The Purloined Poodle by Kevin Hearne

The Purloined Poodle
by Kevin Hearne
Pages: 112
Date: September 30 2016
Publisher: Subterranean Press
Series: 2 series - The Iron Druid Chronicles (8.5) & Oberon’s Meaty Mysteries (1st in series)

Review
Rating: 4.0 out of 5.0
Read: August 13 to 15 2016

*I received this book from NetGalley and Subterranean Press in return for a fair review.*

The mystery of the dog napped champion doggies, and detective work of Oberon, a rather large Irish wolfhound. Oh, and that Druid guy, Atticus O’Sullivan, also helps out on the case.

Atticus and Oberon were visiting a dog park in Eugene Oregon one day, so that Oberon could visit with other dogs, when they happened to bump into a mystery. Told to them by a guy named Ernest. Apparently someone has been going around kidnapping/dognapping champion show dogs. And the police aren’t that interested in investigating, because dogs. When Oberon hears of the situation, missing dogs and indifference of the police, he is drawn into investigating the case himself, and helping those dogs.

And so that is what he does. Magically teleporting around the various states of the USA in which the dogs went missing and/or were reported to have been seen, and along the way picked up a small friend named Starbuck (a Boston terrier), and some sirloin steaks.

The short story was a neat little mystery from the point of view of a dog. Quite fun. The story is listed on Goodreads as both falling into the Iron Druid Chronicles at the 8.5 slot, and also the first in the Oberon’s Meaty Mysteries series. There’s a good chance I’ll read another of these if another one pops up – the Oberon series ones.

For those who care about such things – there are ‘spoilers’ in the book relating to the Iron Druid series. Well, in that it includes information from/about that series that might not be known to someone who hasn’t read those books yet.

August 15 2016