By Spencer Quinn
Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Atria Books, 2010
Genre: Mystery, humorous stories
Series: Chet and Bernie Mysteries; 2
ISBN: 9781416585855
Intended audience: Adult
Number of pages: 309
Setting: The Valley (an unnamed desert city somewhere between Las Vegas and New Mexico), Rio Loco, Clauson’s Wells, and Las Vegas, NV
Time period: Contemporary
Plot summary: Chet and Bernie don’t usually take body guarding cases, but they make an exception this time for the show dog Princess. However, due to an incidental circumstance, they are soon fired. Unfortunately for all, soon after this, both Princess and her owner are abducted. Once Chet and Bernie are rehired to find them, Suzie Sanchez, a reporter for the Valley Tribune and good friend of Chet and Bernie’s disappears as well. With three missing individuals, Chet and Bernie have their work cut out for them. Continue reading