Dr. Bannerman Vet Mysteries Series

The Dr. Bannerman Vet Mystery series by Philipp Schott is a cozy mystery series that combines the talents of a veterinarian and an amateur sleuth. The protagonist, Dr. Peter Bannerman, is a veterinarian who uses his logical thinking and his sniffer dog, Pippin, to solve the mysteries.

Books in this Series (4)

Cover of Fifty-Four Pigs

Fifty-Four Pigs

Book #1 in series

Philipp Schott

Manitoba

Animal, Cozy, Mystery, Small Town

Peter is an odd duck, obsessed with logic and measurable facts, an obsession he puts to good use in his veterinary practice. When a murder is connected to the swine barn explosion and his friend Tom becomes the prime suspect, Peter feels compelled to put his reasoning skills, and his dog Pippin’s remarkable nose, to use to help clear him.

Cover of Six Ostriches

Six Ostriches

Book #2 in series

Philipp Schott

Manitoba

Animal, Cozy, Mystery, Small Town

It’s springtime in rural Manitoba, and the snow has finally left the exotic animal farm when an ostrich finds and swallows a shiny object. (Because this is what ostriches do.) Cue veterinarian and amateur sleuth Dr. Peter Bannerman, who surgically removes the object, which looks like an ancient Viking artifact. Soon after, people around are horrified…

Cover of Eleven Huskies

Eleven Huskies

Book #3 in series

Philipp Schott

Manitoba

Animal, Cozy, Mystery, Small Town

Peter Bannerman, veterinarian and amateur detective, deserves a summer vacation. Peter and his family head to a remote fishing lodge in northern Manitoba for a canoeing trip with his champion sniffer dog, Pippin. But a series of incidents color their plans. The lodge’s sled team of huskies has been poisoned and, at the same time, a floatplane crashes…

Cover of Three Bengal Kittens

Three Bengal Kittens

Book #4 in series

Philipp Schott

Manitoba

Animal, Cozy, Mystery, Small Town

In the fourth book in the series, Dr. Peter Bannerman’s brother Sam takes in three Bengal kittens after the previous owner, his neighbor in a Winnipeg north end apartment building, is found dead. The death was originally thought to be due to accidental autoerotic asphyxiation, but after investigation, Sam is arrested and charged with his neighbor’s…