Peggy Gaffney

When she writes the KATE KILLOY MYSTERIES, Peggy Gaffney takes her experience as a longtime dog breeder and creates, a smart, sassy, fast-paced, romantic suspense series aimed at dog lovers. The series has tackled threats in the form of international intrigue, attempted kidnapping, murder, stalking, cyber crimes, hacking, theft of millions, and in this latest adventure, a threat against the United States. All these crimes would be enough to fill the pages of a thrilling suspense novel, but in the Kate Killoy Mysteries, there is the added ingredient of dogs, especially Samoyed dogs. For dog lovers, this is a chance to enjoy a fast-paced adventure while learning about the world of breeding and showing dogs or as one reviewer put it, these stories are like “Die Hard meets Best In Show.” GUARD KATE is the sixth book in the Kate Killoy Mystery series. Kate’s back and someone wants her dead! The death of someone they love brings a threat against Kate’s family and has Agnes running for her life. The murderer switches his target from her to Kate. They have six days to find what the dead man hid. The menace grows as the deadline draws near and what had been intimidation becomes multiple attempts on Kate’s life. The battle progresses from the halls of Congress to a holiday celebration with Santa and his well-armed elves. But for Harry, the investigative team pursuing answers, and Kate’s dogs, there is one over-riding goal--Guard Kate. ALONE AT LAST... ...OR NOT. NORTH COUNTRY HONEYMOON is the fifth and latest book in the Kate Killoy Mystery series. Just married, Kate Killoy and Harry Foyle are starting their honeymoon in a vacation home they've purchased along Millionaires Mile on Lake George in the Adirondacks. The only impediments to their wedded bliss are dead bodies in the basement, and a house filling up with police, FBI, relatives, and killers. They know the only chance to enjoy a real honeymoon is to solve these crimes. So with the help of Kate's Samoyed dogs, Liam, Dillon, and Quinn, that's exactly what they set out to do. The fourth and book in the series SEARCH tell a story of Kate and Harry who with just a week until the wedding, the bride and her dog are searching for a lost child, the groom is searching for the murderer of his father, the Mob is trying to kill them both. But not even a blizzard dropping two feet of snow stops the action. The third book in the series NATIONAL SECURITY concerns a threat against the USA which takes place at the Samoyed National Specialty where our heroes are surrounded by hundreds of dogs. It brings together Kate Killoy and her fiancé Harry Foyle along with the cast of characters from the first two stories Fashion Goes to the Dogs and Puppy Pursuit. The second book in the series, PUPPY PURSUIT, continues the story of Kate, a dog trainer and fashion designer and Harry, her fiance who's a former math geek for the FBI. With what was planned to be a trip cross country to get a puppy turning into a battle against cyber-thieves trying to steal millions that has Kate, Harry and the eight-week-old puppy running for their lives. In the first book, FASHION GOES TO THE DOGS, the story takes place in NYC in February at the end of Fashion Week and the beginning of show dog madness. Kate is there to have a fashion show of her designs to be worn by dog lovers and to exhibit her Samoyed, Dillon in the dog show. What she encounters instead, is international intrigue, people trying to kill her and a former math geek for the FBI who is determined to protect her even if it cost him his life -- or his heart. IN THE CRAFTY DOGS KNITTING BOOK SERIES, Peggy Gaffney has also written ten knitting books designed to delight pet lovers, especially those with dogs. Her latest is the wonderful new full-color adventure in knitting pet pictures, KNIT A KITTEN PURL A PUPPY. She has a talent for capturing the look of each animal in her unique 'portrait knits' which are almost lifelike in their detail. Peggy has spent most of her life pursuing her favorite hobbies of knitting and showing her purebred Samoyed dogs. Her designs reflect her love for animals. The world of 'picture knitting' is one where Peggy could use her design skills to build a picture in stitches. Using needles and yarn she takes simple stockinette stitches and works a picture which grows with each row and is an integral part of the finished garment. This Intarsia technique gives freedom for detail that is not possible in other forms of knitting. Whether the design is worked in a pillow, sweater, scarf or hat, she gives the knitter a chance to show off their favorite pet. Kanine Knits publishes not only the collection of Crafty Knits books but also individual pet portrait patterns which are available through their website. Peggy's spent more than ten years as a custom knitting designer creating one-or-a-kind sweaters and accessories for owners of some of the top dogs in the country. Having been a writer of many genres throughout her life, the idea of translating these designs into book form was a natural choice. Her dog knitting books each focus on taking a single breed per book and creating designs of that breed in action. She realized that this wouldn't work with cats. Though they might enjoy agility, cats don't do 'obedience.' So after discussing the approach with a number of fanciers, she decided to take a dozen breeds and focus on what makes each of them unique. Each breed gets its own design accompanied by an object that figures in the cat's history. The story that explains how each breed came to be is included along with more than 50 photos of cats taken by the author as well as submitted by fancier around the country. With The Crafty Llama and Alpaca Knits, she dealt with the two well-known camelids and discussed the history, what they do and of course, talked about the fleece which is of so much importance not only with the breeders but with knitters craving luxury fibers. The book is filled with photos of these wonderful creatures in action. The Crafty Llama and Alpaca Knits is published by Kanine Knits which is also the publisher of The Crafty Cat Knits and the Crafty Dog Knits series which includes books about Samoyeds, Labrador Retrievers, Golden Retrievers, Bernese Mt Dogs, Newfoundlands, Welsh Corgis, and Poodles. KNIT A KITTEN PURL A PUPPY allowed Peggy to change her pattern of single breed focus, Taking twenty-three breeds of puppies and kittens she created cute projects that would allow these adorable designs to be worked into items for everyone in the family from infant to adult. The breeds include Golden Retriever, Labrador Retriever, Siberian Husky, Abyssinian Kitten, Rottweiler, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Pug, German Shepherd, Tuxedo kitten, Bulldog, Chihuahua, Persian kitten, Yorkshire Terrier, Boxer, Siamese Kitten, Chow, Bernese Mt. Dog, Basset Hound, Exotic kitten, Dachshund, Boston Terrier, Miniature Schnauzer, Samoyed, Havanese and she has also included other accompanying designs as well. Peggy Gaffney is now hard at work on several new books to delight the creative knitter.