Aladdin

Glass Onion meets Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library in this laugh-out-loud, "complex, twisty" (Kirkus Reviews) middle grade mystery about an inexperienced detective who plans to solve a local murder to achieve greatness. Only you can solve the mystery of my murder. Grady Jones has spent nearly all twelve years of his life trying to find a way to be great at something. So when a mysterious note is delivered to his door, addressed to him, asking Grady to solve the murder of his town's reclusive millionaire, Grady believes his search is over. He'll be a Great Detective! The only problem is he is not known for being very observant...or intuitive...or clever. Oh, and he has no idea how to solve a mystery. Luckily, he has some friends who have skills of deduction, and together, they might have the chops to figure out the murderer. Then a stranger also named Grady Jones comes to town, and Grady fears the note might not have been meant for him at all. And if that's the case, how will he eve

A New York Times bestseller! When a hurricane uncovers new information in a cold case, the Sherlock Society investigates a decades-old heist in this "engrossing" (Kirkus Reviews) second book in the hilarious, New York Times bestselling Sherlock Society middle grade series from Edgar Award-winning author James Ponti! When a category three hurricane hits Miami Beach, it uncovers a body buried at the renowned Moroccan Hotel. The body is identified as the man who served as the hotel's bell captain sixty years ago...and the presumed culprit of the million-dollar jewel heist that took place just before his disappearance. Since the bell captain clearly didn't take off with the goods as had been long believed, the Sherlock Society sets their sights on uncovering the real culprit of the theft with some help from Alex and Zoe's grandfather, who was friends with the bell captain back in the day, and some retired federal agents from the local old folks' home. But when the thief may also be implica