num_pages: 304
description: Spencer Quinn's Heart of Barkness is the latest in the New York Times bestselling series that the Los Angeles Times called nothing short of masterfulChet the dog the most lovable narrator in all of crime fiction (Boston Globe) and P.I. Bernie encounter heartache and much worse in the world of country music. Theyre both music lovers so when Lotty Pilgrim a country singer from long ago turns up at a local bar they drive out to catch her act. Bernies surprised to see someone who was once so big performing in such a dive and drops a C-note the Little Detective Agency cant afford to part with into the tip jar. The C-note is stolen right from under their noses  even from under Chets the nose that misses nothing  and before the night is over its stolen again.Soon theyre working the most puzzling case of their career a case that takes them back in time in search of old border-town secrets and into present-day danger where powerful people want those secrets to stay hidden. Chet and Bernie find themselves sucked into a real-life murder ballad where there is no one to trust but each other.
language: English
title: Heart of Barkness
publisher: Forge Books