Half Moon Investigations - Eoin Colfer [83]
‘Typical Murt.’
‘I thought you might like to know that Ernie is back in school, so some good has come of all our meddling.’
‘Really?’
‘Yeah, he’s disgusted. Oh, and April Devereux’s parents are moving her to a private boarding school in Dublin after her stay on the farm. Apparently some of her friends here were having a bad influence on her.’
‘That’s rich.’
‘Tell me about it.’
We sat quietly for a moment. Red was waiting for me to make a decision. I was trying to make it.
‘So, are you volunteering to help with all this crime solving?’
Red was insulted. ‘Help? We’re partners, Fletcher. Or we would be if you hadn’t been blanking me for the past month.’
‘I didn’t know… It’s not as if…’
Red winked. ‘Unfinished sentences. A sure sign of guilt.’
‘Sorry, Red. I haven’t been myself. I’ve been trying to be someone else, but it hasn’t worked out.’
‘We should have a name for our agency.’
‘Our agency?’
‘Yes, our. You can be the boss, the brainy one. And I’ll be the good-looking one who takes all the risks.’
I felt my life’s breath returning after a month’s absence. We would have to be low profile. Work on the QT until Mam and Dad were ready for the idea. But we would be a good team. We had already broken one case wide open.
‘What about Crimebusters?’ Red was saying. ‘Or Junior B Men?’
‘What?’
‘Names. For our agency, remember?’ Red squinted at me craftily. ‘You’ve already been thinking about this, haven’t you? You already have a name. Let me guess: Moon Investigations.’
I grinned at my new partner.
‘You’re half right,’ I said.
Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Half Moon Investigations
Chapter 1 THE FIRST RULE OF INVESTIGATION
Chapter 2 MOON GETS A STICK MAN
Chapter 3 MOON ON THE CASE
Chapter 4 MAKING AN IMPRESSION – ON MOON’S FOREHEAD
Chapter 5 DOCTOR BRENDAN’S BEDSIDE MANNER
Chapter 6 IN THE PUBLIC EYE – AND NOT IN A NICE WAY
Chapter 7 JAILBREAK
Chapter 8 AT HOME WITH THE SHARKEYS
Chapter 9 PROOf OR RESULTS?
Chapter 10 THE YOUNG STUDENTS
Chapter 11 THE POWER OF MAGNETISM
Chapter 12 THE PROMISE
Chapter 13 A GIANT’S TRAIL
Chapter 14 LARRY AND ADAM
Chapter 15 MOON SEES THINGS AS THEY REALLY ARE – FINALLY
EPILOGUE