Plot summary

Ruth's house is broken into while she's at work as nurse aide and a patient dies. The police arrive and take fingerprints, photos. and notes. As she isn't sure that she locked the doors and there's no sign of forced entry, the police tells her to up her security. But Ruth feels violated. She sleeps at her neighbor Angie's house. The next day she finds out whose dog's been shitting on her front lawn: Tony's. She also finds a shoe print in her garden and becomes a sleuth. She asks neighbors if they've seen anything and she tracks her stolen computer on her phone. She later befriends Tony as he's strong, and together they go on a quest to catch the thief.—Scott Filtenborg