The Silence of the Chihuahuas
(A Barking Detective Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
5th in Series
Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Kensington (October 27, 2015)
ISBN-13: 978-1617730641
ASIN: B00P53E06M
Synopsis
“Savvy sleuths come in small packages…”
Pepe, aspiring P.I. Geri Sullivan’s muy
clever Chihuahua, has stopped talking. But why now, with Geri’s best
friend Brad missing and her ditzy sister in grave danger? Geri’s lost
without Pepe’s dogged detective work, especially when a client of Brad’s
expires under very murky circumstances.
Luckily, Pepe turns out to be an
excelente blogger, and his nose for clues soon has the detective duo
chasing down leads. But they’ll have to put a bite on crime quickly,
because danger’s afoot – and it’s making tracks in their direction . . .
About The Authors –
Waverly Curtis is the joint pseudonym for mystery writing team Wavery Fitzgerald and Curtis Colbert.
Curt Colbert is the author of the Jake
Rossiter and Miss Jenkins mysteries, a series of hardboiled, private
detective novels set in 1940’s Seattle. The first book, Rat City, was
nominated for a Shamus Award in 2001. A Seattle native, Curt is also a
poet and an avid history buff. He is the editor of Seattle Noir, a
collection of crime stories published in 2009. He was a judge for the
Edgars in 2008 and is a member of the Mystery Writers of America. Curt
and his wife, Stephanie, live in a Seattle suburb under the thrall of
their cat, Esmeralda.
Waverly Fitzgerald is the author of
three historical romances set in Victorian London under the name of
Nancy Fitzgerald. Ever since her first novel was published in 1981, she
has been teaching writing classes for adults at various venues including
the UCLA Writers Program, the University of Washington Extension, and
regional conferences. She currently teaches at and works for Richard
Hugo House, the literary arts center in Seattle. Waverly also writes
non-fiction, and has published a book called Slow Time: Recovering the
Natural Rhythms of Life. She lives in an apartment in the heart of
Seattle with her daughter, Shaw, and Shaw’s Chihuahua, Pepe.
Waverly and Curt met in a writing class
in the late 1980s and have been working together ever since. Curt took
Waverly’s novel writing class while he was writing his first novel.
Waverly was his writing coach while he wrote his trio of historical
mysteries set in Seattle. For about a year, they worked on twin novels
in which Waverly’s protagonist, a female P.I. appeared as a sidekick in
Curt’s novel about a hard-boiled Vietnam vet and vice versa. When Curt
came up with the idea of a mystery featuring a talking Chihuahua named
Pepe, Waverly asked if she could help and the collaboration began.
Pepe is an eight-year
old Chihuahua, adopted by Waverly’s daughter Shaw, when he was a puppy.
He likes stuffed toys, especially if they squeak. He hates the rain,
which is unfortunate since he lives in Seattle. Like his namesake
character, he hates being dressed up and thinks he is much bigger than
he is. Unlike his namesake, he has a sweet disposition and doesn’t talk
much, but he does have his own Facebook page.
Curt loves to start chapters; Waverly
finishes them. Curt loves to elaborate and Waverly likes to edit. Curt’s
humor is broader while Waverly’s humor is more situational. Together
they are an unstoppable mystery novel writing team. Visit them on
Facebook on at www.thepepenovels.com.
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