Dog Park Club, The (Max Bravo 1)

Robinson's fiction debut is an amusing dark comedy with charismatic characters and a story that seems ripped from the headlines but turns out to be far more interesting than the truth. Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)

Compelling and readable, this offbeat debut will appeal to all lovers of dog mysteries. Booklist

Drag out the dictionary, go to S : smart, savage, slapstick--and sympathetic. The Dog Park Club is that rarest of gems, a comic tour de force that steals your heart. David Corbett, author of The Devil's Redhead

Sly, witty and fun, The Dog Park Club is a pitch perfect debut--a darkly comic ensemble piece wrapped in a mystery and executed with the assuredness of a master. Robinson's opera star-cum-detective Max Bravo delivers a virtuoso performance. Bravo, indeed! Karen Dionne, author of Freezing Point

Laugh out loud funny...a charming aria to complicated personal relationships and the lengths to which we'll go to keep our friends. Rebecca Cantrell, author of A Trace of Smoke

Robinson writes with style and tension...I found myself trying to guess whodunit all the way to the end. K.M. Soehnlein, author of The World of Normal Boys

This is San Francisco noir at its best, sometimes chilling and often hilarious. Stephen Beachy, author of The Whistling Song

Robinson's fiction debut is an amusing dark comedy with charismatic characters and a story that seems ripped from the headlines but turns out to be far more interesting than the truth. --Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)

Compelling and readable, this offbeat debut will appeal to all lovers of dog mysteries. --Booklist

Drag out the dictionary, go to S : smart, savage, slapstick--and sympathetic. The Dog Park Club is that rarest of gems, a comic tour de force that steals your heart. --David Corbett, author of The Devil's Redhead

Sly, witty and fun, The Dog Park Club is a pitch perfect debut--a darkly comic ensemble piece wrapped in a mystery and executed with the assuredness of a master. Robinson's opera star-cum-detective Max Bravo delivers a virtuoso performance. Bravo, indeed! --Karen Dionne, author of Freezing Point

Laugh out loud funny...a charming aria to complicated personal relationships and the lengths to which we'll go to keep our friends. --Rebecca Cantrell, author of A Trace of Smoke

Robinson writes with style and tension...I found myself trying to guess whodunit all the way to the end. --K.M. Soehnlein, author of The World of Normal Boys

This is San Francisco noir at its best, sometimes chilling and often hilarious. --Stephen Beachy, author of The Whistling Song

-Robinson's fiction debut is an amusing dark comedy with charismatic characters and a story that seems ripped from the headlines but turns out to be far more interesting than the truth.- --Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)

-Compelling and readable, this offbeat debut will appeal to all lovers of dog mysteries.- --Booklist

-Drag out the dictionary, go to -S-: smart, savage, slapstick--and sympathetic. The Dog Park Club is that rarest of gems, a comic tour de force that steals your heart.- --David Corbett, author of The Devil's Redhead

-Sly, witty and fun, The Dog Park Club is a pitch perfect debut--a darkly comic ensemble piece wrapped in a mystery and executed with the assuredness of a master. Robinson's opera star-cum-detective Max Bravo delivers a virtuoso performance. Bravo, indeed!- --Karen Dionne, author of Freezing Point

-Laugh out loud funny...a charming aria to complicated personal relationships and the lengths to which we'll go to keep our friends.- --Rebecca Cantrell, author of A Trace of Smoke

-Robinson writes with style and tension...I found myself trying to guess whodunit all the way to the end. - --K.M. Soehnlein, author of The World of Normal Boys

-This is San Francisco noir at its best, sometimes chilling and often hilarious.- --Stephen Beachy, author of The Whistling Song

CYNTHIA ROBINSON's stories have appeared in Opium.com and the First Thrills anthology. Nominated for the Best New American Voices award, she lives in San Francisco. The Dog Park Club is her first novel.