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  We hopped in the Porsche, an old and beat-up Porsche, maybe, but still among the living, if you see what I mean. Bernie drove, and drove fast, glancing back now and then in what I would have called fear if it hadn’t been Bernie. I rode shotgun, chewing on an hors d’oeuvre or two. I think it’s expected. Isn’t “party favor” the expression?

  PAW AND ORDER

  “If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.”

  —Harry S. Truman

  After setting things right in a case that took them all the way to the Louisiana bayou, PI Bernie Little and his faithful canine companion Chet decide to take the long way home and pay a visit to Bernie’s girlfriend, Suzie Sanchez, an up-and-coming journalist now living in Washington, DC. Suzie is working on a big story she can’t talk about, and when her source, a mysterious Brit with possible intelligence connections, runs into trouble of the worst kind, Bernie suddenly finds himself under arrest.

  Meanwhile, Chet gets to know a powerful DC operative who may or may not have the goods on an ambitious politician, along with some snacks that could lead Chet dangerously astray. Soon Chet and Bernie—and, not to be outdone, Suzie—are pulled into a shadowy international conspiracy, battling unfamiliar forces under the blinking red eyes of a strange bird that Chet notices from the get-go but seems to have slipped by everybody else. Most menacing of all may be Barnum, a guinea pig with the fate of the nation in his tiny paws.

  Combining humor, intrigue of both the political and animal varieties, and genuine insight into the ways of our canine companions, Paw and Order is an irresistible tail-wagging chase through the dark side of America’s capital. In a dog-eat-dog town where secrets are power and a friend today can be an enemy tomorrow, Bernie soon discovers it takes a nose like Chet’s to smell a rat.

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  Chet and Bernie journey to Washington, DC, and the dog-eat-dog world of our nation’s capital.

  Paw and Order

  * * *

  Our loveable sleuths must track

  down a missing girl who may not

  want to be found . . .but who has

  definitely gotten mixed up with

  some unsavory characters.

  Dog on It

  * * *

  Bernie and Chet are called on

  to investigate threats made

  against an unlikely target—

  a pretty, pampered show

  dog named Princess.

  Thereby Hangs a Tail

  * * *

  Chet and Bernie go under

  the big top to solve the

  most unlikely missing persons

  (and animals!) case ever.

  To Fetch a Thief

  * * *

  Sinister events at a wilderness

  camp lead to a new case. Our

  intrepid sleuths must trust each

  other even when circumstances

  conspire to keep them far apart.

  The Dog Who Knew Too Much

  * * *

  Chet and his human partner

  P.I. Bernie Little find that

  Hollywood has gone to the

  dogs in their latest adventure.

  A Fistful of Collars

  * * *

  Our favorite detective duo head to New Orleans, where they are handed a hard case in the big easy.

  The Sound and the Furry

  * * *

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  About the Author

  SPENCER QUINN is the author of six previous Chet and Bernie mystery novels: Dog On It, Thereby Hangs a Tail, To Fetch a Thief, The Dog Who Knew Too Much, A Fistful of Collars, and The Sound and the Furry. He lives on Cape Cod with his dogs Audrey and Pearl. When not keeping them out of mischief, he is hard at work on the next Chet and Bernie mystery. Keep up with him—and with Chet and Bernie—by visiting ChetTheDog.com, facebook.com/ChetTheDog, or @chetthedog on Twitter.

  Also by Spencer Quinn

  The Sound and the Furry

  A Fistful of Collars

  The Dog Who Knew Too Much

  To Fetch a Thief

  Thereby Hangs a Tail

  Dog on It

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