The Murder of Hound Dog Bates

When Sassafras Bates find his beloved dog dead, he thinks he knows who killed him. So he buries Hound Dog Bates smack in front of his aunts' porch, hoping that guilt will make one of them confess. When this doesn't work, he decides to play detective. Sass's investigation leads him to some surprising discoveries about his aunts--and himself. Winner of the Edgar Allen Poe Award.