Lydia Adamson: Dr. Nightingale Comes Home (USA 1994)

From the Publisher:
From the queen of cat mysteries comes a new mystery series for animal lovers of all kinds. Lovable veterinarian Deirdre Quinn Nightingale embarks on her first investigation of a human death when her good friend Dick Obey, a dairy farmer, is found dead and horribly mutilated.

Lydia Adamson: Dr. Nightingale Comes Home. Signet, ISBN: 0451178726 (January, 1994), 213 p., $3.99.