Puss Reboots: Blog: June 2024: Detective Sweet Pea: The Case of the Golden Bone

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Detective Sweet Pea: The Case of the Golden Bone: 06/18/24

Detective Sweet Pea: The Case of the Golden Bone by Sara Varon (2024) is the start of a new graphic novel mystery series. The golden bone, a magical chew toy has gone missing from the museum. Sweet Pea gets pulled in to solve the mystery because she's got the best nose of all the dogs.

As a mystery it has a good set up of the characters and setting. The clues are laid out in a way that observant readers will be able to solve the mystery. It has a similar skill level in the clues as a Nancy Drew mystery but with Sara Varon's cozy art.

The dogs in the book are inspired by the author's own dogs. She includes photos and biographies in the afterword. It's fun to compare and contrast the real with the fictional.

Five stars