Dear luvmutt: A Dog About Town

We received an email recently from a mutt who wrote a book. And you think your mutt is smart! The letter was too cute not to print, see for yourself...

Dear luvmutt:

My name is Randolph. I am a Labrador retriever and the main character and narrator of the book from Random House above (A Dog About Town by J.F. Englert). It has been chosen as a Mystery Guild and Literary Guild featured selection, the Dog Writers Association of America have nominated it for their fiction award, and many pet owners and groups are raving about the book. I thought I should introduce myself to you because I hope to be around for a while and I thoroughly enjoy luvmutt, being of mixed lineage myself.

A Dog About Town is a mystery set in New York City (the start of a series) and is also quite funny. It has been hard work for this dog to get the word out to those who value mystery writing and who love dogs, but as I have said people who have read A Dog About Town really like it, including Lisa Guidarini who had this to say:

"A mystery narrated by a Labrador retriever. Alright, sounds a little off-beat if that's all you knew about it. But, writing from a dog's perspective (an intelligent, Dante-loving dog at that), allows for an interesting take on humans. Looking at the things we do through the eyes of another species is occasionally very funny, and Englert's very clever in that way. Randolph, not being your standard dog, sometimes disdains even the things dogs do naturally, discriminating between dogs who relieve themselves just anywhere, and dogs like himself who prefer the sanctity of sheltering bushes."

As I said, it's been a challenge getting the word out to dog lovers and any thoughts or support in this area would be most welcome.

Sincerely,
Randolph

We're impressed, Randolph, and we're happy to help a mutt of "mixed lineage." A Dog About Town is currently available on Amazon.com and we can't wait to read it!