The PI team Chet and Bernie are back in Spencer Quinn's latest mystery Of Mutts and Men (#918). After a casual meeting at a client's house party, Bernie is invited to consult with Wendell Nero, a hydrologist. When Chet and Bernie show up at the site of his latest project to meet with him, Wendell has been murdered. What could he have found in this remote canyon that would have caused his death? Although the police dismiss it as simple robbery-gone-wrong, whatever the real reason is, it puts Chet and Bernie right in the crosshairs of whoever is behind the killing as they continue to investigate.
Chet the Jet is dognapped, and Bernie is caught up in pursuing leads that Wendell's project might have to do with the aquifer which supplies The Valley, long one of his concerns. Add in a sexy lawyer from a high-powered firm, a family vineyard and an Ivy League college Endowment Fund and you have the makings of a gripping mystery. Oh, and former girlfriend Susie is back!
Love this series! But my husband did have a question after reading Of Mutts and Men; since Chet seems to go missing thanks to the bad guys in each book, why on earth doesn't Bernie just have Chet microchipped? To which I replied, "But where would be the fun in that?"
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