Kat Flanagan Teen Detective Adventures

"Konstantina Cassandra Flanagan doesn't mean to attract trouble, but it always finds her. While in Puerto Vallarta on a family vacation, she inadvertently witnesses a murder from the balcony of her hotel room. Her father and brother don't believe her, attributing what she thinks she has seen to an overactive imagination. The next day, K.C. spots one of the killers and trails him to the offices of a legal firm. There, she cunningly learns his identity. Over the next few days, several frightening and dangerous close calls convince K.C. that the killers are equally aware of her identity. In an exciting climax, she finds herself embroiled in a veritable Perils of Pauline scenario, but one in which she proves to be a wily and brave heroine. Not only is this a satisfying mystery that sets a brisk pace, but it also offers wonderful glimpses of Mexican scenery and customs. The meanings of the many Spanish words and expressions are clear in context. This title will work well where mysteries are popular (and where are they not?) and in conjunction with social studies or multicultural units."-Sylvia V. Meisner Allen Middle School, Greensboro, NC (Gr 7-9)School Library Journal

In this second KC Flanagan Girl Detective™ adventure, KC accompanies her brother, Dad and Dad's new significant other to the lush Island of Isla Mujeres, just off Cancún in the Mexican Yucatan peninsula. Only looking forward to a relaxed vacation in the tropics, KC nevertheless stumbles on a plot to steal sunken treasure and eventually helps corral the criminals. Along the way she learns a lot about the magnificence of ancient Mayan culture, adopts a Kinkajou and gets in and out of danger.

Hi there! My full name is Konstantina Cassandra Flanagan, but my friends call me Kat. My older brother Rudy says that the K in Kat stands for Kook Case! I am 15 and a half (some folks say I look 18!). I live with my father, James Flanagan, Esq. and his new (soon to be formalized by wedlock) number one lady Linda Hebert. Dad is a lawyer for an international construction and investment company called One Good World. He travels a lot and Rudy and I often go with. My mom Trina Gigantes is a sculptress who is now married to oilman Darrell Hughes. They live in a New Mexico art colony. Darrell is pretty swift. And rich! As you probably guessed, my parents are divorced, and our family is all over the place, but what the heck, it's cool. At least, that's how I see it. Rudy is pretty smart when he applies himself, and like all my girlfriends tell me, he's cute too. But don't tell him! He's an okay kind of brother, even if he never believes me at first when I stumble across crime. What I like about travel is, you never know what you'll find when you get where you're going. Last year, for example, we went to the island of Maui, where I thought I was going to rest up and help Mom with a new show of her sculpture. Instead, I ended up crossing swords with a really despicable Japanese Yakuza gangster named Hiroshi, who tried to burn alive Rudy, me and a friend we made there named Kenji, except that–well, read on and you'll find out! Anyway, I'm keeping this journal to chronicle my life so that someday when I'm a famous and respected archaeologist it'll be easy for people to read about all my adventures, right up to when I find the Holy Grail. Or maybe the Lost City of Atlantis, whichever comes first. I have a lot to tell you about my latest case, in Orlando, Florida, you know, the place with the castle and the mouse? I learned a lot there about the three E's: entertainment, ecology and...evil. Oh, right, and also how to escape the jaws of famished alligators and save my dad!-excerpt from K.C.'s travel diary."Brimming with travelogue details" "As with all series, the lure becomes more addictive with each adventure as you return to the lives of familiar friends. Refreshingly, none of the parents or their significant others are drawn with clichéd, shrewish lines, and not once in the two books does our heroine resort to moaning about her dreadful hair or impossible looks. K.C. likes herself, which makes her pretty likeable."-Teresa Toten, Quill & Quire"Satisfying mystery that sets a brisk pace"School Library Journal, reviewing the first Kat Flanagan adventure.Outrage in Orlando is the fourth in a series of K.C. (Kat) Flanagan Girl Detective™ adventures to appear in e-book format. Previous titles include Panic in Puerto Vallarta, Chaos in Cancn and Mayhem on Maui, with Rampage on the Riviera to be published next year. All will soon be released in multiple languages, including Spanish, Dutch, German, Swedish and Chinese.