It's a Wonderful Woof (A Chet & Bernie Mystery Book 12) (English Edition)

Spencer Quinn's It's a Wonderful Woof presents a holiday adventure for Chet the dog, the most lovable narrator in crime fiction (Boston Globe), and his human partner, PI Bernie Little. Holiday time in the Valley, and in the holiday spiritdespite the dismal shape of the finances at the Little Detective AgencyBernie refers a potential client to Victor Klovsky, a fellow private eye. Its also true that the casepromising lots of online research but little actiondoesnt appeal to Bernie, while it seems perfect for Victor, who is not cut out for rough stuff. But Victor disappears in a rough-stuff way, and when he doesnt show up at his moms to light the Hanukkah candles, she hires Chet and Bernie to find him. They soon discover that Victors client has also vanished. The trail leads to the ruins of a mission called Nuestra Señora de los Saguaros, dating back to the earliest Spanish explorers. Some very dangerous people are interested in the old mission. Does some dusty archive hold the secret of a previously unknown art treasure, possibly buried for centuries? What does the Flight into Egyptwhen Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus fled Herodhave to do with saguaros, the Sonoran desert cactus? No one is better than Chet at nosing out buried secrets, but before he can, he and Bernie are forced to take flight themselves, chased through a Christmas Eve blizzard by a murderous foe who loves art all too much. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.