The Dog Who Knew Too Much by Spencer QuinnMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Jacket Blurb: Bernie is invited to give the keynote speech at the Great Western Private Eye Convention, but it's Chet that the bigshot P.I. in charge has secret plans for. Meanwhile Chet and Bernie are hired to find a kid who has gone missing from a wilderness camp in the high country.
The boy's mother thinks the boy's father, her ex, has snatched the boy, but Chet makes a find that sends the case in a new and dangerous direction.
As if that weren't enough, matters get complicated at home when a stray puppy that looks suspiciously like Chet shows up. Affairs of the heart collide with a job that's never been tougher, requiring our two intrepid sleuths to depend on each other as never before.
Read as an audio book.
This installment took me months to get through. Yes, months. I think the Husband and I started this last Fall on a road trip, then I continued reading after. Well, tried too. I fully admit, even knowing that everything will end well because, hello sequels, the initial plot made me so apprehensive I had to set the book aside. Yes, I know Bernie would be okay, yes I know Chet would be okay, but I just couldn't listen to it.
I had to skip a bit in the recording to get beyond the dramatic tension.
After that I could settle in and enjoy classic Chet and Bernie. Chet the Jet! Best part of the story - Chet making his way home and meeting a puppy with ears that don't match, and then Chet and Iggy. Honestly, laugh out loud!
Overall mystery was better than most cozy mysteries, with some deftly woven convolutions and plot twists. I am still not a fan of our hero and heroine confronting the murderers without strong back-up, that that delves into a whole 'nother quirk about cozies and the antagonism between the hero(ine) and law enforcement.
Despite taking forever to finish, I intend to read the next one.
Recommended.
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