Pete is a fourth generation citizen of Chelsea. His ancestors moved into the area over the period of time before and after the Civil War. Some came up via the underground railroad. Others moved north after the war and found work in the region's lumber industry. Pete grew up in Chelsea but left to join the Marines. He returned after 20 years in the Corps, most of that time spent with the Military Police.

The Chelsea Police Department is small, so small that it's nearly a miracle that Pete is able to clear so many cases. His success doesn't have anything to do with the department manpower or lack thereof. He just seems so ... intuitive.

His success actually is the result of a personality trait. He trusts his instincts and the instincts of those around him. That he relies on his dog, Cyril, and Cyril's friends, the local cats and dogs, to solve his cases, is a closely kept secret.

To understand the success of Chelsea's Chief of Police, Pete, one need look no further than his faithful companion, Cyril.

Cyril is an English Setter with the classic colors of cream and tan, his speckles covering his entire body. Because he is a police dog, he is kept trimmed. The long hair typically found on the legs and underbelly of the Setter would be caught in brush or other objects as he did his job. (Sometimes, Cyril looks with longing at the English Setters who don't have to work as hard as he does.)

Cyril's best friend is a Portuguese Water Dog named Jock. But his next best friend is Tiger Lily, a tabby cat who rules the Cafe, and, frankly, most of Chelsea.

Cyril and Tiger Lily have found ways in which they can communicate with their human companions. They consider their humans to be intelligent for people, but generally clueless when it comes to important stuff, like crime. With time and a lot of effort, they have trained their humans (Pete, and Tiger Lily's human, Annie) to understand them.

After all, the dogs and cats of the world can move with ease among almost all people, ignored for the most part, while they ferret out the crimes and the bad persons who commit them.

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