Meat For Murder

Things this Mystery is about:
...Three DOGS -- one great DANE and two black and white spotted coach dogs... A sharp and shiny CARVING KNIFE... The PLOT for a movie script...Five CONTRACTS, slightly arbitrary but absolutely legal... A PAMPHLET passed out by a religious fanatic... A small pharmacist's box full of PHENOBARBITAL... A similar BOX full of something more dangerous... A bottle of BUTTERMILK... A box of ROACH POWDER... A quantity of TAPS FOR RATS -- which means just what it says... Two dishes of raw HAMBURGER... A PHONOGRAPH without any NEEDLES... A VEGETARIAN who doesn't have any of the smaller vices like smoking or drinking, but must have some of the bigger ones.
THE ANSWERS to those questions will amaze and intrigue you as you read this fast-paced story about an eccentric artist and his oddly assorted menage.