Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective

Meet Randi Rhodes, the worlds first ninja detective! Mystery abounds in this delightful new middle grade series from Academy Awardwinning actress Octavia Spencer. Deer Creek is a small town whose only hope for survival is the success of their Founders Day Festival. But the festivals main attraction, a time capsule that many people believe hold the towns treasure, has gone missing. Randi Rhodes and her best friend, D.C., are Bruce Leeinspired ninjas and local detectives determined to solve the case. Even if it means investigating in a haunted cabin and facing mean old Angus McCarthy, prime suspect. They have three days to find the treasurethe future of their whole town is at stake! Will these kids be able to save the day?

A hard-to-prove art heist makes a New York City mystery for ninja detective Randi Rhodes in this second book in a series full of humor, adventure, and heart from Academy Award–winning actress Octavia Spencer. Randi Rhodes and her fellow ninja detectives, DC and Pudge, were flying high after solving the Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit. But life in sleepy Deer Creek has begun to feel…a bit boring. There are no crimes to investigate! But a trip to New York City to visit Randi's aunt changes that! While the ninja detective trio explores Randi's old neighborhood in Brooklyn, they uncover an art heist. Except no one will believe them. So they'll just have to catch the criminals in the act...