Review: A Pug’s Tale by Alison Pace
June 5, 2011 by Paris Permenter and John Bigley
Filed under Books, Our Reviews
Title: A Pug’s Tale
Author: Alison Pace
Publisher: Berkeley Trade Paperback
DogTipper Review: Alison Pace’s previous book, Pug Hill, introduced readers to Hope McNeill, a restorer at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Although she loves her work at the Met, her busy schedule and tangled social life preclude the finer things in life, like having her own pug. Pug Hill recounted Hope’s rescue from emotional meltdown by discovering New York’s pug community. There she finds a measure of stability and purpose in her life from mingling with the charming pets and their human counterparts.
This time around, Hope has found her own pug, Max (well, sort of; Max actually is her boyfriend Ben’s dog. She’s keeping Max while Ben is off doing good works in Africa). Although she misses Ben, Hope is happy to have Max’s company. She is even able to smuggle Max to work with her most days although it’s against company policy. Her coworkers don’t mind, and she is almost completely over her infatuation with Eliot who works with her in the Museum lab. So, for Hope, life is looking pretty good.
Then, things begin to go very wrong when she discovers that a valuable painting on loan to the Met has turned up missing and a clever copy inserted in its place. Hope, along with Eliot and other Museum employees, fall under suspicion and a pervasive paranoia creeps into her life. The only way she can clear her name is to find the culprit herself, and the only one she really trusts to help her has pop eyes, a smushed nose and snores when he sleeps under her desk. That’s right, Hope’s crime-solving partner is Max the pug.
The book is a delightful romp through New York’s art (and pug) scene. Hope’s chatty interior monologue keeps the humor bubbling up as she tries to solve the mystery. Characters are well developed (especially Max’s) and plenty of twists will keep you guessing all the way to the tale’s conclusion.
Read more about A Pug’s Tale, Pug Hill, and Alison Pace’s other books at her website www.alisonpace.com.
Product Disclosure: We received a complimentary copy of A Pug’s Tale for review. We were not compensated for our review. We only recommend products or services we use personally and believe will be good for our readers.
About Paris Permenter and John Bigley
DogTipper publishers Paris Permenter and John Bigley are a husband-wife team of full-time writers. The couple has authored over two dozen books and 2,500+ magazine articles.
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