….and when he hears Bernie is a detective, asks for a meeting the next day. Wendell studies aquifers and designs water projects. When Bernie refuses a bonus, for instance, Chet thinks: "No bonus? With the state of our finances? Had Bernie forgotten about our self-storage.stacked from floor to ceiling with Hawaiian pants, not one pair sold."Īnd then there was the tin futures fiasco! Chet always hopes new cases will boost the agency's bank account.Ī new case appears to be on the horizon when Bernie and Chet meet hydrologist Wendell Nero at a yard party. In Chet's eyes Bernie can do no wrong, except in the area of finances. The book can be read as a standalone.īernie Little and his dog Chet are partners in the 'Little Detective Agency', located in the Southwest United States.īernie and Chet tend to attract oddball cases, which are faithfully narrated by Chet in his inimitable - and hilarious - doggy fashion. In this 10th book in the 'Chet and Bernie Mystery' series, the private detective and his dog investigate the death of a scientist. Meanwhile, Chet is smelling water where there is no water, and soon Chet and Bernie are in danger like never before. Chet and Bernie begin to look into Wendell's work, a search that leads to a struggling winemaker who has received an offer he can't refuse. What did the hydrologist want to see them about? Is his death a random robbery, or something more? Chet and Bernie, working for nothing more than an eight-pack of Slim Jims, are on the case.īernie might be the only one who thinks the police have arrested the wrong man, including the perp's own defense attorney.
When Chet the dog, "the most lovable narrator in all of crime fiction" ( Boston Globe), and his partner, PI Bernie Little of the desert-based Little Detective Agency, arrive to a meeting with hydrologist Wendell Nero, they are in for a shocking sight-Wendell has come to a violent and mysterious end.
Spencer Quinn's Of Mutts and Men is the latest in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling series that the Los Angeles Times called "nothing short of masterful".
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