".Lyall's debut is a winner." -Publishers Weekly"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 the school equipment shed, and not much else-least of all, friends.
So when a hot case of blackmail lands on his desk, he's ready to take it on himself .
".Lyall's debut is a winner." -Publishers Weekly"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 the school equipment shed, and not much else-least of all, friends.
So when a hot case of blackmail lands on his desk, he's ready to take it on himself .