The second book in a young middle grade mystery-adventureseries about Horace, an anxious Boston Terrier, and Bunwinkle, an exuberantpotbellied pig, who team up to solve crimes in their barnyard and localneighborhood—perfect for fans of Mercy Watson, The Trouble with Chickens,and A Boy Called Bat.
Horace is flying high after solving the pet-tectives' firstmystery. But Bunwinkle just hasn’t been herself—she’s scared all the time andis too embarrassed to tell anyone.
Before they can work on getting Bunwinkle’s confidence back,a new case lands in their laps—well, actually their trash cans—when Shoo theraccoon asks for help. The neighborhood humans think he’s behind a series ofgarbage upheavals and home break-ins—but he swears he’s innocent. Just becausepeople call him a trash bandit doesn’t mean he is one.
To make matters worse, while the pet-tectives are trying toclear Shoo’s name, they learn that Eleanor is having money problems. She hopesto solve them by starting a community Farmer’s Market in the back field. Theneighbors seem excited to help at first but then, one by one, they suddenlydrop out.
With time running out, can the pet-tectives solve themysteries and save Shoo and the Homestead?
