The Finders: A Mystery (Mace Reid K-9 Mystery Book 1)
Jeffrey B. Burton's The Finders marks the beginning of a fast-paced new mystery series featuring a heroic golden retriever cadaver dog named Vira and her handler, Mason Reid.
Mason "Mace" Reid lives on the outskirts of Chicago and specializes in human remains detection. He trains dogs to hunt for the dead. Reid’s coming off a taxing year—mourning the death of a beloved springer spaniel as well as the dissolution of his marriage. He adopts a rescue dog with a mysterious past—a golden retriever named Vira. And when Reid begins training Vira as a cadaver dog, he comes to realize just how special the newest addition to his family truly is…
Suddenly, Reid and his prize pupil find themselves hurled into a taxing murder case, which will push them to their very limits. Paired with determined Chicago Police Officer Kippy Gimm, Mace must put all his trust in Vira's abilities to thwart a serial killer who has now set his sights on Mace himself.
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Community Reviews
Ok......it's official. I'm on some kind of weird doggy detective mystery binge. Recently, I began searching for something along the lines of Spencer Quinn's Chet & Bernie and discovered a few books that sounded interesting that started with Paula Munier's Mercy & Elvis and now onto Mace Reid K-9.
Not really on the same level of a Chet & Bernie in that with Chet & Bernie, the books are in Chet's (who flunked out of police K-9 school) perspective and his narrative. While both Elvis and Mace's whole K-9 squad are very interesting and personable doggies, all with their own personalities, quirks and traits, they are definitely not as entertaining as Chet. Chet is definitely in a league all of his own.
All that being said, I did enjoy this story, especially all the fur babies. While Elvira (the golden on the cover) was the star of the show, my personal fave was Sue, a curmudgeon German Shepard. The romance between Mace and Kippy is inconsequential; it's all about the dogs and solving the murders. Looking forward to the next installment but will continue to look for another Chet & Bernie series - if there is one.
Not really on the same level of a Chet & Bernie in that with Chet & Bernie, the books are in Chet's (who flunked out of police K-9 school) perspective and his narrative. While both Elvis and Mace's whole K-9 squad are very interesting and personable doggies, all with their own personalities, quirks and traits, they are definitely not as entertaining as Chet. Chet is definitely in a league all of his own.
All that being said, I did enjoy this story, especially all the fur babies. While Elvira (the golden on the cover) was the star of the show, my personal fave was Sue, a curmudgeon German Shepard. The romance between Mace and Kippy is inconsequential; it's all about the dogs and solving the murders. Looking forward to the next installment but will continue to look for another Chet & Bernie series - if there is one.
I am of two minds about this. It was gripping, and I couldn't put it down at the end, but it definitely suffered from first in a series mystery problems. I wanted more of Vira working. Also, I have known a lot of Golden Retrievers in my life, and I can't imagine even the most loyal or driven one removing someone's eyeball. Even to contrive having to return her to the shelter, that seemed over the top. Also, he never really took that plot line anywhere, no real consequences. That said, I would read another in this series.