Sleeping Dog

Name: Sleeping Dog
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780241656921
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By Dick Lochte

Series: Penguin Modern Classics – Crime & Espionage

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Summary

Sleeping Dog by Dick Lochte is a gripping crime novel that follows a young girl named Serendipity Dahlquist on her quest to find her lost dog. As she enlists the help of a cynical private investigator named Leo Bloodworth, the simple case leads them into a complex web of secrets, danger, and criminal intrigue. This unlikely partnership must navigate through the gritty underworld to uncover the truth.
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You might enjoy this book if you're a fan of hard-boiled detective stories packed with wit and excitement. It's a gripping crime thriller that delivers a fast-paced plot and engaging characters, making it a perfect read for those who relish a classic mystery with unexpected twists.

Sleeping Dog

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A darkly comic thriller following a cynical LA gumshoe who makes the catastrophic mistake of helping a 14-year-old find her dog...

Serendipity Dahlquist is a headstrong roller-blading teenager living in LA who has lost her dog. She asks private investigator Leo Bloodworth to help her find the missing pet. In what proves to have been a moment of madness, Bloodworth agrees to take on the case, unleashing an appalling—but also extremely entertaining—series of extremely homicidal events.

Sleeping Dog remains, almost 40 years after its publication, one of the most wonderful crime debuts. By turns charming, hilarious, and pathological, Lochte's novel is a great celebration of everything that is most deplorable and hair-raising about California in the 1980s.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241656921

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 October 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 269g

Pages: 368

Collections

Crime & Thriller Dick Lochte Fiction General Fiction Humour Penguin Books Penguin Classics Series: Penguin Modern Classics – Crime & Espionage

About the Author

Dick Lochte's first novel, Sleeping Dog was published to enormous acclaim. He was a columnist for the Los Angeles Times for several decades, and formerly president of both the American Crime Writers League and the Private Eye Writers of America. Born in New Orleans, Lochte now lives on the West Coast.