Les Neiges D'Antan - Peter Abrahams

Blizzard! I was shoveling snow before dawn and there was thunder and lightning. I’ve always like writing snow scenes (NERVE DAMAGE has a few) and there are some in the Chet and Bernie series, too. Here, from UP ON THE WOOF TOP:
I gazed down. What I saw were snowflakes, falling in little streams and swirls. Wow. Seeing them from above instead of below – going down, not coming down, if you’re with me, and I won’t blame you if you’re not – was so different! What a strange place this valley was! Why were we here, again?

A Cat Was Involved

As fans know, Chet first met Bernie on that fateful day when he flunked out of K-9 police school. The details of that day though have always remained a little vague (like so much in Chet’s doggy brain). All we know is that Chet had been the best leaper in his K-9 class, but for some reason he failed his final leaping test...and that a cat was involved...and that there was some blood. But whose? The test, the cat, the blood—all pieces of a puzzle that, when solved, will bring down a dangerous gang of thieves—and signal the start of a beautiful friendship.

This fateful day has been alluded to in every book in the series, and now fans of Chet and Bernie will finally get to find out what actually happened. For these two beloved characters, it was something like love at first sight—and, for Chet, at first smell, too.

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