Casey Lyall
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"Twelve-year-old Kimmy Jones wants to excel at the unique (and secret) aspect of her family’s funeral home business. Under the watchful eye of Grandma Bev, Kimmy learns how to raise the recently deceased, request their last wish, and break the connection to send them on. But when Grandma unexpectedly dies herself, Kimmy can’t reach her spirit, and nothing seems like it’s ever going to be right again. Then a boy dies under mysterious circumstances...
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"Give this to fans of Encyclopedia Brown who are looking for longer (and funnier!) well-plotted mysteries." -Booklist on Howard Wallace, P.I.
"My partner scanned the message and a slow grin took over her face as she said our four favorite words: 'We have a case.'"
HOWARD WALLACE IS BACK!
Middle-school detectives Howard Wallace and Ivy Mason are itching for a juicy case. But when their friend and cohort Marvin hires them to prove his nephew-...
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Howard and Ivy return for a third adventure! This time, the drama's backstage when someone sets out to sabotage the school play...and frame Howard.
"I wasn't taking the fall for this. You couldn't force a guy into a job and then blame him when it all went sideways."
Spring (musical) fever has hit the Grantleyville Middle School Drama Club! Since Ivy Mason is busy with the production, she decides to take a break from sleuthing, while Howard Wallace...
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"What's with the get-up? Is that the company uniform or something?"
"This? All P.I.s wear a trench coat."
"Dude, that's a brown bathrobe."
I shrugged and straightened out my sleeves. "First rule of private investigation, Ivy: work with what you've got."
Twelve-year-old Howard Wallace lives by his list of rules of private investigation. He knows more than anyone how to work with what he's got: a bathrobe for a trench coat, a makeshift office behind...