Zack Anderson and his investigator Welsh corgis get involved in a case of serial dognapping in Jeffery Poole’s fourth Corgi Case Files book, The Case of the Pilfered Pooches. When a chocolate lab who strays into a grove of trees while chasing a ball doesn’t return to his elderly owner, the Pomme Valley police department enlists Zack and his corgis Sherlock and Watson to help find Chip. Then Zack’s detective friend Vance has his German shepherd, Anubis, stolen. When the beagle service dog of the autistic granddaughter of the police chief also gets taken, the chief hires Zack, along with his two detective dogs, to recover all the missing dogs. The trio, along with Vance, sets out to find this serial dognapper and get back everyone’s pet dogs.
As with the other books in this series, I really had a lot of fun listening to The Case of the Pilfered Pooches. It contains plenty of humor and human (and dog) interest. The voice of Zack is a delight, with plenty of wit. It is also enjoyable to hear the scenes related to the winery that Zack has inherited, especially since he hates wine and insists on having soda nearby to get rid of the taste of the nasty wine. His straight-laced wine manager, Kaden, makes a perfect straight man for Zack’s clowning.
The audiobook of The Case of the Pilfered Pooches is performed by Bob Johnson, who makes a great voice for Zack, the first person narrator of the book. Using strong expression and timing, Johnson makes the wit of Zack seem all the more delightful. Listeners connect strongly to the book through this strong performance.
I greatly enjoyed The Case of the Pilfered Pooches and recommend it to everyone. Though I always recommend starting with the first book of any series, listeners can easily follow the book, which provides back explanations of references from the previous books, though sometimes those explanations feel excessive and get annoying to those of us who have listened to the previous books. However, this didn’t get in the way of my appreciation for this audiobook. I give it five stars.
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