Search - Dog on It (Chet and Bernie, Bk 1)

I loved this book! Spencer Quinn is the pseudnym of author Peter Abrahams who just won the 2010 Edgar award for Best YA Mystery with his book "Reality Check". So while this is the first book in a new series, it's not a debut book for this writer.

Chet is the narrator of the mystery. He's a Belgian Shepard who almost passed K-9 school. He has one black ear and one white ear, and keen nose and undying loyalty for his human partner Bernie. Quinn captured the essense of what a dog's thought process might be. The narration from Chet's perspestive had me chuckling throuhgout most of the book. There are some parts of high drama where you really could feel the frustration that a dog might feel based on the outward signs of anxiety a keen observer of dogs will have seen in similar situations.

I had the mystery figured out pretty quickly, but solving the mystery wasn't really the point of the book. Seeing how Chet filtered the events, and worked to solve the mystery were the fascinating parts. I've already checked the second book "Thereby Hangs a Tail" and can't wait to see what Chet and Bernie's next adventure is.

Fun, easy read. Dog is interesting but not too humanized (other than he talks and writes a book, of course, but hey..) Characters good,moves right along.

I loved this book! I couldn't stop laughing. Quinn really understands the mind of the dog and reading it from the perspective of Chet is genious. It was a great story,too. Fun summer reading!

I loved this book! Found out about Chet and Bernie reading "A Cat was Involved" that gave the backstory how Chet and Bernie got together. As long as you don't have a problem with the dog telling the story, you will love this. Occasionally you are reminded that Chet is telling the story when he says something completely DOG. Have put the entire series on my wish list and hope something will come soon! Can't wait to read their next adventure.

I normally read SciFi, but was looking for something new to read. I can't say I am a dog lover either, but I really loved this book. It was quite amusing to see how he perceived humans.