The reality based TV show franchise including Live PD, Live PD Wanted, Live Rescue and Top Dog (competition for K9 dogs and their handlers) runs on one channel or the other almost 24-7. The shows are hugely popular with avid fans glued to each episode.
While many of the PD officers have become very well known over the years the programs have been running, so too have the K9 “officers” and their human partners. It is amazing what these dogs do and how fast the criminals, suspects or those trying to avoid arrest capitulate when a K9 and its teeth become involved.
Sometimes all it takes is a few barks and a loud growl to have the perpetrator crawling out of the bush!
When K9 officer “Reno” was stabbed during a take down … right on Live PD … social media basically exploded. Everyone wanted to know how Reno was doing, what exactly had happened, what his injuries were and if he was alive. The details? He was stabbed twice. Required 69 sutures. He is alive and has healed, but because of the seriousness of his injuries was retired from the force. Read more about Reno’s heroic journey HERE.
The bottom line? K9s are now an important part of our society. They are loved or hated depending on what side of the law you are on. They serve in many ways: search and rescue, take downs, narcotics detection, bomb detection and more.
Here Are The Top K9 Authors With Their K9 Stories
Warning — good and loving humans as well as mean and nasty humans may be involved!
Dale Mayer
Dale Mayer is a USA Today bestselling author best known for her Psychic Visions and Family Blood Ties series. Her contemporary romances are raw and full of passion and emotion (Second Chances, SKIN), her thrillers will keep you guessing (By Death series), and her romantic comedies will keep you giggling (It’s a Dog’s Life and Charmin Marvin Romantic Comedy series).
Top Selling K9 Heroes Books:
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| Ethan (The K9 Files Book 1) | Mayer, Dale | Buy on Amazon | ||
| Pierce (The K9 Files Book 2) | Mayer, Dale | Buy on Amazon | ||
| Zane (The K9 Files Book 3) | Mayer, Dale | Buy on Amazon | ||
| Blaze (The K9 Files Book 4) | Mayer, Dale | Buy on Amazon |
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Terri Reed
Award winning, multi-published author Terri Reed found solace from a chaotic childhood in the pages of books that took her far away to different realms and realities. When she discovered Christian fiction, she also discovered her own story telling voice. Now she writes books of heart-warming romance and heart-pounding suspense infused with faith. Her romance and romantic suspense novels have appeared on Publisher’s Weekly top ten and Nielsen BookScan top hundred lists, and have been featured in USA Today. When not writing, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends and running the agility course with her Australian shepherd.
Top Selling K9 Heroes Books:
| Image | Title | Author | Price | Buy |
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| Agent-in-Training: Faith in the Face of Crime (Classified K-9 Unit) | Reed, Terri | Buy on Amazon | ||
| Seeking the Truth: Faith in the Face of Crime (True Blue K-9 Unit) | Reed, Terri | Buy on Amazon | ||
| Tracking Danger: A Riveting Western Suspense (Military K-9 Unit) | Reed, Terri | Buy on Amazon | ||
| Guardian: A Riveting Western Suspense (Classified K-9 Unit) | Reed, Terri | Buy on Amazon |
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Dana Mentink
Dana Mentink is an award winning author of Christian fiction. She’s written more than twenty five mystery and suspense novels. She is honored to have received two ACFW Carol Awards, a Holt Medallion Award, and a Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award. Please visit her on the web at www.danamentink.com or find her on Twitter, Facebook or Pinterest. Dana hosts monthly contests at www.dmentink.wordpress.com and on her YouTube channel.
Top Selling K9 Heroes Books:
| Image | Title | Author | Price | Buy |
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| Act of Valor (True Blue K-9 Unit) | Mentink, Dana | Buy on Amazon | ||
| Top Secret Target (Military K-9 Unit) | Mentink, Dana | Buy on Amazon | ||
| Shield of Protection (True Blue K-9 Unit) | Mentink, Dana | Buy on Amazon | ||
| Seek and Find (Rookie K-9 Unit) | Mentink, Dana | Buy on Amazon |
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Lenora Worth
Lenora Worth is a member of both the RWA and ACFW Honor Rolls. She writes inspirational fiction for Harlequin’s Love Inspired and sweet romance for Tule Publishing. She also helped launch the Rodeo Knights Western Romance imprint. Her LIS Body of Evidence made the NY Times Bestseller list and she is also a USA Today and Publishers Weekly Bestselling author. Lenora has written 80+ books and has an estimated 3 million books in print. She loves cheesecake, shoe shopping, walking on the beach and reading.
Top Selling K9 Heroes Books:
| Image | Title | Author | Price | Buy |
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| Deep Undercover (True Blue K-9 Unit) | Worth, Lenora | Buy on Amazon | ||
| Rescue Operation (Military K-9 Unit) | Worth, Lenora | Buy on Amazon | ||
| Lone Star Protector (Texas K-9 Unit Book 6) | Worth, Lenora | Buy on Amazon | ||
| Truth and Consequences (Rookie K-9 Unit) | Worth, Lenora | Buy on Amazon |
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Valerie Hansen
Valerie Hansen resides in the rural Ozarks where she writes the books of her heart, primarily for Love Inspired Romance and Suspense. She is married to her childhood sweetheart and has worked as a teacher’s-aide, EMT, fire dept. dispatcher, dog breeder, commercial artist, dulcimer builder, Veterinarian’s asst., 4-H leader, Sunday School teacher, antique restorer and certified Storm Spotter, etc. She been published since the 1980s and has over 70 books to her credit.
Top Selling K9 Heroes Books:
| Image | Title | Author | Price | Buy |
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| Trail of Danger (True Blue K-9 Unit) | Hansen, Valerie | Buy on Amazon | ||
| Bound by Duty (Military K-9 Unit) | Hansen, Valerie | Buy on Amazon | ||
| Search and Rescue (Rookie K-9 Unit) | Hansen, Valerie | Buy on Amazon | ||
| Texas K-9 Unit Series Books 4-6: An Anthology | Hansen, Valerie | Buy on Amazon |
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Tee O’Fallon
Tee O’Fallon has been a federal agent for twenty-three years and is now a police investigator, giving her hands-on experience in the field of law enforcement that she combines with her love of romantic suspense. Tee’s job affords her the unique opportunity to work with the heroic men and women in law enforcement on a daily basis. For Tee, research is the easy part! Besides reading and writing, Tee loves cooking, gardening, chocolate, lychee martinis, and all creatures canine.
Top Selling K9 Heroes Books:
| Image | Title | Price | Prime | Buy |
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| Lock 'N' Load (Federal K-9 Book 1) | Prime | Buy on Amazon | ||
| Armed 'N' Ready (Federal K-9 Book 2) | Prime | Buy on Amazon | ||
| Dark 'N' Deadly (Federal K-9 Book 3) | Prime | Buy on Amazon |
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Margaret Mizushima
Margaret Mizushima is the author of the award-winning and internationally published Timber Creek K-9 Mysteries. She lives in Colorado on a small ranch with her veterinarian husband where they raised two daughters and a multitude of animals.
Top Selling K9 Heroes Books:
| Image | Title | Author | Price | Buy |
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| Tracking Game: A Timber Creek K-9 Mystery | Mizushima, Margaret | Buy on Amazon | ||
| Killing Trail: A Timber Creek K-9 Mystery | Mizushima, Margaret | Buy on Amazon | ||
| Hunting Hour: A Timber Creek K-9 Mystery | Mizushima, Margaret | Buy on Amazon | ||
| Stalking Ground: A Timber Creek K-9 Mystery | Mizushima, Margaret | Buy on Amazon |
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Jen Blood
Jen Blood is the USA Today-bestselling author of two critically acclaimed, action-packed mystery series: The Erin Solomon Mysteries and the Flint K-9 Search and Rescue Mysteries. Both series feature strong, independent women who dominate in their chosen fields.
In addition to her career as an author, Jen is also a freelance writer and certified dog trainer. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing/Popular Fiction from the University of Southern Maine, is a regular blogger with Maine Crime Writers, and leads workshops throughout New England on writing, editing, and independent publishing.
Top Selling K9 Heroes Books:
| Image | Title | Author | Price | Buy |
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| The Darkest Thread (The Flint K-9 Search and Rescue Mysteries Book 1) | Blood, Jen | Buy on Amazon | ||
| Inside the Echo (The Flint K-9 Search and Rescue Mysteries Book 2) | Blood, Jen | Buy on Amazon | ||
| The Redemption Game (The Flint K-9 Search and Rescue Mysteries Book 3) | Blood, Jen | Buy on Amazon |
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Sara Driscoll
Sara Driscoll is the pen name of Jen J. Danna and Ann Vanderlaan, authors of the Abbott and Lowell Forensic Mysteries. Jen is an infectious disease researcher at a cutting edge Canadian university near Toronto, but loves to spend her free time writing the thrilling and mysterious. Ann lives in central Texas with five rescued pit bulls, including Kane, now a certified therapy dog. She also trains with Kane for competitive nose work.
Top Selling K9 Heroes Books:
| Image | Title | Author | Price | Buy |
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| Lone Wolf (An F.B.I. K-9 Novel Book 1) | Driscoll, Sara | Buy on Amazon | ||
| Before It's Too Late (An F.B.I. K-9 Novel Book 2) | Driscoll, Sara | Buy on Amazon | ||
| Storm Rising (An F.B.I. K-9 Novel Book 3) | Driscoll, Sara | Buy on Amazon | ||
| No Man's Land (An F.B.I. K-9 Novel Book 4) | Driscoll, Sara | Buy on Amazon |
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Steven Henry
Steven Henry is the USA Today bestselling author of the Erin O’Reilly mysteries and the Clarion Chronicles. He learned how to read almost before he learned how to walk. Ever since he began reading stories, he wanted to put his own on the page. He lives a very quiet and ordinary life in Minnesota with his wife and dog.
Top Selling K9 Heroes Books:
| Image | Title | Author | Price | Buy |
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| Black Velvet (The Erin O'Reilly K-9 Mysteries Book 1) | Henry, Steven | Buy on Amazon | ||
| Irish Car Bomb (The Erin O'Reilly K-9 Mysteries Book 2) | Henry, Steven | Buy on Amazon | ||
| White Russian (The Erin O'Reilly K-9 Mysteries Book 3) | Henry, Steven | Buy on Amazon | ||
| Double Scotch (The Erin O'Reilly K-9 Mysteries Book 4) | Henry, Steven | Buy on Amazon |
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Alex Kava
ALEX KAVA is a New York Times, USA Today and Amazon bestselling author of nineteen novels including the award-winning FBI Profiler Maggie O’Dell series and the critically acclaimed Ryder Creed K-9 Mystery series. Published in over thirty countries, Kava’s novels have made the bestseller lists in the UK, Australia, Germany, Japan, Italy, and Poland.
Top Selling K9 Heroes Books:
| Image | Title | Author | Price | Buy |
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| Breaking Creed (A Ryder Creed Novel Book 1) | Kava, Alex | Buy on Amazon | ||
| Silent Creed (A Ryder Creed Novel Book 2) | Kava, Alex | Buy on Amazon | ||
| LOST CREED: (Book 4 Ryder Creed K-9 Mystery series) | Kava, Alex | Buy on Amazon | ||
| DESPERATE CREED: (Book 5 Ryder Creed K-9 Mystery Series) | Kava, Alex | Buy on Amazon |
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Katie Ruggle
A graduate of the Police Academy, Katie received her ice-rescue certification and can attest that the reservoirs in the Colorado mountains really are that cold. A fan of anything that makes her feel like a bad-ass, she has trained in Krav Maga, boxing and gymnastics, has lived in an off-grid, solar- and wind-powered house in the Rocky Mountains, rides horses, trains dogs, cross-country skis and travels to warm places to scuba dive. In addition to her romantic suspense books, she also writes spicier romances under the pen name Katie Allen.
Top Selling K9 Heroes Books:
| Image | Title | Author | Price | Buy |
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| Run to Ground (Rocky Mountain K9 Unit Book 1) | Ruggle, Katie | Buy on Amazon | ||
| On the Chase (Rocky Mountain K9 Unit Book 2) | Ruggle, Katie | Buy on Amazon | ||
| Survive the Night (Rocky Mountain K9 Unit Book 3) | Ruggle, Katie | Buy on Amazon | ||
| Through the Fire (Rocky Mountain K9 Unit Book 4) | Ruggle, Katie | Buy on Amazon |
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