After considering and rejecting a number of more serious possibilities, I decided it might be good to offer something a bit lighter. A slightly different take on the unreliable narrator idea ... would you trust a dog as a narrator?
I nominate
Dog On It by Spencer Quinn. The first
Chet and Bernie mystery
Amazon US - USD$6.17 |
Amazon UK - £4.99 |
Amazon CA - CAD$8.49 |
Amazon AU - AUD$8.60 |
Kobo US - USD$12.99 |
Kobo UK - £4.99 |
Kobo CA - CAD$11.99 |
Kobo AU - AUD$20.45
From Amazon (because the Goodread's description is far too detailed):
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I could smell him - or rather the booze on his breath - before he even opened the door, but my sense of smell is pretty good, probably better than yours.
So begins this fabulous, funny new detective novel featuring Bernie, a slightly down-at-heel PI; and his offsider, Chet, a dog - and the captivating narrator of the story.
Chet may have flunked out of police school (I'd been the best leaper in K-9 class, which had led to all the trouble in a way I couldn't remember exactly, although blood was involved), but he's just as much a detective as Bernie - superior, sometimes, in his insight into human foibles.
In Dog On It, their first adventure, Chet and Bernie investigate the disappearance of a teenage girl who may or may not have been kidnapped, but who's definitely gotten herself mixed up with some very unsavoury characters.
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It's light, it's easy and it's fun. A doggy perspective on an otherwise conventional crime/thriller story. Watch the price at Kobo - get them to match Amazon.
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