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Beginnings

On Sundays we do beginnings, taking a look at the start of a Peter Abrahams novel, including those written under the Spencer Quinn moniker™. In the Chet and Bernie book I’m writing now (which will come after Mrs. Plansky’s Revenge – not a C&B but perhaps enjoyable anyway – and Up on the Woof Top) Iggy has just made an appearance. Iggy’s Chet’s best pal and lives next door with the Parsons. He’s featured in two short stories, The Iggy Papers and The Iggy Chronicles, both available from all the usual digital and audio source, and the beginning of which follows. (Mrs. P and Woof Top are available for preorder, by the way.)

Old Mr. Parsons knocked on our door. I was lying in the front hall, eyes closed and not really in the mood to open them even though Mr. Parsons was a good buddy. Mr. Parsons had a knock all his own, quiet yet bony, but I’d already known it was him just from the slow bumpitty bump of his steps – he used a walker, couldn’t make it much easier for me than that – and of course how could you miss his old man smell, kind of like stacks of yellowed crumbing newspapers we’d once toppled over, me and Bernie, revealing a perp whose name escapes me – although no perp ever escapes me and Bernie, not in the end – and … and where were we going with this? Easy to lose the thread sometimes: once I had one caught way up inside my mouth. It dangled down and tickled my tongue in a bothersome way. But not now: no thread worries, no worries of any kind. A lovely dream featuring snacks and treats was getting ready to take me in.

Mr. Parsons knocked again. “Bernie?” he called through the door. “You there?”

 

Ta-Da!

And now may we present the fresh from the oven cover art for the next Chet and Bernie novel. Some notes: 1. This series can be read in any order. 2. Pub date for Up On The Woof Top is October 17. 3. You can preorder it now. 4. And while you’re there, would it hurt to also preorder Mrs. Plansky’s Revenge, my next novel coming July 25 – not a C&B but what if you enjoy it anyway? 5. This post is sharable as per the 28th amendment.

 

Pub Schedule

Since there have been some questions bubbling up re pub dates, let’s bubble them right back down! Pub schedule for 2023: Mrs. Plansky’s Revenge – July 25; Up On The Woof Top – October 17. Both are available for pre-order, although only the cover art for Mrs. P is showing right now, the cover art not yet done for Up On The Woof Top (the next Chet and Bernie). Publishers love pre-orders!

Pub Schedule

Since there have been some questions floating around re pub dates, let’s shoot them out of the sky right now! Pub schedule for 2023: Mrs. Plansky’s Revenge – July 25; Up On The Woof Top – October 17. Both are available for pre-order, although only the cover art for Mrs. P is showing right now, the cover art not yet done for Up On The Woof Top (the next Chet and Bernie). Publishers love pre-orders! It’s only human. Everyone wants (or think they do) to know the future.