Chet and Bernie Books in Order

Internet famous cat Miss Kitty vanishes, threatening the fragile finances of the teenage girl whose posts made the pet a star. Hired to find the missing feline, Chet and Bernie wade into the world of social media influencers, a not very cooperative pig witness and a case where even death certificates may be deceptive.

When kindly neighbor Mr Parsons realizes the money he lent his wayward son Billy has emptied his entire life savings, Bernie suspects more than simple carelessness. As Billy disappears and a shadowy figure with cutting edge tech closes in, Chet and Bernie work to untangle a sophisticated scam before it destroys more than one family.

Invited to Kringle Ranch in the mountains, Chet and Bernie are asked to find Rudy, the prized reindeer and good luck charm of bestselling Christmas mystery author Dame Ariadne Carlisle. When her assistant falls into a deep gorge and old murder rumors surface, the search for one missing animal turns into a race to solve a long buried crime.

A chance encounter with a homeless man at a freeway exit ramp jolts Bernie when he realizes the man is Rocket Saluka, a star from his high school baseball team. After Rocket vanishes, Chet and Bernie revisit Bernie's past, unearthing buried memories, old betrayals and a present day conspiracy that turns a nostalgic trip deadly.

A frightened young woman approaches Chet and Bernie in traffic, clearly desperate for help, then bolts before giving her name. Chet's nose picks up a secret about her that links to a slick political campaign, a missing body and a ferret whose devotion to Bernie complicates their usual two dog team.

Bernie hands an online heavy case to fellow PI Victor Klovsky, only for Victor to disappear just before Hanukkah. Hired by Victor's worried mother, Chet and Bernie follow a trail to a ruined desert mission, whispers of a lost art treasure and a Christmas Eve chase through a blizzard.

A meeting with hydrologist Wendell Nero ends before it begins when Chet and Bernie find him murdered at his trailer. Convinced the wrong man has been arrested, they investigate Nero's work on scarce desert water, a struggling vineyard owner with a tempting offer and a scheme that could turn the landscape itself into a weapon.

A faded country singer named Lotty Pilgrim is playing a dive bar when Bernie drops an over generous tip in her jar, only to watch the money vanish twice in one night. Digging into Lotty's past, Chet and Bernie discover old border town secrets, missing recordings and powerful people determined to keep a murder ballad from being rewritten.

Returning home, Bernie finds his hidden wall safe and treasured grandfather's watch gone, while next door their elderly neighbor is accused of stealing a protected desert cactus. Chet and Bernie follow a trail from suburban backyards into the wilderness, where cactus smuggling, a strange festival and a long ago kidnapping collide.

A quick road trip to visit Bernie's girlfriend Susie in Washington, DC lands the duo in political trouble when Susie's source is murdered and Bernie is framed. As shadowy agencies circle and a tiny but pivotal guinea pig enters the picture, Chet tries to sniff out a killer in the nation's capital.

After running into an old adversary on a prison work crew, Bernie is asked to find the man's reclusive inventor brother, whose houseboat has vanished from the Louisiana bayou. Chet's nose leads them into a feud between two Cajun families, stolen shrimp and a much bigger scheme involving oil money.

Tasked with keeping an eye on volatile movie star Thad Perry while a Western is filmed in their valley, Chet and Bernie expect a babysitting job. Instead they uncover the actor's buried local history, a string of old crimes and new murders, plus one very unhelpful cat.

Bernie agrees to pose as a client's boyfriend on parents' weekend at a wilderness camp, only to discover that her son has gone missing during an overnight hike. When a guide turns up dead and Bernie is arrested, Chet has to track clues through mountains and mine shafts to clear him.

A small traveling circus loses its star elephant, Peanut, along with her trainer, and no one seems able to explain how they disappeared. Following Peanut's scent out of town, Chet and Bernie uncover smuggling, rough operators and a case that crosses the border.

Bernie and Chet are hired to protect Princess, an award winning show dog, after anonymous threats. When Princess, her owner and reporter Susie Sanchez all vanish, Chet must navigate the show dog world and a dangerous kidnapping plot largely on his own.

Down on his luck private investigator Bernie Little reluctantly takes a case involving a missing teenage girl, and his partner Chet, a failed police dog with a great nose, soon smells trouble that leads them from suburban streets into desert crime.