Two Good Dogs: A Novel

From the New York Times–bestselling author of One Good Dog, a single mother and a widower discover love and healing with the help of two rescue dogs.

Single mom Skye Mitchell has sunk her last dime into a dream, owning the venerable LakeView Hotel in the Berkshire Hills. It’s here where she believes she’ll give her fourteen-year-old daughter Cody a better life. But Cody is keeping an earth-shattering secret that she’s terrified to reveal. The once loving, open girl has now become completely withdrawn, and Skye is both desperate and helpless to reach her.

When Adam March and his pit bull Chance check into the hotel, he finds an unexpected relief from his recent bereavement. He and Skye form a tentative friendship.

And then there is Mingo, a street kid with a pit bull dog of his own. When Cody discovers an overdosed Mingo, Adam takes the boy’s dog not just for safekeeping, but to foster and then rehome. But the dog isn’t the only one who needs saving. A makeshift family begins to form as four lost people learn to trust and rely on each other, with the help of two good dogs.

Praise for One Good Dog

“Moving, tender, and brilliantly crafted.” —Garth Stein, New York Times–bestselling author of The Art of Racing in the Rain

“One Good Dog will make you cry, will make you laugh, will make you feel things more than you thought possible—and it will make you believe in second chances.” —Augusten Burroughs, New York Times–bestselling author of Running with Scissors

“Fans of Marley and Me will find a new dog to cheer for in Wilson’s insightful heart-tugger.” —Publishers Weekly

© 2024 St. Martin's Press (E-bog): 9781466890466

Release date

E-bog: 4. september 2024