December 18, 7 PM ET

The Authors

 

Peter Abrahams aka Spencer Quinn– “criminally gifted” according to the New York Times Book Review – is the Edgar-award winning author of thirty-seven novels. Named by Stephen King as his “favorite American suspense novelist,” Abrahams is a writer of great range, his work including boundary-pushing crime novels such as Oblivion and End of Story as well as the dog-narrated and New York Times bestselling Chet and Bernie series (written under his pen name, Spencer Quinn), which “radiate pure comic genius” according to Publishers Weekly.

On NPR’s Talk of the Nation, Laura Miller called him “the best writer of psychological fiction around.” He also writes for middle-graders – the Queenie and Arthur series, written under the Quinn pen name, began with Ruff vs. Fluff in 2019. Abrahams was born in Boston, graduated from Williams College, and lives on Cape Cod. Learn more at peterabrahams.com.

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W. Bruce Cameron is the#1 New York Times Bestselling author of the book series, A Dog’s Purpose. He and his wife, Cathryn Michon, co-wrote the screenplay for the Amblin/Universal film adaptation of ‘A Dog’s Purpose,’ which has gone on to become the most successful international live-action Dog Movie of all time.

By the end of this year, he will have published 31 books, several of which have become international bestsellers, and have been translated into over 50 languages. The motion picture adaptations of his bestselling novels ‘A Dog’s Way Home’ and ‘A Dog’s Journey’ were released in 2019, both of which were co-scripted by him and Cathryn.

The third book in the PURPOSE series, A Dog’s Promise, was also released at the end of 2019. His novels for younger readers have won awards and are taught in classrooms everywhere. Learn more at wbrucecameron.com.

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Authors’ Books

 

Bark to the Future by Peter Abrahams aka Spencer Quinn

When Chet the dog, “the most lovable narrator in all of crime fiction” (Boston Globe), and his human partner, PI Bernie Little, are approached by a down-and-out older man with a cardboard sign at an exit ramp, Bernie is shocked to discover the man is a former teammate from his high school baseball team. Chet and Bernie take Rocket out for a good meal, and later, Bernie investigates Rocket’s past, trying to figure out what exactly went wrong.

Then, Rocket goes suspiciously missing. With his former teammate likely in danger, Bernie goes back to his old high school for answers, where much that he remembers turns out not to be true—and there are powerful and dangerous people not happy with the questions Bernie is asking.

Bernie soon learns that he misunderstood much about his high school years – and now, Chet and Bernie are plunged into a dangerous case where the past isn’t dead and the future could be fatal.

Purchase at an independent bookstore near you.

Purchase online at www.bookshop.org.

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The Dog Thief: Coyote Run Book 1 by Marta Acosta

When lonely, awkward Maddie discovers a murder victim, she claims to be an animal psychic to save the family ranch and her canine rehabilitation center.

Now everyone in the small, quirky town of Coyote Run is looking at the girl who can’t make eye contact.

Maddie’s forced to start a K-9 Search and Rescue team with her ex-girlfriend’s twin, a hostile sheriff, or risk losing her beloved former Army SAR dog. As she trains the sheriff to be a canine handler, their relationship evolves from animosity to understanding.

Meanwhile, Maddie’s sister yearns for a life of her own, and the unknown murderer is plotting to stop the animal psychic from solving the mystery of his identity.

Can she save her own life by saving the dog she loves?

Purchase from Amazon.

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Love, Clancy: Diary of a Good Dog by W. Bruce Cameron

You’ve probably never met someone like Clancy. He’s keeping a diary, he’s falling in love, there are rivals for his affections, he lives with his best friend and his worst enemy – even taken together, these factors are maybe not that unusual, except that Clancy is a dog. His point of view is therefore perhaps…different.

Told in Cameron’s signature style, a tremendous cast of wonderful characters find themselves jointly and separately navigating the challenges of life, of love, and…other pets, including Clancy’s “worst enemy” – one very disdainful cat. It’s a lot to keep track of, especially when things start to spin hilariously out of control, but fortunately, we’ve got the observations of Clancy, a very good dog, who shares a valuable perspective on what is really important.

Purchase at an independent bookstore near you.

Purchase online at www.bookshop.org.

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The Wedding Plot by Paula Munier

When Mercy’s grandmother Patience marries her longtime beau Claude Renault at the five-star Lady’s Slipper Inn, it promises to be the destination wedding of the year. Just as the four-day extravaganza is due to begin, the inn’s spa director Bodhi St. George disappears—and Mercy’s mother Grace sends Mercy and Elvis to find him. But what they discover instead is a stranger skewered by a pitchfork in the barn on the goat farm where St. George lived.

As Mercy tries to figure out who the victim is and where St. George is hiding, the bride and groom’s estranged relations gather for the first of the pre-wedding festivities. Long-buried rivalries and resentments surface—and Mercy realizes that they’re all keeping secrets that could tear both families apart. When Elvis interrupts the escalating melodrama to alert Mercy to an intruder on the estate, she finds a wounded St. George in the cottage where she and Troy are staying. St. George is not who he says he is—but when he escapes from the hospital and disappears again, Mercy thinks he’s gone for good. With the wedding imminent and the families at each other’s throats, she decides finding St. George will have to wait.

The big day arrives—but the danger is far from over. With the families and the festivities still under threat, it’s up to Mercy and Elvis together with Troy and Susie Bear to stop the killer and save the bride and groom—before death do they part.

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Purchase online at www.bookshop.org.

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