With his doggy ways and his endearingly hardboiled voice, Chet is full of heart and occasionally prone to mischief. 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. Both Chet and Bernie bring their own special skills to the hunt, one that puts each of them in peril. 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. Without a ransom demand, they’re not convinced it’s a kidnapping, but they are sure of one thing: something smells funny. 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. 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. A well behaved, gifted student, she didn’t arrive home after school and her divorced mother is frantic. 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. 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. Meet Chet, the wise and lovable canine narrator of Dog On It, who works alongside Bernie, a down on his luck private investigator.

Dog on it by spencer quinn