Santa 365

De: Spencer Quinn

Narrado por: Jim Frangione

Santa doesn't just deliver gifts - he takes them too! - in this delightful holiday audio short featuring New York Times best-selling sleuths Chet and Bernie.

He sees you when you're sleeping. He knows when you're awake. This year, jolly old St. Nick knows Bernie has been sleeping on preparations for a special Christmas celebration with his son, Charlie. Enter Plumpy Napoleon, fresh from a short stint in prison, to save Bernie from the naughty list. Plumpy calls his latest business plan "Santa 365". For a small fee (that only gets bigger), he'll fill your life with holiday cheer, including elves, a festive party, gifts, and even a Christmas tree delivered right to your front door. Bernie signs on for the full yuletide experience. But after the blowout holiday bash, Bernie and Chet the dog discover one of Santa's helpers helped himself to more than Christmas candy.

The intrepid duo sets out to find the sticky-fingered perp and reclaim the stolen goods. Add in a surprise visit from Bernie's mom, two elderly sisters seeking their own brand of justice, and an elf with a stocking full of secrets, and you have a Christmas mystery that only Chet and Bernie could possibly unwrap.

©2015 Spencer Quinn (P)2015 Recorded Books

Santa’s helpers

Enjoyable little Christmas novella with Chet the jet, Bernie, Charlie & an unexpected Christmas guest. Of course Chet & Bernie have a case to solve but all’s well that ends well. This series never gets old!

Another tip-top episode!

The worst thing about this is that it is a short story! Otherwise it is cute and delightful, and something to keep Chet fans going until the next full book comes out (and we do hope there will be more).

Bernie gets suckered into letting an old con play Santa for a Christmas party at his house. You can imagine what happens, but you will probably be wrong!

Despite its shortness, there are still plenty of very Chet-ish details here. Both Chet and Bernie are fully-fleshed and the story sets off right away. There are a few laughs, Chet grabs the perp's pant leg, and everyone ends up happy, even the perps! There is even a surprise character and a little hope for future eyebrow waggles!

And you are reminded that you should always be carrying some Slim Jims in your pocket or purse for some member of The Nation.

Jim Frangione does his usual fantastic job, and brings it all to tip-top life.

Not worth a credit, but definitely worth the $6 to complete your Chet collection.

Santa 365

Sweet and short I enjoyed it typical Chet and Bernie ! I like a nice Christmas special for my favorite characters.

A great Christmas “tail”!

Bernie, Chet and the gang celebrate Christmas, not once but twice! This story is easy to listen to and can be done in one sitting. Get your jollies on and read this to celebrate! It’s a familiar “tail” with all the people you already know. Merry Christmas!

Chet and Bernie plus perps

This is a cute, seasonal, short story about our friends and their adventures. As always, a fun listen.
Jim Frangione continues to be the ideal narrator for this series.

Always Entertaining

Mr Quinn never disappoints. Another great story and entertaining read! Thanks for everyone of your Chet and Bernie books!

A good party and a happy ending

I haven’t rated any books for their potential as Christmas books this year. That’s because Santa 365 is the closest to a Christmas book that I have read this year. I didn’t have very high hopes for it in that context, since Chet and Bernie books are primarily a mix of mystery and humor. But this one wasn’t as bad as I thought it might be. There is a pretty good Christmas party, and the ending is good.

Plumpy Napoleon is a con man that Bernie and Chet sent to prison a while back for running a Ponzi scheme from which he supposedly made over a million dollars. Just before Christmas, he reappears in their driveway announcing that he is out (due to overcrowding) and that he has seen the light and just wants to make others happy year-round. To that end, he offers to provide Bernie with a catered Christmas party, complete with decorated tree and gifts – for a small fee, of course. With the finances of the Little Detective Agency always in precarious shape, Bernie is a little dubious, and Chet is more than a little dubious. But Charlie is up for it, so Bernie pays the required fee, and they wait to see what happens.

I expected to hear the tale of the most pathetic excuse for a Christmas Party ever. The beginning is not too promising. A grumpy dwarf dressed as an Elf shows up and begins the party preparations. When asked where Plumpy is, the Elf supposes he’ll be along later. Then guests begin to arrive, starting with Bernie’s girlfriend, Suzie. Bernie’s mom has already inflicted herself on them for the holidays, and there are other people too. The presents are surprisingly pretty good, and one of the other guests has brought some wine. So the party works out better than I would have expected, despite the grumpy Elf, and Plumpy not bothering to put in an appearance.

But after everyone has left, Chet starts sniffing around and discovers where the catch is. The wall safe has been emptied. Chet and Bernie have to find out where Plumpy and the Elf have gone, why, and what needs to be done about it.