A Mystery, First Edition, Pre Owned Like New, Hardcopy, 295 pages. Pre Owned Like New, Hardcopy, 295 pages. Raymond Chandler meets David Sedaristhe first in a dynamite new cozy series thats a lot of fun, full of unexpected depths and twists. Josh Bazell, bestselling author of Beat the Reaper Amy Carter is missing. And theres no one less capable of finding her than Max Bravo. Max Bravo is a mid-rung opera singer with a diva's towering ego. And he doesnt do favors. Not until the day he visits a troubled friend in Berkeley and offers to walk her dog. Max quickly discovers the local dog park. Its an odd, private little worlda preserve for neighborhood crackpots and lay-abouts, and, incidentally, their dogs. But, the park regulars are friendly. Clubby. They even serve beer. Before long, Max cant stay away. When one of the regulars disappears, Maxs interest in the dog park turns to obsession. Amy Carter  beautiful, adored, pregnant has vanished. The circumstances bode the worst. What happened to Amy? The dog park club has brewed up a theory. And they mean to prove it.