Sheila Turnage

Welcome to Tupelo Landing, North Carolina, where everybody knows your business and no secret is safe. You are about to meet Mo LoBeau, a rising sixth grader who washed ashore during a hurricane eleven years ago. She has been making waves ever since. While Mo dreams of finding her upstream mother, she already has a pretty great family with the Colonel, a cafe owner with no memory of his past, and Miss Lana, the fabulous cafe hostess. But life in this quiet southern town turns upside down when a grumpy detective arrives to investigate a murder. Suddenly, the people Mo loves most are in danger. To protect her family, she teams up with her best friend, Dale Earnhardt Johnson the Third, to uncover the truth. Together, they create their own detective agency to follow the clues, outsmart the adults, and solve a crime that changes everything. Get ready for a hilarious and heartwarming mystery packed with quirky characters and unforgettable adventures.

Small towns have rules. One is, you got to stay who you are no matter how many murders you solve. Miss Mo LoBeau - one half of the (probably) world-famous Desperado Detective Agency - is back! She and her fellow Desperado, Dale, went famous for about a week over the summer when they solved a murder in their hometown of Tupelo Landing - population 148 minus one (murder). Now sixth grade has started and it's back to being regular. But regular doesn't come easy to a girl like Mo. So when her beloved Miss Lana makes an Accidental Bid at the Tupelo auction and winds up the mortified owner of an old inn with an unidentified ghost in the fine print, Mo's itching to take the case. Plus, a historical ghost might make for some much needed Extra Credit in history. Who's haunting the old inn? And why? The Desperado Detectives set out to solve their second big case - only to find the inn might not be the only thing in Tupelo Landing haunted by the past. With some unexpected help from slick new kid in town - Crenshaw, Harm Crenshaw (as in Bond, James Bond) - Mo and Dale discover the truth about a lot of things. Even themselves. A companion to the New York Times bestseller Three Times Lucky. Small towns have rules. One is, you got to stay who you are no matter how many murders you solve. Praise for Three Times Lucky ' Mo is so plucky that young readers may wish she lived next door.' The Wall Street Journal 'An irresistible narrator - a literary descendant of Scout Finch of To Kill a Mockingbird.' Newsday, Top 12 Children's Books of 2012 * 'Mo LoBeau is destined to become a standout character in children's fiction.' Kirkus Reviews, starred review

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"When Miss Lana accidentally buys a haunted inn at the Tupelo Landing town auction, Desperado Detectives--aka Mo LoBeau and her best friend Dale--opens up a paranormal division to solve the ghost's identity before the town's big 250th anniversary bash"-- When Miss Lana accidentally buys a haunted inn at the Tupelo auction, Mo LoBeau and her best friend Dale set out to solve their second big case before the town's big 250th anniversary bash.