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The Fairfleet affair / by K.H. Saxton.

by Saxton, K. H..

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Union Square Kids, 2023.

Missing persons -- Juvenile fiction.

Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.

Child detectives -- Juvenile fiction.

A & A Detective Agency ; bk. 1.

9781454950127 (hc.)

264 p. ; 22 cm.

Twelve-year-old friends Alex and Asha have a detective agency but no cases--until Alistair Fairfleet goes missing and leaves them a clue.

The celebrated museums of the Fairfleet Institute are known for curating the mysteries of humanity. But they don't solve mysteries. Luckily, twelve-year-old friends Alex Foster and Asha Singh of the A&A Detctive Agency do. Or they will... once they get a real case to test their skills as sleuths. When Dr. Alistair Fairfleet, the Institute's eccentric chairman, disappears on the first day of Alex and Asha's summer vacation, the receive a letter written by the missing millionaire inviting them to a mystery involving complicated clues and puzzles. It is just the sort of case they've been waiting to tackle. But nothing in the Fairfleet case has a simple solution. As the kids track down clues, they uncover art forgeries, archaeological crimes, and Fairfleet family secrets. Alex and Asha's partnership is tested, and they are forced to confront the legacies of the people and places they admire most.

Ages 8 to 12. Union Square Kids.

Grades 7-9. Union Square Kids.

Mystery fiction, Juvenile.

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