Life is idyllic for Matt and Emily until an unspeakable tragedy drives a wedge between them. A courtroom drama, a love triangle, and a struggle for sanity exact a heavy toll on our protagonists. But Matt and Emily have one saving grace. They are "dog people." And canine companionship can do more than comfort us when we're lost. It can help us find the way home.

Doglegs in not simply a dog story but also an emotional adult triangle, with all the requisite plot twists: crime, punishment, redemption. The narrative intertwines tragedy with comedy and whimsy. And in the process of unfolding the human story, Doglegs also unfolds a treatise on the relative merits of humans and canines. Thematically, the novel demonstrates that—in terms of intuition, devotion, and purity of spirit—dogs are the masters, while the humans, all too often, behave like animals.

Most of the pivotal action takes place in a wooded area called Doglegs. The woods become symbolic of the obstructed human perspective. The title also refers to the "doglegs"—gradual shifts—in the thinking of the three main human characters. Doglegs reflects all of these changes through a shifting narrative as each character takes their "turn."

Take a stroll with Matt and Emily through Doglegs Park, where a colorful cast of characters runs off in all directions, howling, clawing, drooling—and these are the humans! When you come out on the other side, you may never again look at dogs—or people—in quite the same way.