Beginnings

A couple of good questions yesterday which I’ll get to next week. But Sunday is for beginnings and Labor Day is in a way the start of the year, and RAIDERS OF THE LOST BARK is 2027’s Chet and Bernie mystery, how about we go with it? (And may I, blue in the face, add a reminder of the importance of pre-orders in this business?) Here’s how RAIDERS begins:

“Middle of nowhere, big guy,” Bernie said.
What great news! Middle of nowhere was our kind of place.

This is the first book of the Bowser and Birdie series for younger readers. It debuted at #13 on the New York Times Best Sellers List for Children's Middle Grade on May 17, 2015. Woof has been nominated for an Agatha Award in the best children’s/YA category (winner to be announced in April 2016). There is trouble brewing in the Louisiana swamp -- Bowser can smell it. Bowser is a very handsome and only slightly slobbery dog, and he can smell lots of things. Like bacon. And rawhide chews! And the sweat on humans when they're lying.

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