Chet and Bernie #5
Atria
September 2012
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Featuring: Chet; Bernie Little; Thad Perry
320 pages ISBN: 1451665164 EAN: 9781451665161 Kindle: B0061OQXRI Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
Everyoneβs favorite detective team returns in a new adventure as canine narrator Chet and his human partner P.I. Bernie Little find that Hollywood has gone to the dogs.
Hoping to bring some Tinseltown money to the Valley, the mayor lures a movie studio to town to shoot their next production, a big-budget Western in the classic tradition. The star is none other than ruggedly handsomeβand notoriously badly behavedβThad Perry. When the mayor decides that someone needs to keep an eye on Thad so that he doesnβt get into too much trouble, Bernie and Chet are handpicked for the job. The money is good but something smells fishy, and what should have been a simple matter of babysitting soon gets more complicatedβespecially when they discover that Thad has a mysterious connection to the Valley that nobody wants to talk about. What kind of secret could Thad have left behind when he went to Hollywood to seek fame and fortune? The only people who might know the answer have a bad habit of turning up dead before they can talk.
As Bernieβs relationship with his longtime girlfriend Suzie goes long-distance, and Chetβs late-night assignations appear to have resulted in an unexpected dividend, itβs all our two sleuths can do to keep Thad and his motley entourage of yes-men, handlers, and hangers-on in their sights. Worst of all, Thad is a self-proclaimed cat person, and his feline friend Brando has taken an instant dislike to Chet.
Like the winning books before it, this fifth book in the series combines a top-notch mystery with genuine humor and a perceptive take on the relationship between human and dog that will stay with you long after the case is solved.
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