Kathleen K. (katydid597) - , reviewed on 11/10/2015 + 48 more book reviews

I love the Chet and Bernie books. They are written from Chet's point of view, and he's the dog!

This is the sixth book in the series, and Bernie, a Private Investigator, has been hired by Frenchie Boutette, a criminal he and Chet had captured earlier. Frenchie's brother Ralph is missing, and Frenchie wants Bernie to find him.

Bernie takes the case and he and Chet have to go to Louisiana to search for Ralph. Turns out that the Boutettes are involved in a Hatfield/McCoy relationship with one of the town's other families, the Robideaus, and at first it seems that Ralph's disappearance is related to this rivalry. As Bernie digs deeper however, it seems that Ralph is the only intelligent member of the family and his disappearance seems to be tied to an apparent oil leakage and at least one murder.

Chet is a K-9 Academy drop-out, involved a small misunderstanding right before he graduated, so Bernie inherited him. He weighs over 100 pounds and is really a great dog. I really enjoy the way the author, Spencer Quinn, has him tell the story and inserts all of Chet's feelings and shows how easily dogs can be distracted.

If you enjoy a light read, with a bit of laugh out loud humor, I think you'd like these tales too!

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