Thereby Hangs a Tail, Spencer Quinn

The doggy detective is back! The world must be a strange place from a dog’s eye view. Chet hears what humans say but can’t always take it literally. He wishes he knew what tin futures were and why he and Bernie have to visit Mr Singh at the pawn shop again. And Chet’s hungry to get his teeth into more perps pant legs. The Little Detective Agency has a new case, protecting Princess the showdog from death threats. But the case is no joke when Princess and her owner are dog-knapped and shortly afterwards Bernie’s reporter squeeze Suzie vanishes after calling Bernie for help. Soon Chet’s up to his muzzle in Italian Counts, missing partners, gun wielding motorcyclists and crazy hippies with the odd tasty tennis ball thrown in. Can Chet and Bernie solve the case and more importantly will Chet ever nail that javelina?