in and around the

Okefenokee Swamp The Okefenokee Swamp is a shallow, 438,000-acre (177,000 ha), peat-filled wetland straddling the Georgia–Florida line in the United States. A majority of the swamp is protected by the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge and the Okefenokee ...

in Georgia. The main character, Jo Beth Sidden, is an outspoken feminist

bloodhound The bloodhound is a large scent hound, originally bred for hunting deer, wild boar and, since the Middle Ages, for tracking people. Believed to be descended from hounds once kept at the Abbey of Saint-Hubert, Belgium, in French it is called, ''l ...

trainer who assists law enforcement with search and rescue. When she is accused of attacking her ex-husband, Jo Beth takes matters into her own hands.

References

1995 American novels American mystery novels Anthony Award-winning works Novels set in Georgia (U.S. state) {{1990s-mystery-novel-stub