Howard Wallace, P.I.

Written by Casey Lyall

Part of the Howard Wallace, P. I. series

A young detective tackles blackmail with an unexpected partner.

4.3 Goodreads · 529 ratings

272 pages· 49,851 words· Est. 5.5 hour read· 610L

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Twelve-year-old Howard Wallace, a self-styled detective, operates from a makeshift office behind the school shed. When a blackmail case lands on his desk, he reluctantly teams up with new kid Ivy Mason. As they navigate stakeouts and suspects, Howard discovers that having a partner—and maybe a friend—might not be so bad. Can this unlikely duo crack the case and redefine what it means to work together?

From the publisher

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 . . . 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 list of suspects, Howard starts to wonder if having Ivy as a sidekick and a friend is such a bad thing after all.”

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