detectives

When Wild Willie's best friend Kyle moves back to the neighborhood the boys suspect that Kyle's new house is haunted.

Presents casebooks for ten mysteries taken on by twelve-year-old Max Finder and Alison Santos and encourages the reader to solve the cases; and features "The Case of the Basketball Card Foul," "The Case of the Snake Escape," and others; and includes additional puzzles and the solutions.

A detective shares his recorded collection of strange and funny criminal cases with his friends, changing names and places to protect the innocent.

Describes what you need to know to be a detective, discussing how to collect information, send messages, and use disguises.

Throughout a series of adventures, ten-year-old David "Ali Baba" Bernstein spends most of his time thinking about becoming a detective and getting a dog.