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Dog on It: A Chet and Bernie Mystery (Chet and Bernie Mysteries) (edition 2009)

by Spencer Quinn

Series: Chet and Bernie (1)

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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. Chet, the wise and lovable canine narrator of Dog on It, and Bernie, a down-on-his-luck private investigator, are quick to take a new case involving a frantic mother searching for her teenage daughter. This well-behaved and gifted student may or may not have been kidnapped, but she has definitely gotten mixed up with some very unsavory characters. With Chet's highly trained nose leading the way, their hunt for clues takes them into the desert to biker bars and other exotic locales-until the bad guys try to turn the tables and the resourceful duo lands in the paws of peril. Spencer Quinn's irresistible mystery kicks off a delightful new series that will have readers panting for more.… (more)
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Title:Dog on It: A Chet and Bernie Mystery (Chet and Bernie Mysteries)
Authors:Spencer Quinn
Info:Atria (2009), Paperback, 336 pages
Collections:Fiction, Bookies
Rating:****
Tags:mystery, dogs, private detectives, humor, novel, fiction, bookies

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Dog on It by Spencer Quinn

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I think the constant peril and injury of the dog was intentionally done as a tribute to white fang, but I found it a bit much. Liked the characters enough to give the next one a try, hoping it is a little less violent ( )
  cspiwak | Mar 6, 2024 |
The first book in the Chet and Bernie mystery series. Chet is a dog. Bernie is a divorced PI who is asked to look into a missing teen case. Her mother is worried as it is not her daughter's type of behavior. Her father is a jerk whose life is a house of cards. Bernie does not like the smell he's getting on the case, so he decides he has to find the girl. Chet is there is ride shot gun. Can they find the girl?

I enjoyed this story. It is told completely from Chet's POV. It was fun as Chet loses his train of thought a lot but he remembers smells. I cannot wait to hear some of Chet's stories about Bernie and past cases and past events in their lives. Kudos to Mr. Quinn for telling us all through Chet's eyes. That cannot have been easy. It makes it more difficult to solve the mystery although I did have part of it figured out before the explanation. Well, at least, the why. I did think a different reason was part of it though.

I loved Chet. I plan on reading the rest of the series. ( )
  Sheila1957 | Feb 8, 2024 |
Although I personally don't like reading a book from a dog's point of view with all straying distractions, the dogs view is very well represented. He's descriptive, very dog-like in his thoughts generally but I bit too humanized.
The author has obviously spent a lot of time thinking about thongs from his dogs perspectve I guess. He does a good job explaining this and describing the settings. ( )
  drmom62 | Apr 21, 2023 |
Although I personally don't like reading a book from a dog's point of view with all straying distractions, the dogs view is very well represented. He's descriptive, very dog-like in his thoughts generally but I bit too humanized.
The author has obviously spent a lot of time thinking about thongs from his dogs perspectve I guess. He does a good job explaining this and describing the settings. ( )
  drmom62 | Apr 21, 2023 |
Dog On It
(Chet and Bernie. Mystery #1)
By Spencer Quinn
I am hooked already on these two characters! The story is mostly told by the dog, Chet. The mystery is unpredictable and it has great characters! Realistic dialogue and when Chet is explaining his view it's great!
I love the unique telling the story from the point of view from Chet the dog. The great characters and plot! Wonderful story! ( )
  MontzaleeW | Aug 1, 2022 |
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An exciting new mystery series debuts with this first Chet and Bernie novel. Chet the Jet is a dog who failed K-9 school (cats in the open country played a role in his demise), but now he is a dedicated PI and works with Bernie, owner of the Little Detective Agency. The story is told entirely from Chet’s point of view, which will delight dog-loving mystery readers, but the book is also an excellent PI tale, dogs aside, as Chet and Bernie investigate the disappearance of a teenage girl whose developer dad may be up to no good. Chet may not understand things like maps (he doesn’t need them, as he can sniff his way home), but he is a great sleuth who finds the girl and solves the case. The always upbeat Chet may well be one of the most appealing new detectives on the block, but conscientious, kind, and environmentally aware Bernie is a close runner-up. Excellent and fully fleshed primary and secondary characters, a consistently doggy view of the world, and a sprightly pace make this a not-to-be-missed debut. Essential for all mystery collections and for dog lovers everywhere.
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Set in the Valley of an unnamed Western state, Quinn's winning debut introduces one smart canine detective and his partner, PI Bernie Little of the Little Detective Agency, who's pretty quick on the uptake himself. Chet, a lively mongrel with one white ear and one black ear, serves as the book's narrator, communicating with Bert via doggy methods that verge on the telepathic (I wagged my tail, that quick one-two wag meaning yes, not the over-the-top one that wags itself and can mean lots of things). Wealthy divorcée Cynthia Chambliss hires Bernie, a former cop, to find her missing 15-year-old daughter, Madison, whose father is a real estate developer who smells suspiciously of cat. (Chet's keen sense of smell comes in handy.) When Madison reappears and disappears again, her dad says she's just a runaway, though Bernie thinks otherwise. Chet must use all his superdog tricks to extricate Bernie from a mighty tight fix in a climax that fans of classic mysteries are sure to appreciate.
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For Bailey, Gansett, Charlie, Clem, and Audrey, without whom this book would not have been possible.
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I could smell him--or rather the booze on his breath--before he even opened the door, but my sense of smell is pretty good, probably better than yours.
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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. Chet, the wise and lovable canine narrator of Dog on It, and Bernie, a down-on-his-luck private investigator, are quick to take a new case involving a frantic mother searching for her teenage daughter. This well-behaved and gifted student may or may not have been kidnapped, but she has definitely gotten mixed up with some very unsavory characters. With Chet's highly trained nose leading the way, their hunt for clues takes them into the desert to biker bars and other exotic locales-until the bad guys try to turn the tables and the resourceful duo lands in the paws of peril. Spencer Quinn's irresistible mystery kicks off a delightful new series that will have readers panting for more.

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Meet Chet, the wise and lovable canine narrator of Dog on It, who works alongside Bernie, a down-on-his-luck private investigator. Chet might have flunked out of police school ("I'd been the best leaper in K-9 class, which had led to all the trouble in a way I couldn't remember exactly, although blood was involved"), but he's a detective through and through.

In this, their first adventure, Chet and Bernie investigate the disappearance of Madison, a teenage girl who may or may not have been kidnapped, but who has definitely gotten mixed up with some very unsavory characters. A well-behaved, gifted student, she didn't arrive home after school and her divorced mother is frantic. Bernie is quick to take the case -- something about a cash flow problem that Chet's not all that clear about -- and he's relieved, if vaguely suspicious, when Madison turns up unharmed with a story that doesn't add up. But when she disappears for a second time in a week, Bernie and Chet aren't taking any chances; they launch a full-blown investigation. Without a ransom demand, they're not convinced it's a kidnapping, but they are sure of one thing: something smells funny.

Their search for clues takes them into the desert to biker bars and other exotic locals, with Chet's highly trained nose leading the way. Both Chet and Bernie bring their own special skills to the hunt, one that puts each of them in peril. But even as the bad guys try to turn the tables, this duo is nothing if not resourceful, and the result is an uncommonly satisfying adventure.

With his doggy ways and his endearingly hardboiled voice, Chet is full of heart and occasionally prone to mischief. He is intensely loyal to Bernie, who, though distracted by issues that Chet has difficulty understanding -- like divorce, child custody, and other peculiar human concerns -- is enormously likable himself, in his flawed, all-too-human way.
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