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Hunting Elf by Dave Donelson
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A puppy for Christmas! What could be better? Dan McCoy and his capable wife June find out when Santa gives them a frolicsome hairball named Elf, a Silky Terrier on the Christmas wish list of nefarious dognappers who want to steal him in a murderous scheme to win "Best in Show" at Westminster. Elf foils the plot when he brings Macy's Parade to a tumultuous halt in a comedic Christmas adventure.
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Chapters
| Title | Description | Date Created |
| Chapter 1 (14.42 MB) | Dan McCoy loses Elf, his mother-in-law’s four-legged Christmas present, and enlists a party of drunken neighbors to help him find it. | Mar 13, 2007 |
| Chapter 2 (13.39 MB) | Murder takes center stage as nefarious show dog breeders track Elf to Dan and June--who don’t suspect a thing. | Mar 13, 2007 |
| Chapter 3 (16.42 MB) | Dan and his pals literally beat the bushes for Elf as the cold-blooded dog-nappers circle like a pack of greedy wolves. | Mar 13, 2007 |
| Chapter 4 (10.41 MB) | Marie Carcioma and Selena Kisco hatch their plots to dognap Elf while Dan and the gang continue their search in the woods. | Mar 13, 2007 |
| Chapter 5 (8.75 MB) | Dan barely stays out of jail when his canine companion finally decides to trade wilderness living for the front seat of a police cruiser. | Mar 13, 2007 |
| Chapter 6 (14.19 MB) | June gets a surprise when she tries to give Elf to her mother for Christmas. | Mar 24, 2007 |
| Chapter 7 (11.04 MB) | Elf creates a distraction, then helps himself to Christmas dinner. Later, Dan finds out there's a murder in his new dog's pedigree. | Mar 24, 2007 |
| Chapter 8 (14.65 MB) | Elf gets a bath, then he gets stinky even. In desperation, Dan takes him to a groomer, who has plans of her own for the little son of a champion. | Mar 24, 2007 |
| Chapter 9 (10.75 MB) | The groomer, Amanda, gets much more than she bargains for when she makes a mysterious phone call. While Dan's talking to the detectives, Elf goes apartment hunting. | Mar 24, 2007 |
| Chapter 10 (13.16 MB) | Elf becomes the ex-officio mayor of Harrington but is almost chased out of office when Marie spots him on the street. | Mar 24, 2007 |
| Chapter 11 (12.53 MB) | Elf comes home with some six-legged friends and Dan goes in search of a cure. Selena Kisco invites Bruce Rose to search for Elf under--or on--her bed. | Apr 19, 2007 |
| Chapter 12 (10.47 MB) | Elf makes amorous advances toward several other patients in the vet's waiting room while Marie clashes and crashes with Bruce Rose. | Apr 19, 2007 |
| Chapter 13 (11.78 MB) | Elf tries to make friends with a creature of the feline persuasion while Edgar tries to persuade Dan to do unnatural things to his body with magnets. | Apr 19, 2007 |
| Chapter 14 (15.1 MB) | Dan and Jerry stake out their first suspects, Selena Kisco tries a smash-and-grab at the mall, and Elf finds a snack in the shoe department at Nordstrom. | Apr 19, 2007 |
| Chapter 15 (10.98 MB) | Marie Carcioma lights a fire under Bruce Rose while Dan and Jerry carry their investigation to the pet store, where they hear a horrifying tale about Selena Kisco. | Apr 19, 2007 |
| Chapter 16 (13.16 MB) | Elf house-trains Dan while Bruce Rose tricks June into sending Dan and Elf into an ambush. | Apr 29, 2007 |
| Chapter 17 (15.33 MB) | Marie almost gets away with Elf by promising him an amorous adventure, but neighbor John Rantze inadvertently foils the plot by calling the cops to complain about all the barking. | Apr 29, 2007 |
| Chapter 18 (14.07 MB) | Dan and Elf go to obedience school, where Dan learns some important lessons and comes home with a whole new Elf - literally. | Apr 29, 2007 |
| Chapter 19 (14.07 MB) | While the dognappers cross and double-cross each other, Elf develops a taste for television--cable, not programs. | Apr 29, 2007 |
| Chapter 20 (10.18 MB) | With the help of Elf’s nose, Dan, Jerry, and Edgar trail Bruce Rose to a tryst with a certain amateur porno star. | Apr 29, 2007 |
| Chapter 21 (15.28 MB) | Elf goes to breakfast with Dan and June, but the dognappers strike and Elf disappears—again. | May 6, 2007 |
| Chapter 22 (13.39 MB) | Dan and Jerry get no help from the police, so they investigate Elf’s dognapping themselves. They find a bloody trail, but no Elf. | May 6, 2007 |
| Chapter 23 (12.3 MB) | Dan and June mourn the loss of their little buddy and Elf misses them, too, even though he’s living the good life in a Manhattan penthouse. | May 6, 2007 |
| Chapter 24 (15.5 MB) | Dan takes June to Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade to cheer her up. They’re reunited with Elf when he jumps from Marie’s arms and fulfills everyone's fantasy by attacking the Barney balloon. | May 6, 2007 |
| Chapter 25 (16.71 MB) | In the exciting conclusion, Marie tries to dognap Elf at gunpoint, only to be foiled by Elf’s teeth, Dan’s flying tackle, and June’s cool command of the situation. | May 6, 2007 |