How Can a Brilliant Detective Shine in the Dark? (A Stevie Diamond Mystery) - Softcover

Bailey, Linda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1550747509 ISBN 13: 9781550747508

Publisher: Kids Can Press, 1999

Synopsis

Even an experienced detective like Stevie Diamond can miss clues. All her life, a gigantic mystery was right there in her own family and she'd missed it, until now! How Can a Brilliant Detective Shine in the Dark? is a page-turning mix of mystery and comedy sure to capture the imaginations and tickle the funny bones of young readers everywhere. A Stevie Diamond Mystery.

About this title

About the Author:

Linda Bailey is an award-winning author of many books for children, including Goodnight Sweet Pig, Stanley's Party, the Stevie Diamond Mysteries, and the Good Times Travel Agency series. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

From Booklist:

Gr. 4-6. In these volumes, six and seven of the Stevie Diamond Mystery series, 13-year-old Stevie and Jesse, her partner in crime detection, stumble on unusual events. In Shine in the Dark, a family reunion on an island near Vancouver inspires the intrepid Stevie and the more fearful Jesse to probe decades-old family secrets and explore a frightening cave as they seek the solution to the mystery of why Stevie's uncle disappeared. Members of Stevie's eccentric family form the core of this entertaining cast of characters. In Silly Movie, Stevie and Jesse are hired as extras in a horror film. A series of unfortunate events convinces some cast and crew that the film is jinxed, but the young detectives prove that the explanation is sabotage and find the culprit. Readers will be intrigued by the culture and vocabulary of the movie set, which makes a colorful backdrop for the mystery. Bailey is a Canadian writer with a flair for crisp dialogue as well as snappy book titles. Carolyn Phelan
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About this edition

• Publisher: Kids Can Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1550747509
• ISBN 13: 9781550747508
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200