It's a Wonderful Woof

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Spencer Quinn''s It''s a Wonderful Woof presents a holiday adventure for Chet the dog, âthe most lovable narrator in crime fictionâ (Boston Globe), and his human partner, PI Bernie Little.

Holiday time in the Valley, and in the holiday spiritâ"despite the dismal shape of the finances at the Little Detective Agencyâ"Bernie refers a potential client to Victor Klovsky, a fellow private eye. Itâs also true that the caseâ"promising lots of online research but little actionâ"doesnât 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 doesnât show up at his momâs to light the Hanukkah candles, she hires Chet and Bernie to find him.

They soon discover that Victorâs client has also vanished. The trail leads to the ruins of a mission called Nuestra Se±ora 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 Egyptâ"when Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus fled Herodâ"have 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.