The Call of the Child
(2026)(The seventh book in the Gideon and Sirius series)
A novel by Alan Russell
The beloved duo returns!
On a leave of absence from LAPD’s Special Cases Unit, detective Michael Gideon and his German shepherd K-9 partner, Sirius, are embracing the pleasures and chaos of parenthood. The last of Sirius’s litter, a ‘golden shepherd’ named Archie, who combines Sirius’s fierce loyalty with a golden retriever's gentle warmth, is adopted as a service dog for Ethan, a young boy who sustained a traumatic brain injury in the car accident that killed his parents.
But not long after returning to police work, Gideon and Sirius must take on a case all too personal to both of them: Archie has been dognapped.
As the media spotlights Ethan’s pleas for Archie's return, Gideon and Sirius untangle clues that lead them far from the location of the golden shepherd’s abduction and into the center of a criminal operation. But time is running out to find Archie.
More than 200 miles from home, Archie fights to make his way to Ethan across the barren, dangerous Sonoran Desert, driven to risk his life to answer the call of the child…
MORE THAN 10,000 READERS OF ALL BREEDS GIVE GIDEON AND SIRIUS FIVE STARS:
‘I loved nearly every line of this book.’ (Goodreads)
‘Exciting mysteries and wonderful characters. Emotional and thrilling. Great reads!’ (Amazon)
‘Loved it and couldn't put it down. Readers beware, you'll lose sleep when you get three-quarters through because you won't be able to stop reading.’ (Amazon)
‘Russell delivers realistic, plausible, and taut thrillers...complex and nuanced.’ (Amazon)
‘[A] modern-day classic mystery-thriller series.’ (Amazon )
‘Gideon reminds me of Robert Crais' Elvis Cole with his attitudes and mouth but is perhaps a little more self-aware...A fast read with at least three different story lines running throughout, but not so complex that I needed a spreadsheet to keep up.’ (Goodreads)
‘Russell continues [to] weave a good detective yarn while maintaining wit and humor among his engaging main characters.’ (Goodreads)
Genre: Mystery
On a leave of absence from LAPD’s Special Cases Unit, detective Michael Gideon and his German shepherd K-9 partner, Sirius, are embracing the pleasures and chaos of parenthood. The last of Sirius’s litter, a ‘golden shepherd’ named Archie, who combines Sirius’s fierce loyalty with a golden retriever's gentle warmth, is adopted as a service dog for Ethan, a young boy who sustained a traumatic brain injury in the car accident that killed his parents.
But not long after returning to police work, Gideon and Sirius must take on a case all too personal to both of them: Archie has been dognapped.
As the media spotlights Ethan’s pleas for Archie's return, Gideon and Sirius untangle clues that lead them far from the location of the golden shepherd’s abduction and into the center of a criminal operation. But time is running out to find Archie.
More than 200 miles from home, Archie fights to make his way to Ethan across the barren, dangerous Sonoran Desert, driven to risk his life to answer the call of the child…
MORE THAN 10,000 READERS OF ALL BREEDS GIVE GIDEON AND SIRIUS FIVE STARS:
‘I loved nearly every line of this book.’ (Goodreads)
‘Exciting mysteries and wonderful characters. Emotional and thrilling. Great reads!’ (Amazon)
‘Loved it and couldn't put it down. Readers beware, you'll lose sleep when you get three-quarters through because you won't be able to stop reading.’ (Amazon)
‘Russell delivers realistic, plausible, and taut thrillers...complex and nuanced.’ (Amazon)
‘[A] modern-day classic mystery-thriller series.’ (Amazon )
‘Gideon reminds me of Robert Crais' Elvis Cole with his attitudes and mouth but is perhaps a little more self-aware...A fast read with at least three different story lines running throughout, but not so complex that I needed a spreadsheet to keep up.’ (Goodreads)
‘Russell continues [to] weave a good detective yarn while maintaining wit and humor among his engaging main characters.’ (Goodreads)
Genre: Mystery