When a famous show dog “Mr. Binxley” is stolen, Ava and Carol, twelve-year-old detectives, jump at the opportunity to track down the dognapper. A strand of hair, a giant shoe-print – the girls begin putting together a series of clues and suspects that lead them closer to the bad guy. But just when they think they’ve figured everything out, a new clue is revealed that changes everything. Suddenly, the girls are back to square one, and time is running out for Mr. Binxley. Join Ava and Carol in book four of the exciting Ava and Carol Detective Agency series. Children of all ages will enjoy this fast-paced book. Dognapped showcases Ava and Carol’s investigative and forensic skills as they dust for fingerprints, collect and analyze hair samples, cast footprints, create a hidden camera and use mobile apps and the internet to help catch the bad guys. I enjoyed the pacing, resolution and how they used real criminal science methods to find clues and discover who did it. It reminded me of Encyclopedia Brown . - Erica Action and adventure packed young people chapter books with amazing and lively characters . - Molly A good story for early teenagers and those above who enjoy children's literature . - Claudia Great Detective Story for Girls! As the previous stories of this series highly entertaining and enjoyable to read together with my daughter . - Wolf Thomas Lockhaven was honing his craft by moonlighting as an advertising consultant writing spots for print, Internet and TV. In his spare time, he was working on a children's detective series. Thomas met Grace Lockhaven at a gym. They became inseparable and now are working together writing books for fiction and nonfiction. David Aretha is a multi-award-winning publishing industry veteran who has worked with global giants like HarperCollins and Random House. The Detroit native who graduated in Journalism from the University of Michigan has successfully accumulated several decades of experience in his chosen specialist genres of Children's Stories, Biographies, History, Sports, and Fiction. In 2000, he was honored by the Vice-President of the United States with a letter of commendation for his exceptional editing work on "The Holocaust Chronicle: A History on Words and Pictures."