New York: Atria Books - Simon & Schuster, (2009.). SIGNED first edition - The first mystery under this name, featuring former cop, and down-on-his-luck private investigator, Bernie and his dog Chet (who flunked out of police school, but who is the narrator of this story). Bernie and Chet take on a case of a missing teenage girl, who may or may not have been kidnapped. Cover praise from Robert Parker and Stephen King, among others. Genuinely fresh and funny, 305 pp.