Saxby Smart Private Detective in the Curse of the Ancient Mask and Other Case Files

By Simon Cheshire Illustrations by R.W. Alley

When things go wrong, kids have someone to call on: Saxby Doyle Christie Chandler Ellin Allan Smart (named after his father's favorite crime writers). Kids just call him Saxby, and they call him whenever there’s a mystery to solve. Working from his Crime Headquarters, the shed in his backyard, he tracks down clues, puzzles out problems, and figures out just what went wrong. Saxby invites the reader to help solve three mysteries in this first book of a new series.

As you read the book, you can read many of Saxby's hand-written notes where he records facts and poses questions he still needs to answer in order to solve the case. I enjoyed trying to solve the cases right along with him!!