A follow-up to A Nose for Justice finds Nevada newcomer Mags and her wire-haired dachshund, Baxter, teaming up with German shepherd, King, and police officer Pete to confront an ambitious politician and a corrupt power company on behalf of a homeless community.

African Americans had long faced racist obstacles to homeownership, but the social upheaval of the 1960s forced federal government reforms. In the 1970s, new housing policies encouraged African Americans to become homeowners. However, inclusion in the world of urban real estate was fraught with new problems. As new housing policies came into effect, the real estate industry abandoned its aversion to African Americans, especially Black women, precisely...