Howard Wallace, P.I. (Howard Wallace, P.I., Book 1)

Lyalls debut is a winner. Publishers Weekly Whats with the get-up? Is that the company uniform or something? This? All P.I.s wear a trench coat. Dude, thats a brown bathrobe. I shrugged and straightened out my sleeves. First rule of private investigation, Ivy: work with what youve 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 hes got: a bathrobe for a trench coat, a makeshift office behind the school equipment shed, and not much elseleast of all, friends. So when a hot case of blackmail lands on his desk, hes ready to solve it himself . . . until the new kid, Ivy Mason, convinces him to take her on as a junior partner. As they banter through stakeouts and narrow down their suspects, Howard begins to wonder if having Ivy as a sidekickand a friendis such a bad thing after all. Named a Book Riot middle-grade book for the summer with special recommendation for reluctant readers! Nominated for the 2018 Red Cedar Book Award!