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Hurricane heist / James Ponti.

Ponti, James. (Author).

Summary:

When a category three hurricane hits Miami Beach, it uncovers a body buried at the renowned Moroccan Hotel. The body is identified as the man who served as the hotel's bell captain sixty years ago...and the presumed culprit of the million-dollar jewel heist that took place just before his disappearance. Since the bell captain clearly didn't take off with the goods as had been long believed, the Sherlock Society sets their sights on uncovering the real culprit of the theft. But when the thief may also be implicated in the bell captain's murder, even sixty years later, there are people who want the truth to stay buried.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781665932561 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 305 pages : map ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: First Aladdin hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Aladdin, 2025.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Map on endpapers.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 8-12.
Subject: Child detectives > Juvenile fiction.
Hurricanes > Juvenile fiction.
Theft > Juvenile fiction.
Grandfathers > Juvenile fiction.
Secrecy > Juvenile fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Juvenile fiction.
Miami (Fla.) > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Detective and mystery fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Cookstown Branch J FIC Ponti 31681030074249 JFIC Available -

  • B & T Entertainment
    When a category three hurricane hits Miami Beach, it uncovers a body at the Moroccan Hotel, a man presumed to be the culprit of a million-dollar jewel heist, and the Sherlock Society decides to uncover the real culprit. Simultaneous eBook.
  • Baker & Taylor
    A hurricane unearths a decades-old mystery when a bell captain's body is discovered at a historic Miami Beach hotel, leading twelve-year-old Alex and the other members of the Sherlock Society to uncover the truth behind a long-lost million-dollar jewel heist.
  • Simon and Schuster
    A New York Times bestseller!

    When a hurricane uncovers new information in a cold case, the Sherlock Society investigates a decades-old heist in this second book in the action-packed and funny Sherlock Society middle grade series from Edgar Award–winning author James Ponti!

    When a category three hurricane hits Miami Beach, it uncovers a body buried at the renowned Moroccan Hotel. The body is identified as the man who served as the hotel’s bell captain sixty years ago…and the presumed culprit of the million-dollar jewel heist that took place just before his disappearance.

    Since the bell captain clearly didn’t take off with the goods as had been long believed, the Sherlock Society sets their sights on uncovering the real culprit of the theft. But when the thief may also be implicated in the bell captain’s murder, even sixty years later, there are people who want the truth to stay buried.

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