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Balsamic Dreams
Rant on the Baby Boomer generation. Enjoyed listening to the author more than reading the book.
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4/2004
A Cat Was Involved
Chet and Bernie Mystery #0.1. A short story that fills us in on some prior history.
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5/2024
A Fistful Of Collars
A Chet and Bernie Mystery, #5. Narrated by Chet, the dog. A movie production crew comes to down, people start dying.
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"Ever have a B-13 go off right over your head?" -- What is a B-13?Quote:
I pulled a Uey. -- I'd spell it U-ie. Read:
5/2024
Dog On It
Chet and Bernie Mystery, #1.
A teenager missing, possibly kidnapped, and the boys are on the job!
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6/2024
Heart Of Barkness
Chet and Bernie Mystery #9. The country music scene is explored.
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"When Oksana needs blinis she needs blinis."Quote:
"I was about to commit hari-kiri by means of soduko." -- I just learned about this meme today!!Read:
5/2024
It's A Wonderful Woof
Chet and Bernie Mystery, #12. Sort of a Christmas story, at least it takes place during the season. Chet and Bernie look for a missing friend, and find out about artwork. Good story!
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"I am like an educated man, in some ways," Bernie told him. "What's this false penitent shit?"Read:
4/2025
Mrs. Plansky's Revenge: A Novel
Spencer Quinn is a pseudonym of Peter Abrahams! A widow gets all her money ripped off over the telephone (one of those scams) so she travels to Romania to get it back. I enjoyed it very much!
I chatted on the internet with a girl in Romania once, you don't suppose...
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"This may sound harebrained," she began.
He interrupted. "That's one expression I've never understood."
"H-A-R-E," said Mrs. Plansky. "Like bunny rabbit."
Max smacked his forehead... "What an idiot!" he said...Read:
4/2024
Of Mutts And Men
Chet and Bernie Mystery #10
The diminishing aquifer seems to be the subject.
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"Whew," Mindy Joe said. "Thought for a second there you were having a stroke."
"That was last week," said Mr. Parsons.Read:
5/2024
Paw And Order
Chet and Bernie Mystery #7
They start out (in the book) in Louisiana, decide to "Go East" to D.C, where Suzie is.
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5/2024
Santa 365
Chet and Bernie Mystery #3.1
A fun quick Christmas tale, with elves. Well, an elf.
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5/2024
Scents And Sensibility
Chet and Bernie Mystery #8. Someone stole a cactus.
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5/2024
Tail Of Vengeance
Chet and Bernie Mystery #0.3/#5.2
The Little Detective Agency is reluctantly get hired to get the goods on a possibly cheating boyfriend. At least, that is where it starts out.
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5/2024
Tender Is The Bite
Chet and Bernie Mystery, #11. We meet Trixie, who looks a lot like Chet. Also Weatherly, the police officer. I forget the plot, something about a golf club, maybe? And a politician? I don't know. Fun story!
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"But screwing with the score? That's changing history." [...] And then what's the point of living right?"Read:
4/2025
The Dog Who Knew Too Much
Chet and Bernie Mystery #4. Chet and Bernie look for a boy who went missing from a camp at Big Bear, but not THAT Big Bear!
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"All you have to do to make this go away forever"--she held up the device--"is your job."
"My job?" said the judge.
"Making sure that justice happens," Suzie said. "Didn't that come up in law school?"Read:
5/2024
The Iggy Chronicles, Volume One
Chet and Bernie Mystery #5.1
Oh no, what happened to Iggy, he's disappeared!
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5/2024
The Sound And The Furry
Chet and Bernie Mystery, #6. Chet and Bernie go to hot and humid Louisiana. Suzie pops in at an inopportune moment.
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I made what Bernie calls a mental note. Proust: possible perp, an orange jumpsuit most likely in his future.Quote:
7/2024
Thereby Hangs A Tail
Chet and Bernie Mystery, #2. The Little Detective Agency is hired to protect a dog show contestant. Then fired. Then hired again. It's all very confusing!
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6/2024
To Fetch A Thief
Chet and Bernie Mystery, #3. The boys end up in Mexico again (or maybe not again, maybe yet? Depends what order you are reading 'em in?) looking for a missing elephant.
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We've still got Crock's AR-15, locked in the safe with all our other guns. -- This would be the safe behind the picture of Niagara Falls? Just how large is this safe, anyway? Read:
6/2024
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