Mr Bernstein, a bloodshot-eyed basset, has a nose for crime Ð which is why he feels right at home in Homicide Division. With his able two-footed crime-fighting partner, Detective-Inspector Ivar Varg, and his slightly less able junior partner, an unruly jack russell named Manny, Mr Bernstein Solves a Murder or Two takes the reader on a wild ride through the overactive underworld of a resort area somewhere on the east coast of Australia. No murderer is safe with the ten-legged team of Varg, Bernstein and Manny hot on their tail.