Dog Gone is the TWELFTH mystery in the highly entertaining Dev Haskell Private Investigator series.
Best in Show! Dog Gone is the Tale of Two Tail-Chasers
Private investigator Dev Haskell’s new lady friend Maddie comes with strings attached: the loosely-knotted tie of her short black silk kimono, and the leash to Morton, her handsome Golden Retriever.
It’s always a sexy mystery when Dev’s on … mystery when Dev’s on duty, but this caper takes a turn toward buddy adventure when Dev agrees to pet-sit. On their first evening stroll, Dev and Morton are charmed to meet the lovely Princess Anatasia, a purebred Standard Poodle angling for Best In Show title in the Blessington Kennel Club competition the Super Bowl of regional dog competition. But when the princess’ owner gets in a tussle with a local gambling heavyweight, Dev steps in to help, and the prim and proper world of show dog competition is revealed to be, above all, a competition, plus a big attraction for professional gambling! And these guys are playing for high stakes.
It turns out somebody’s trying to keep Princess Anastasia from competing in the show. Dev gets hired to stop them and fortunately, he’s got backup this time: a love struck canine hero. As the suspense builds, a surprisingly touching bond develops between Dev and Morton, and why not? The pair have a lot in common: favored foods and beer brands, preferred places to stick their noses, and a seat-of-the-pants approach to dealing with bad guys.
They got it right when they said, “Faricy’s characters inhabit a world just below the surface of polite society”. Fans of Mike Faricy’s humorous mysteries will welcome the usual constituency of oddball (and sleazeball) characters, who never fail to entertain. Also for fans of Robert B. Parker, Carl Hiaasen, and strong Minnesota men.
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Light but unbelievably funny. Devi is always in trouble yet it is never predictable. A must read!
Dev is with Maddie when she gets the news her mom was in a bike accident and has a broken hip. Maddie needs someone to watch her dog Morton while she gone and Dev gets stuck with the dog while she flies to Atlanta. Dev stops Tommy from taking Natasha’s poodle. Dev learns from Louie that Tommy is a professional gambler.
Dev has a new girlfriend. Her name is Maddie, and she has a golden retriever named Morton. As the story always goes, Dev gets trapped into a job he doesn’t really want, but he does make a new friend in the process. You guessed it, Maddie gets a family emergency call, and Dev gets the dog along with pages and pages of instructions on the care and feeding of Morton. Let the hilarity begin.
Dev gets himself a new client while taking Morton for his evening constitutional. He is passing a house, hears a woman scream, and ever the gallant, Dev rushes to the rescue nearly getting his head bashed in for his trouble. Natasha Kominski wants to win best of show in the Blessington Kennel Club show, and she will do just about anything to make that happen. This is a convoluted tale of dog lovers and dognappers where it is pretty difficult to know the good guys from the bad.
This is almost a happily ever after dog story… almost but not quite.
You never quite know what to expect with a new Mike Faricy Dev Haskell book. Is anyone getting murdered? Sometimes yet, but also sometimes not at all. Is Dev in trouble with the local crime boss Gustafarson? Of course. Does Dev has trouble juggling romantic interests – well – it is a Dev Haskell book.
There are few “mystery” books that combine humor with mystery as well as those from Mike Faricy. Recommended.. I try to space them out – the books – I read one about every 4th book. Too many too soon my be filling, but a steady extended diet of them is to die for.
I’ve read almost all of the Mike Faricy books. He gets himself into more trouble than he gets others out of, but it’s always funny. They are perfect to take on a trip because it’s an easy relaxing book to read.
love the characters