• Tender Is the Bite

  • Chet and Bernie Mysteries, Book 11
  • By: Spencer Quinn
  • Narrated by: Jim Frangione
  • Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (427 ratings)

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Tender Is the Bite

By: Spencer Quinn
Narrated by: Jim Frangione
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Spencer Quinn's Tender Is the Bite is a brand-new adventure in the New York Times and USA Today best-selling series that Stephen King calls "without a doubt the most original mystery series currently available".

Chet and Bernie are contacted by a terribly scared young woman who seems to want their help. Before she can even tell them her name, she flees in panic. But in that brief meeting Chet sniffs out an important secret about her, a secret at the heart of the mystery he and Bernie set out to solve.

It's a case with no client and no crime and yet great danger, with the duo facing a powerful politician who has a lot to lose. Their only hope lies with a ferret named Griffie, who adores Bernie. Is there room for a ferret in the Chet and Bernie relationship? That's the challenge Chet faces, the biggest of his career. Hanging in the balance are the lives of two mistreated young women and the future of the whole state.

©2021 Spencer Quinn (P)2021 Recorded Books

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I LOVE Chet and Bernie

I love listening to Chet the Jet telling the story, and Jim Frangione IS Chet!

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Tip top!

I've listened to every Chet and Bernie mystery, and this one is as good as the rest. Love. love, love these books!

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Always love Chet and Bernie

Good pace and great dialog as always. Hope we get many more in the series.

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Pure entertainment and laughter

I’ve enjoyed everyone of mr Quinns Chet books. If you want to hear Chet get even smarter and crack some delightful jokes get this book. It was also Perfectly narrated.

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Chet and Bernie are Tip Top

After a few duds, the writing is back to its earlier form - entertaining and humorous.

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Go Chet!

Mr Quinn writes so well about the relationship between Bernie and Chet. There is no other series of books that I have enjoyed as much as these. Mysteries are top rate too. Highly recommend.

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Two New Girls Befriended Chet and Bernie 😄😙!!

Loved it even more than the rest!! Not as rough on Chet and Bernie. Thankful the language isn t as rough as well.
Looking forward to the next book!!! We Love You and Chet like your our families 😗😄😍🤗!!! We love Jim Frangione!! He is the☆☆ ☆☆☆

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not as action-oriented as other stories

too many characters in story gets confusing off and on, and the action is not as "out front" as usual. but humor is present.

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Love me some Chet and Bernie

Another case under their belt. Chet is such a good boy and does so well keeping Bernie safe. I like how Bernie knows how valuable Chet is and how much he brings to the partnership.
A good question is, is Bernie’s love life going to ramp up? I hope so. He deserves it.

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Chet continues to entertain

I marvel at Chet's articulation and Jim Frangione's ability to make them come alive. Maybe I didn't pay enough attention, but I couldn't seem to follow/retain the storyline

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