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Fresh Pick | THEREBY HANGS A TAIL by Spencer Quinn
Fresh Pick / July 9, 2010

Chet And Bernie #2 January 2010 On Sale: January 5, 2010 Featuring: Bernie Little; Chet 320 pages ISBN: 1416585850 EAN: 9781416585855 Hardcover $25.00 Add to Wish List Mystery Pet Lovers Buy at Amazon.com Thereby Hangs a Tail by Spencer Quinn Following the acclaimed DOG ON IT, the second mystery in the Chet and Bernie series featuring an irresistible canine narrator. The second book of an irresistible series narrated by a loveable and wise dog. In the newest Chet and Bernie mystery, Chet gets a glimpse of the show dog world turned deadly. “We run a detective agency, me and Bernie, called the Little Detective Agency on account of Little being Bernie’s last name. My name’s Chet, pure and simple. Headquarters is our house on Mesquite Road, a nice place with a big tree out front, perfect for napping under, and the whole canyon easily accessible out back, if it just so happens someone left the gate open. And then, up in the canyon — well, say no more.” Praised by Stephen King as “a canine Sam Spade full of joie de vivre,” Chet and his human companion Bernie have both had some setbacks in life — Bernie in combat, Chet…

TARA TAYLOR QUINN | THE LINK BETWEEN ME AND MY CHARACTERS
Author Guest / July 9, 2010

People always ask me where I get my ideas for stories. The second most asked question is ‘where do I get my characters?’ Generally the questions instill a measure of discomfort within me. Because the truth is hard to explain. Or maybe, I just don’t have enough faith that the answer will be well accepted. Or believed. And, after all, they’re aren’t many of us who want people to think we’re weird. My answer to both questions is usually some sort of vague ‘Oh, they’re just there.’ Not much of an answer, I know. And yet, it’s the complete truth. I don’t have a trunk in my attic filled with ideas, or people, or even costumes for people to wear. I don’t have a diary, or a ledger, where I make lists. I don’t go anywhere or look anyplace for the stories that fill my pages, or for the people who live and breath between the covers of my books. They’re just there. They always have been. I believe that the ideas, and the people who fulfill them, are given to me by a source that is greater than I am as an individual – given to me as a…