A Farewell to Arfs: A Chet & Bernie Mystery
Chet the dog, "the most lovable narrator in all of crime fiction" (Boston Globe) and his human partner PI Bernie Little are on to a new case, and this time they're entangled in a web of crime unlike anything they've ever seen before.
Their elderly next door neighbor, Mr. Parsons, thought he was doing the right thing by loaning his ne'er do well son, Billy, some money to help get himself settled. But soon, Mr. Parsons discovers that his entire life savings is gone. A run-of-the-mill scam? Bernie isn’t so sure that the case is that simple, but it's Chet who senses what they're really up against.
Only Billy knows the truth, but he's disappeared. Can Chet and Bernie track him down before it's too late? Someone else is also in the hunt, an enemy with a mysterious, cutting-edge power who will test Chet and Bernie to their limit—or maybe beyond. Even poker, not the kind of game they're good at, plays a role.
Spencer Quinn's A Farewell to Arfs ups the ante in the action-packed and witty New York Times and USA Today bestselling series that Stephen King calls "without a doubt the most original mystery series currently available."
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I love this series!!! Chet is such a great character and is always great entertainment! Chet is the series narrator and he spends a lot of time remembering previous cases or trying to figure out everything he does not understand, which is A LOT!!! However, he is perfectly clear (usually) who the perps are and what to do with them – chase them down (when necessary) and grab them by the pant leg and not let go, at least until Bernie tells him to. Chet is half of the Little Detective Agency and he is forever devoted to his partner Bernie Little for rescuing him when he flunked out of police K9 school many years ago (15 installments). Chet and Bernie’s relationship and escapades always have me laughing so much during the story and this installment didn’t disappoint.
The book summary lays out the primary storyline of Bernie’s elderly neighbor, Mr Parsons, getting scammed out $47,000. The bank refuses to assist in finding out what happened, but Bernie gets his police buddies in the fraud department to look into it. It’s pretty early in the story that Mr Parson’s son, Billy, was possible involved, but promises to find out what happened. So, Bernie goes after Billy in an effort to find out if he is involved and, hopefully, get Mr Parson’s money back.
What the book summary doesn’t mention is there is a secondary storyline of Bernie and Weatherly planning their wedding (engagement in the last installment), which provides some humorous moments. However, Bernie ends up doing something really stupid and way too macho man (flaming red flag!!!) that not only puts Weatherly’s job in jeopardy, but it also puts him on the outs with Weatherly in a major way, and possibly even canceling the wedding.
Most of the story revolves around Chet and Bernie trying to find Billy, who is now on the run for some reason. In the process, they stumble into something that goes way beyond the Parson’s getting scammed. The end was scary and intense for Bernie and Chet as well as Weatherly.
The character development of Chet and Bernie is pretty well fleshed out at this point, but with Bernie being engaged now, he is continuing to develop from a long time, single father and independent man to a fiancé to an independent woman who isn’t looking to marry a chauvinist. The pacing is steady to fast and the storyline interesting and entertaining. The writing is on par for Spencer Quinn and the series. I’m looking at an overall rating of 4.2 that I will be rounding down to a 4star review.
The book summary lays out the primary storyline of Bernie’s elderly neighbor, Mr Parsons, getting scammed out $47,000. The bank refuses to assist in finding out what happened, but Bernie gets his police buddies in the fraud department to look into it. It’s pretty early in the story that Mr Parson’s son, Billy, was possible involved, but promises to find out what happened. So, Bernie goes after Billy in an effort to find out if he is involved and, hopefully, get Mr Parson’s money back.
What the book summary doesn’t mention is there is a secondary storyline of Bernie and Weatherly planning their wedding (engagement in the last installment), which provides some humorous moments. However, Bernie ends up doing something really stupid and way too macho man (flaming red flag!!!) that not only puts Weatherly’s job in jeopardy, but it also puts him on the outs with Weatherly in a major way, and possibly even canceling the wedding.
Most of the story revolves around Chet and Bernie trying to find Billy, who is now on the run for some reason. In the process, they stumble into something that goes way beyond the Parson’s getting scammed. The end was scary and intense for Bernie and Chet as well as Weatherly.
The character development of Chet and Bernie is pretty well fleshed out at this point, but with Bernie being engaged now, he is continuing to develop from a long time, single father and independent man to a fiancé to an independent woman who isn’t looking to marry a chauvinist. The pacing is steady to fast and the storyline interesting and entertaining. The writing is on par for Spencer Quinn and the series. I’m looking at an overall rating of 4.2 that I will be rounding down to a 4star review.
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