“Got it,” Miss Lana cried, spinning past in her pale yellow 1950s sundress and glossy Ava Gardner wig. “Order up!” the Colonel called over the café hubbub. Ever since his daddy went back to jail, he’s been sleeping ragged and long. Where on earth was Dale? He should have been here a half hour ago.ĭale Earnhardt Johnson III, my best friend and co-sleuth, lives just outside town. I scanned the breakfast crowd and the 7UP clock on the wall. Not that I-Miss Moses LoBeau, rising sixth grader and cofounder of Desperado Detective Agency-was thinking Mystery that Wednesday morning as I shoveled crushed ice into the café’s water glasses. The mystery Dale and I came face-to-face with there would wake up ghosts and shake up history.

It pitched a red-and-white striped tent in a meadow by the ancient Tupelo Inn, on the edge of town, and plastered the countryside with notices of its arrival: “Mystery is a master of disguise,” Miss Lana always says, and this one proved her point. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title.ĭesperado Detective Agency’s second big case snuck up on Dale and me at the end of summer, dressed in the happy-go-lucky colors and excitement of an auction. 'An irresistible Southern narrator-a literary descendant of Scout Finch of To Kill a Mockingbird.' - Newsday on Three Times Lucky 'A rollicking sequel.' - Wall Street Journal Look for all the Mo & Dale Mysteries: The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing, The Odds of Getting Even, and The Law of Finders Keepers Who’s haunting the old inn? And why? Mo and Dale set out to solve their second big case-only to find the inn might not be the only thing in Tupelo Landing haunted by the past.Ī laugh out loud, ghostly, Southern mystery that can be enjoyed by readers visiting Tupelo Landing for the first time, as well as those who are old friends of Mo and Dale. Plus, a historical ghost might make for some much needed Extra Credit in history. When Miss Lana winds up the mortified owner of an old inn with an unidentified ghost in the fine print, Mo’s itching to take the case. The eagerly anticipated followup to the Newbery honor winner and New York Times bestseller, Three Times Lucky

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