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    My Dad, the Private Eye: The Falling Star
    My Dad, the Private Eye: The Falling Star
    My Dad, the Private Eye: The Falling Star
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    My Dad, the Private Eye: The Falling Star

    By Richard Clark

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    He makes dumb mistakes so you don’t have to.

    “A great and humorous kids/young teen story with plenty of twists and tension.” Entrada Publishing

    15-year-old Krista Winnette worries about her dad, Drew. After all, he just lost his job, and Krista’s mom just left him. Now all Drew has is a dwindling bank account, a ten-year-old car and a musty motel room he can barely afford. So he does what every unemployed man must do in this desperate situation: He becomes a private eye.

    Drew knows nothing about being a private eye, but how hard could it be? As he says in his Facebook ad: “You ever wondered how a private eye finds a missing person? Or trails a cheating husband? So have I! So hire me, and I’ll figure it out! I’ll try stuff the other guys won’t even consider – ’cause I don’t know any better!”

    As Drew goes about learning his new job, he finds himself a rather enthusiastic partner – Krista! Together, they investigate the case of a fading movie star who tragically fell to her death on the set. But was it an accident – or did someone take their “creative differences” a little too far? Join our two bumbling private detectives as they constantly scramble to stay afloat and sometimes even to stay alive. The story will keep you guessing right up to the surprise ending!

    If you like Theodore Boone, The Adventures of Jack Lime or a light take on Veronica Mars, you’ll love My Dad, the Private Eye. Tweens, teens and even adults will get a thrill out of this middle grade detective series full of fun mystery and funny action.

    And if you like The Falling Star, check out the next book in the series, My Dad, the Private Eye: Keep on Truckin’. Drew and Krista get their first paid gig, tracking down a missing trucker. But when he turns up dead, and neither his employer nor his wife want to know why, our fledgling investigators get into some seriously sticky – and seriously dangerous – situations trying to crack the case. (Make sure to read it to the end for another surprise ending!)

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRichard Clark
    Release dateAug 17, 2020
    ISBN9781005530167
    My Dad, the Private Eye: The Falling Star
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    Richard Clark

    RICHARD CLARK is a historian whose research into capital punishment has spanned decades. He lives in Staffordshire.

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      My Dad, the Private Eye - Richard Clark

      My Dad, the Private Eye

      The Falling Star

      by Richard Clark

      Copyright © 2020 Richard Clark

      Published by Richard Clark

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      INTRODUCTION

      Okay, first I want you guys to know that this isn’t your typical kids’ detective story. I’m not the standard cute but overly-curious girl who’s part of some fun team of kids with a dog going around solving mysteries like The Case of the Missing Mummy and stupid stuff like that.

      No, my dad and I solve real mysteries and deal with real criminals, con artists and cheats.

      Not that I’m some kind of Sherlock Holmes-y genius, a 15-year-old whiz kid who goes to school by day and solves crimes by night. I mean, technically my dad’s the real private detective, and I’m only his assistant. But I’m really more his partner because he couldn’t do his job without me! Okay, maybe that’s pushing it a little. Let’s just say he couldn’t do his job well without me.

      I’m also kind of Dad’s reporter or chronicler, which is a person who keeps a written account of things. (I had to look that one up.) I actually did some reporting for my school newspaper once, but that was totally boring compared to writing about all our cases!

      Anyway, it’s nice to know that I’m good at private investigating (and chronicling) because I’m actually kind of a screw-up at school. I’ll tell you more about that later, and about how my parents split up and how everything kind of sucks.

      But, for now, I want to tell you about how this whole private eye thing started…

      CHAPTER 1

      My dad wasn’t having a very good day.

      I need to talk to somebody about an extension of my E.I. benefits, Dad said to the lady clerk behind the counter at the Service Canada branch. E.I. stands for Employment Insurance, and my dad’s had run out.

      You can do that online, sir, the clerk said like she’d said it a thousand times, which she probably had.

      I know, I’ve done all that, Dad said. They rejected my claim. I was just wondering if –

      There’s nothing I can do for you here, the clerk said. Perhaps if you talk to your former employer’s H.R. department.

      I did that too, Dad said. Listen, there’s got to be somebody – Dad was interrupted by the ring of his phone. Sorry, he said to the annoyed clerk as he dug his phone out of his pocket.

      It was me, calling him on FaceTime.

      Hi, Krista, he said, checking out my goth hair and nose ring. I hadn’t told him about my new look. What’s with your hair? And is that a ring in your…? Listen, let me call you back.

      I just saw you on YouTube, I said, and I’m, like, freaking out. Yep, I’d found a commercial he’d made for himself on YouTube, and yep, I was, like, freaking out.

      Look, Krista, it’s just an ad, he said. But it wasn’t just an ad to me. It was my dad being desperate. It was my dad making a fool of himself.

      Sir, there are people waiting, the clerk said, annoyed.

      But I wasn’t going anywhere. "You want to be a private investigator? I asked Dad. ‘Your On the Fly Private Eye’? You’re a mailman!"

      "I was a mailman. I got laid off, Dad said. Then he turned back to the clerk. Which is why I’m here. Is there some supervisor I can talk to who –"

      Next! she interrupted. She’d had it with Dad. He wasn’t playing by the rules. She liked people who played by the rules.

      No, wait! Dad protested. But then the next customer stepped up. He was a really big guy. Ugly, too. And he didn’t seem to like Dad very much. Uh… you go ahead, Dad said, deciding to give up for now. He hung his head and shuffled out the door.

      I need a new job, Krista, Dad said to me over FaceTime.

      But you don’t know anything about being a private investigator, I insisted. That’s right, I wasn’t very encouraging when I first heard about Dad’s new so-called job. In fact, I thought he was crazy.

      Dad left the Service Canada office and walked down the busy street, feeling more lost than ever. I don’t know anything about anything, Krista, except being a mailman, he lamented. But why shouldn’t I become a private eye? I’ll learn on the job.

      Okay, but your video ad is… kinda pathetic, I said. You need to jazz it up a bit. I figured, if he’s going to make a real go of this new thing, he might as well get serious.

      Alright, maybe you can help me, he said.

      Help you? I asked. I didn’t realize this call would involve me having to actually do anything other than complain.

      Yeah, Dad said. I was lucky to be able to just post the ad without blowing up the internet.

      Dad was probably right about that. And he clearly did need help. But, at that point, I wasn’t exactly prepared to help him with

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