num_pages: 292
description: First Holmes and Watson, then Nero and Archie, Now Leo and Serendipity--two detectives, two narrative voices, twice as much sleuthing and double the fun.First, imagine Katherine Hepburn at fourteen. Next, in your mind's eye, replay Humphrey Bogart, at his middle-aged best, as Sam Spade. Now picture this oddest of couples as the newest duo in detective fiction and you'll have a perfect portrait of the memorable leads in Sleeping Dog.""--Los Angeles Times Book ReviewOriginally published in 1985 by Arbor House 0-87795-738-X and by Warner in pbk. 0-446-32661-5, Sleeping Dog won the Nero Wolfe Award and was nominated for the Edgar, the Shamus, and the Anthony Awards. In 1999, the Independent Mystery Booksellers's Association named it one of their 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century. Poisoned Pen Press will republish the sequel, Laughing Dog, later this year.
language: English
title: Sleeping Dog: A Serendipity Dahlquist & Leo Bloodworth Mystery
titlecomplete: Sleeping Dog: A Serendipity Dahlquist & Leo Bloodworth Mystery (Serendipity Dahlquist & Leo Bloodworth Mysteries)
genres: Humor, Crime, Fiction, Mystery
ratings_count: 357
series: Leo Bloodworth And Serendipity Dahlquist
awards: awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Anthony Award
category: Best First Novel, awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Shamus Award
category: Best First PI Novel, awardedAt: 504950400000
name: CWA New Blood Dagger, awardedAt: 473414400000
name: Nero Award, awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best First Novel
publisher: Poisoned Pen Press