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Professor Dr. Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld, of the Institute of Romance Philology in the Bavarian city of Regensburg, finds that life is very difficult these days. His academic rival has been winning undeserved recognition. With help from Ophelia Prinzel, he stumbles towards a romance with Frau Benz. And at a dinner party, he is the only kind soul who can aid his rival's unfortunate dachshund, whose sticky wheels are in need of lubrication.

An author who writes about his conversion to Islam has a fatwa declared against him, and a doorman at a restaurant decides he wants to carry it out. Also, the author's former lover, a waitress there, thinks her aunt has a manuscript proving the existence of God. And the restaurant owner wants more money so he concocts a totally fictitious Internet company and launches a wildly successful IPO.

Introducing two-legged Bernie and his four-legged pal Chet--a canine with a penchant for solving mysteries--their first case is to track down a teenager who's out way past curfew.

The narrator describes discovering how Ralph the dog can talk, appropriately saying words such as "roof," "rough," "bark," and "wolf."

A.J. and his friends in the second grade learn that art can be made out of anything, even garbage.

Recent Tampa resident Jim Davenport's dreams of tropical paradise are shattered when he kills one of two recently released convicts and must contend with the other.

A group of characters unites on the Silver Stingray, Amtrak's newest express train, for a murder mystery weekend that is marked by unexpected twists.

Majors explores the big-money world of SEC football through the wide eyes of coach Raymond Love. Already knee deep in a Pigskin Cavalcade designed to woo the state's biggest boosters, Love sets out to romance the athletic director's daughter by joining her book club. Soon Love isn't sure which is scarier--the evermore-ridiculous banquet circuit or the dizzying literary meetings.

It's time for the annual Recipe Days bake-off in Lubbock, Texas. Soccer moms and grandmothers gather to show off their family recipes, learn new secrets for the perfect shortcake, and perhaps earn a chance to be on the famous cooking show, How Would You Cook It, Then? When the bake-off is crashed by a federation of pro wrestlers--including American Badass, Jersey Devil Jill, Tiny Giant, The Village Person, Jonah the Whale, the Hellbillies, and the fan favorite Xombie--all hell is set to break loose.

Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor must deal with the consequences of her trip to Hell with her sister Laura, as well as Sinclair's new ability to tolerate sunlight and Jessica's pregnancy.