Simon & Schuster
August 2011
On Sale: July 26, 2011
Featuring: Popo the Clown; Bernie Little; Chet
336 pages ISBN: 1439157081 EAN: 9781439157084 Paperback Add to Wish List
In the third book in the brilliant New York Times
bestselling series featuring a lovable and wise dog
narrator, Chet and Bernie go under the big top to solve the
most unlikely missing persons (and animals!) case ever. We
were outnumbered, some big number against two. When it comes
to numbers, two is as far as I go, but it’s enough, in my
opinion. . . . “Sit,” Bernie said. I sat. Bernie would
think of something—he always did. That was one of the things
that made the Little Detective Agency such a success, except
for the finances part . . . Chet has smelled a lot of
unusual things in his years as trusted companion and partner
to P.I. Bernie Little, but nothing has prepared him for the
exotic scents he encounters when an old-fashioned traveling
circus comes to town. Bernie scores tickets to this
less-than-greatest- show-on-earth because his son Charlie is
crazy about elephants. The only problem is that Peanut, the
headlining pachyderm of this particular one-ring circus, has
gone missing—along with her trainer, Uri DeLeath. Stranger
still, no one saw them leave. How does an elephant vanish
without a trace? At first there’s nothing Bernie and Chet
can do— it’s a police matter and they have no standing in
the case. But then they’re hired by Popo the Clown, who has
his own reasons for wanting to find out what has become of
the mysteriously missing duo. After Chet takes a few sniffs
in Peanut’s trailer and picks up her one-of-a-kind scent, he
and Bernie are in hot pursuit, heading far away from the
bright lights of the traveling show and into the dark desert
night. Some very dangerous people would prefer that Chet and
Bernie disappear for good and will go to any lengths to make
that happen. Across the border in Mexico and separated from
Bernie, Chet must use all his natural strength and doggy
smarts to try to save himself—not to mention Bernie and a
decidedly uncooperative Peanut, too. To Fetch a Thief shows
why readers everywhere have fallen head-over-paws in love
with the Chet and Bernie mystery series. Top-notch suspense,
humor, and insight into the ways our canine companions think
and behave make this the most entertaining and irresistible
book in the series yet.