A cold snap has blown into town like an unwanted house pest. But there's only one guy in the bug city with the power to put crime permanently on ice: Joey Fly, Private Eye. He's always on the lookout for trouble, and he runs into it when he meets Harry Spyderson, proprietor of the Scarab Beetle Theatre and director of the much-anticipated Bugliacci. Greta Divawing, the four-winged, long-legged leading lady, has gone missing. Harry hires Joey Fly and his assistant, Sammy Stingtail to crack the case. Can they find Greta in time to save the show? Grade 3–5—Entomology and comics come together in this entertaining mystery. Capitalizing on the success of Joey Fly, Private Eye in Creepy Crawly Crime (Holt, 2009), Reynolds and Numberman have created another case for the hard-boiled private investigator. Tarantula Harry Spyderson reports that butterfly Greta Divawing, star of his Scarab Beetle Theater, is missing. Joey proceeds to round up the suspects, including understudy moth Trixie Featherfeelers. "She was playing a small part in the production. But as they say in showbiz, there are no small parts, only small insects." Rapid-fire puns will keep young readers chuckling. Sammy Stingtail, the scorpion with a rear end that takes up an entire zip code is the bumbling sidekick, unable to piece together the evidence. However, readers with an understanding of insect behavior will deduce what has happened to the leading lady and will enjoy following the clues that reveal her location. An abundance of interesting information on the world of insects and arthropods finds its way into this ever-clever, always-engaging tale. Nice visual foreshadowing gives attentive readers the information that they will need to help Joey solve the case. Illustrations are playful, and nicely suit the atmosphere of the story. The use of alternating monochromatic panels to signal a change of scene is excellent. A find-the-character quiz on the last page will send readers back to the story, searching again for clues.— Barbara M. Moon, Suffolk Cooperative Library System, Bellport, NY (c) Copyright 2011.  Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. This second volume in the Joey Fly, Private Eye graphic-novel series has the trench-coated bug investigator and his goofy scorpion sidekick, Sammy Stingtail, hired by a panicky tarantula stage director after Greta Divawing, the star of his upcoming show, goes missing. The mystery winds up being fairly tame but only after a terrific twist that no one will see coming. Kids just getting into detective capers will enjoy the bug-related gags, medium-boiled dialogue, and Joey Fly’s droll voice-over narration. Numberman’s shifting color schemes and clean, expressive artwork enhance the noirish atmosphere. Grades 3-5. --Ian Chipman Aaron Reynolds hates spiders, but he loves bugs and books. He has written several books for kids, including Chicks and Salsa . Aaron lives near Chicago with his family. Neil Numberman is okay with flies and ladybugs, but he's deathly afraid of cockroaches. He graduated from the MFA Illustration program at the School of Visual Arts and lives in Manhattan.