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Gone to the Dogs

Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2024

Great read, full of humor and excitement! Detective Dev Haskell tried to be a Good Samaritan, but got duped in the end. This is a fast read that will leave you wanting more of Mike Faricey's books! I know I do!

Pretty Good Entertainment

Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2015

An entertaining more or less tough guy P.I. with a soft sentimental side. Some of the violence of the classic tough guys of the thirties and forties, but with a kind of 'not to be taken too seriously air' about it. Hero of the tale is a dog left in his care by a girl friend, one of a passing parade, who does not win any dog-show metals but has the mettle to take on the bad guys. Hero is unexpectedly embarrassed by the invitations to have sex of some of the passing parade of women...not in keeping with the classic tough guys. There are nasty thugs and nasty police with a pretty good plot involving a dog show, drugs, dogs in love and an assortment of typical situations. All-in-all, author does not let cutesy dog stuff entirely control the show, which is what saves the book from dying in saccharine sentiment. Should be good reading, a bit, but not too much, sentiment for the tough guy adherents and a few, but not too many, beat 'em up sequences, to drive away the 'cosy' readers.

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The story itself is interesting

Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2015

Although the story itself is interesting the main character follows the same pattern as he does in all the other books in the series. As long as it is a female he is dealing with, he wants [and usually does] get her into bed. Poor guy will not die from old age or a bullet but from venereal disease. His thought pattern is funny in an irritating kind of way. In other words he comes across as immature and shallow. Perhaps that is what the author wants. Despite the main characters shortcomings, his adventures make for interesting reading. I try not to project his attitude onto other males that I know in real life-I prefer to think of men in terms of those in R E Donald, Renee Pawlish, or Brian D Meeks books.

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Carole D Hutchison

Fascinating read

Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2023

This was a great story to read had a little bit of humor and excitement and mystery the author does a great job of combining all those qualities Make sure you check with some of the things that the main character gets into

Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2016

P.I. Dev Haskell's girlfriend dumps her dog Morton on him while she flies south to take care of her ailing mother. Dev does his best feeding Morton fancy food and taking him to his dog therapist appointment, but soon adds barbecue potato chips and pizza to his diet. On an evening walk, Dev comes to the rescue of Natasha and her show dog, Princess Anastasia. Morton falls in love while Dev ends up being hired to protect her from dognappers. Dev finds the world of dog shows isn't as pure as it's cracked up to be, with lots of betting going on and people wanting to hobble Princess Anastasia's chances. But Dev is resourceful. It's a funny, fast, enjoyable book. This is my first Mike Faricy book and I'll certainly be reading more.

Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2023

Dev Haskell is an interesting character - not really shady maybe a little goofy but can get the job done. Dogs always make a story interesting and Morton certainly does. Interesting plot around a dog event that turns out with an unexpected conclusion. I have to say I was glad I was reading this book at home and not in the library. There were several points where I laughed out loud. Enjoy.

Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2015

It could have been interesting, could have been enjoyable, but as others have pointed out, too many typos. I don’t know if it’s the author or editor, but someone has no idea where comas and apostrophes belong, where they don’t, and has only a passing acquaintance with semi-colons. There were times I had to read a sentence (or even a paragraph) twice to make sense of it because of bad, misplaced or missing punctuation.
Dev Haskell didn’t entice me to read another of his adventures. Sorry. Not a compelling character. Morton, the dog, was far more interesting.
Although Faricy says his Dev Haskell series can be read in any order, there were far too many loose ends in this one, and it would seem I’d have to read the next one (or however many are in the series) to find out what happens.
Sorry. Disappointing book.

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Another adventurous Dev book

Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2023

Dev winds up dog sitting for his friend. The dog's name is Morton and soon Dev and Morton are inseparable. They both become involved with a woman training her dog Princess Anastasia (who Morton falls in doggy love with) for an esteemed Dog Show.
This is another great book!

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Peter Ffrench

Morton is the hero.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 26, 2023

At least Morton got a happy ending. Another almost disaster for Dev, dumped by Maddie for her high school crush while Dev is left sitting her dog Morton they are dragged into the world of gambling on competitive dog shows but just for once Dev comes out with some cash to show for his efforts. Babysitting Princess Anastasia and Natasha Kominski is more of a job than he thought it would be and he is in a couple of close scrapes because of her principles and she "takes advantage of him" quite unscrupulously, is he getting a taste for older women ? DI Manning is still on his case trying to pin everything on Dev and dragging him in at the drop of a hat, luckily Louie is handy to save his bacon. Morton is the true hero of this story and Dev misses him at the end more than he misses Maddie.

Cor Vandenborn

Looks good.

Reviewed in Canada on November 27, 2019

Was as stated and seems to be exactly what I was looking for.

Preeti

Easy one time read

Reviewed in India on December 11, 2016

Not too bad. Don't expect an intellectual read. It's a nice pass time and an easy one time read.

dee perriman AU

Action Packed!

Reviewed in Australia on April 18, 2018

An hilarious and action packed book, 'Dog Gone' will leave you with tears in your eyes and a sore belly from laughing so hard. A great story that will keep you riveted.

Kindle Customer

A pleasantly different read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 26, 2020