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Bezig met laden... A Fistful of Collars: A Chet and Bernie Mystery (5) (The Chet and Bernie Mystery Series) (editie 2012)door Spencer Quinn (Auteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. A Fistful of Collars (A Chet and Bernie Mystery, #5) by Spencer Quinn I am really enjoying this series. I am not reading them in order because I couldn't get them in order but it really doesn't matter. They are terrific no matter how you read them. Some are funnier than others but all have great mysteries and the story is mostly told by Chet, the dog! A film star has come to the Valley to make a movie, and Chet and Bernie are hired by the mayor’s office to oversee his safety. Bernie discovers a body that is linked somehow to a cold case, and also has connections to the star. He seeks some info from a reporter friend of Susie’s, and that friend is found murdered. Now Bernie and Chet must solve the new cases as well as the cold case, and figure out how it all ties in with the movie star. Susie has taken a new job away from the Valley, and she and Bernie are dealing with a long-distance relationship. This fifth installment might not seem terribly exciting at the beginning, but the action picks up significantly around the middle, and leads to quite an exciting ending. This series is told by Chet, and if you aren’t listening to the excellent narration by Jim Frangione, you are doing yourself a disservice. His performance as Chet is spot-on. Audible audio performed by Jim Frangione Book # 5 in the Chet and Bernie mystery series, has Bernie Small hired to “babysit” a notorious bad-boy Hollywood actor who’s the star of a movie being shot on location in his area. Thad Perry needs tending, to stay off drugs, stay out of trouble, and stay on the job. But Bernie notices that stories aren’t lining up, and he’s suspicious that there’s more to this assignment that originally stated. And before you know it he’s investigating not one but two murders. Of course, Bernie goes nowhere without his partner, Chet, who is a dog of indeterminate mixed heritage and also narrates the tale. I just love this series. I never get tired of Chet’s way of interpreting what he witnesses. Of course he’s frequently distracted by the smell of a dropped Cheetoh, or the sounds of a particular automobile engine, not to mention others of his kind in the “nation within a nation,” or the promise of a treat (it was a promise, wasn’t it .. well, it was mentioned). And I certainly concur with Chet’s opinion of crullers – Delicious! Jim Frangione is marvelous narrating this series. I can’t imagine anyone else bringing Chet to life the way Frangione does. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Chet and Bernie (5)
Hoping to bring some Tinseltown money to the Valley, the mayor lures a movie studio to town to shoot their next production, a big-budget Western in the classic tradition. The star is none other than ruggedly handsome--and notoriously badly behaved--Thad Perry. When the mayor decides that someone needs to keep an eye on Thad so that he doesn't get into too much trouble, Bernie and Chet are handpicked for the job. The money is good but something smells fishy, and what should have been a simple matter of babysitting soon gets more complicated--especially when they discover that Thad has a mysterious connection to the Valley that nobody wants to talk about. What kind of secret could Thad have left behind when he went to Hollywood to seek fame and fortune? The only people who might know the answer have a bad habit of turning up dead before they can talk. As Bernie's relationship with his longtime girlfriend Suzie goes long-distance, and Chet's late-night assignations appear to have resulted in an unexpected dividend, it's all our two sleuths can do to keep Thad and his motley entourage of yes-men, handlers, and hangers-on in their sights. Worst of all, Thad is a self-proclaimed cat person, and his feline friend Brando has taken an instant dislike to Chet. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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book 5 in series--in which Suzie takes a new job and moves to DC, Bernie starts to drive the porsche with the martini glass design on it, it is discovered that Chet can actually jump over the 7 ft fence (and likely has sired a pup), and Charlie is about 6 years old. I have read these out of order, but still enjoy Chet's reliable narratives. ( )