Socrates, Nietzsche, and the Chet and Bernie mysteries:

I lowered my head, got my butt up high, pawed the floor. Why? It felt right! Why does anyone do anything?

(from CAT ON A HOT TIN WOOF, coming April 14. Preorders? Yes! They have a welcome cascading effect on publishers. For those who don’t know the books, that snippet is Chet, the canine narrator of the whole series – which can be read in any order – but NOT a talking dog.)