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| The World's Greatest Detective |
Eleven-year-old Toby Montrose is an orphan who is
continuously being shuffled around to the homes of his aunts and uncles. Eventually, all of them send Toby away. He has finally landed at the home of his
Uncle Gabriel. Toby knows that if Uncle
Gabriel rejects him, he’s off to the orphanage.
Since Uncle Gabriel is a detective living on Detective’s
Row, Toby does his best to assist. When
Hugh Abernathy, self-declared World’s Greatest Detective, invites Uncle Gabriel
to a murder mystery competition, Toby is certain he will attend with his
uncle. After all, Hugh Abernathy is
about to retire; the winner of this mystery contest will be crowned the next
World’s Greatest Detective!
To Toby’s dismay, Uncle Gabriel despises Hugh Abernathy
and has no intention of participating in his contest. But when Uncle Gabriel goes out of town, Toby
manages to get himself into the competition, hoping to win $10,000 in prize
money and all the accolades he can handle.
Many of the detectives from Detective’s Row are present on
the Webster Estate for the contest. None
of them take Toby seriously except one: Ivy Webster, also eleven years old. Calling herself Inspector Webster, Ivy wants
to win.
As the detectives await the unfolding of the mystery,
something terrible happens. Someone in the house is found dead. Now they’ve got a real murder mystery on
their hands. Everyone on the estate is a
suspect and no one can leave. Can two
children, Inspectors Webster and Montrose, work together to solve the
mystery? Or will the murderer stop them?
Caroline Carlson’s The
World’s Greatest Detective is fast-paced and suspenseful. It’s an Agatha Christie-style mystery full of
twists and turns. Mystery lovers, read
on!
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