The Secret Cellar (The Red Blazer Girls)

The perfect series for kids who loved THE LEMONADE WAR series and are ready for more mysteries!

"With wit, cunning, snappy dialogue and superior math skills, The Red Blazer Girlsrepresent the best of girl-detectives while still feeling relatable and real. Nancy Drew would be right at home with this group." --Huffington Post's 15 Greatest Kid Detectives List

Mysteries seem to find the Red Blazer Girls: when Sophie finds a secret message in the antique fountain pen she bought for her father, the girls are on a case. Soon, they're at the home of the pen's original owner, a secretive man who kept to himself. His house is full of puzzles, all of which protect a hidden treasure, and the Blazers will do anything to get to the bottom of things. Throw in an ill-tempered bookstore owner with a motive, a missing will, a walking stick that doubles as a key, a school Christmas play, and a rat named Humphrey, and it all adds up to another thrilling adventure for the Red Blazer Girls.

Michael Beil, a New York City high school English teacher and life-long mystery fan, delivers a middle-grade caper that's perfect for middle-grade readers who have finished THE LEMONADE WAR series and are ready for more advanced mysteries!
From the Hardcover edition.

MICHAEL D. BEIL teaches English at an all-girls Catholic high school in New York City.The Secret Cellar is the fourth installment in his Edgar Award-nominated mystery series, The Red Blazer Girls. He is also the author ofSummer at Forsaken Lake, to be published by Knopf in summer 2012.