First, food starts disappearing from Miss Nellie’s café. Then lumber walks away from Mr. Henley’s hardware store. Always ready to solve a mystery, the Two Amigos Detectives, Marco Garcia and Jake Bigsley, set out to catch the odd thief. It appears to be an open-and-shut case. All the clues point to Mr. Klem, whose large family is poor by most standards. But Marco, friends with one of the Klem girls, can’t bring himself to accuse the head of such a happy family. When a surprise comes to Tall Pines, however, the case takes a sudden turn. In the days that follow, a revelation rocks the town and Marco’s understanding of what it means to be rich is challenged as he and Jake work to solve the crazy case of the Peanut-Butter Burglar.
Author
Becky Freeman
Becky Freeman is the bestselling author of many books for adults and kids. Among her titles are the four books in the Gabe and Critters series—The Worm Surprise, The Happy-Hoppy Frog, The Colossal Catfish, and The Lovable Ladybug—and Peanut Butter Kisses and Mud Pie Hugs. Becky has been a featured guest on the Family Life Today radio broadcast and Focus on the Family. She and her husband, Scott, live in Greenville, Texas, and are the parents of four children.
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David Clar
David Clar is from Rochester, New York, in the beautiful Finger Lakes area of Central New York, “where the Native Americans believed God was so proud of his creation, he pressed his giant hand into the land to sign his work.” Dave is a graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology and lives with his wife and three children, happily drawing and painting children’s books and listening to jazz all day and into the night.
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