Tessa, the missing beagle, is still missing.

The Finding Tessa Facebook page is still abuzz with daily updates three weeks after Tessa skipped town on Dennis Lehane. To say the family is devoted is putting it mildly.

Clearly this will be the plot to Lehane's next book--something about black market Eastern European beagle abduction syndicates or whatnot.

If you find Dennis Lehane's missing beagle, he'll name a character after you in his next book.

Dennis Lehane has had some success as a writer. As a dog owner? Ehhh...

His books Mystic River and Gone Baby Gone have been given the Hollywood treatment to great reviews.

As for his dog-reaing, Lehane's beagle, Tessa, ran away from her Boston-area home last week, and Lehane needs your help finding her.

Lehane has established a Finding Tessa Facebook page, and promises that anyone who helps find his beloved beagle will have a character named after them in his next book.

Considering Lehane writes dark crime dramas about child molesters, you might want to second-guess having one of his characters named after you.



In case you're wondering, Tessa was last seen in the Brookline/Allston area of Boston. She's described as "immeasurably sweet," which is startling because that's how elderly women describe me, too.


Photo: Finding Tessa Facebook page