Of mutts and men by spencer quinn5/7/2023 38 as he is with a Slim Jim for his sidekick. Chet is a wonderful narrator-top dog, you could say-but he never descends to cuteness, and Bernie is as tough a PI as Spade or Marlowe, a man as quick with his. "I have been a Chet and Bernie fan from the start, and this is the best one yet-suspenseful, laugh-out-loud funny in places, and surprisingly tender. 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. Bernie might be the only one who thinks the police have arrested the wrong man, including the perp's own defense attorney. 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. 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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