Hey, mystery and dog lovers out there, have I found a delectable late night read that’s got a low key, slightly life- battered detective named Bernie and his K9 counterpart Chet. This is the first of the Chet and Bernie series. A teenager gets kidnapped, Chet gets dognapped and spends some harrowing hours in an animal shelter, bikers spin across the desert with Chet fastened behind the burliest of them all. Bernie has put out big signs all over the place for his lost dog. In the meantime, the plot simmers with the drama of the missing 16-year-old and some unsavory characters who might just have sequestered her in a mansion in the woods. Maybe. I’m not through with the book. Lights out time is 8:48 pm at the Hall House. This book had me up past midnight last night and eager to befriend its pages again this cold evening. This articulately construed mystery is good stuff and not some sentimental fluff about a man and his dog. I recommend Dog On It to all our dedicated mystery readers, to people who are tired of the same ole formulaic mystery, to people who like a book written from a different point of view, and to anyone who likes to read for pleasure.
-Pat
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