The Dog Who Knew
too Much, Spencer Quinn
This is the fourth in
the Little Detective Agency run by Bernie Little and his Ace sidekick, Chet the
Jet, the four legged and brainier of the two.
I have loved this series, but keep wondering when the premise will grow
old, when Chet will have used up his bag of tricks . The answer is – not yet.
This is a kidnapping
case with a wonderful group of loony characters for our heroes to interact
with, get beaten up by, and ultimately outsmart. Like Chet, the women in Bernie’s life are
also smarter than him, but he is persistent and in the end it is his dog and
his doggedness that saves the day.
Lost in the woods or
snatched, murders in a gold mine,
hippies, bad sheriffs and judges, moron deputies, a self-absorbed camp counselor
and a bad guy who is overwhelmed by the other bad ones makes this a maze of
characters and in the end you know all the ones that need to pay a price –
will.
So as usual, Chet has
to handle a part of the case on his own while Bernie is out of commission and
despite the fact that he doesn’t really know what he is doing, he does the
right thing and saves the day with smiles, human, and satisfaction.
So is this the
end? Have we run the gamut of dog
detective stories? All I know is that
like Chet, there is a little black puppy running around with one black and one
white ear. Could there be more to the
partnership?
“Featuring canine
narrator Chet and his human companion Bernie—“the coolest human/pooch duo this
side of Wallace and Gromit” (Kirkus Reviews).
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