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Also by Theresa Schwegel:

The Lies We Tell, July 2017
Hardcover
The Good Boy, November 2014
Paperback
The Good Boy, November 2013
Hardcover / e-Book
Last Known Address, July 2009
Hardcover
Person Of Interest, January 2009
Mass Market Paperback (reprint)
Person Of Interest, December 2007
Hardcover
Probable Cause, November 2007
Paperback
Probable Cause, January 2007
Hardcover
Officer Down, October 2006
Paperback (reprint)
Officer Down, September 2005
Hardcover

THE GOOD BOY
By: Theresa Schwegel

Minotaur Books
November 2013
On Sale: November 5, 2013
368 pages
ISBN: 125000179X
EAN: 9781250001795
Kindle: B00DA7345I
Hardcover / e-Book
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Thriller | Mystery

Edgar award winner Theresa Schwegel returns with The Good Boy, her most dramatic and emotional novel to date, a family epic that combines the hard-boiled grit of her acclaimed police thrillers with an intimate portrait of a young boy trying to follow his heart in an often heartless city.

For Officer Pete Murphy, K9 duty is as much a punishment as a promotion. When a shaky arrest reignites a recent scandal and triggers a multimillion-dollar lawsuit, all eyes are on Pete as the department braces for another media firestorm.

Meanwhile, Pete's eleven-year-old son Joel feels invisible. His parents hardly notice him—unless they're arguing about his “behavioral problems”—and his older sister, McKenna, has lately disappeared into the strange and frightening world of teenagerdom. About the only friend Joel has left is Butchie, his father's furry “partner.”

When Joel and Butchie follow McKenna to a neighborhood bully’s party, illegal activity kicks the dog's police training into overdrive, and soon the duo are on the run, navigating the streets of Chicago as they try to stay one step ahead of the bad guys—bad guys who may have a very personal interest in getting some payback on Officer Pete Murphy.