Hiss Me Deadly

Hiss Me Deadly
Author: Bruce Hale
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2007
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0152054820

Chet Gecko is hired by Principal Zero to investigate the disappearance of valuable items from Emerson Hicky Elementary--including Mama Gecko's pearls.

The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse

The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse
Author: Bruce Hale
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 117
Release: 2001-04-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0547564147

Chet Gecko loves a good mystery. Almost more than he loves his fee—stinkbug pie. So when fellow fourth grader Shirley Chameleon asks him to find her missing brother, Billy, Chet expects the case to be as easy a pie. But Billy's disappearance is part of a larger plot, one that involves the Rat Sisters, a riddling junkyard dog, and a vicious Gila monster named Herman. If Chet doesn't solve the case fast, the entire school could be humiliated. Worst of all, Chet might not get his fee. And Chet's hungry. . . .

The Big Nap

The Big Nap
Author: Bruce Hale
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2001
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780152025212

Someone is turning the students at Emerson Hickey Elementary into zombies, and it's up to fourth-grade private eye Chet Gecko to find out who.

The Mystery of Mr. Nice

The Mystery of Mr. Nice
Author: Bruce Hale
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 117
Release: 2008-10-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0547542720

Most folks know him as the best lizard detective at Emerson Hicky Elementary, but it's not all knuckles and know-how with Chet Gecko. He's also got his artistic side. If it wasn't for his art, he might never have been sent to Principal Zero's office, where he stumbled onto the mystery of Mr. Nice. Because whatever you can say about Principal Zero, one thing is certain: He is not nice. Until now. Chet knows something is wrong with this picture, and he's just the gecko to solve this mystery. After all, who do you think put the art in smart aleck?

Snoring Beauty

Snoring Beauty
Author: Bruce Hale
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2008
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780152163143

An adaptation of the traditional tale, featuring a sleeping, snoring princess who is rescued by a prince after being cursed by a bad fairy.

The Adventures of Jack Lime

The Adventures of Jack Lime
Author: James Leck
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2010
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1554533643

A film-noir novel featuring a hard-boiled, narcoleptic teenage PI who solves mysteries for his fellow high schoolers.

Trouble Is My Beeswax

Trouble Is My Beeswax
Author:
Publisher: ABDO
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781599614724

Chet and his partner, Natalie Attired, investigate a cheating ring at Emerson Hicky Elementary School.

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

Howard Wallace, P.I. (Howard Wallace, P.I., Book 1)
Author: Casey Lyall
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2016-09-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1454919957

“…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. Named a Book Riot middle-grade book for the summer with special recommendation for reluctant readers! Winner of the Red Cedar Book Award for Fiction!