Key Lardo: A Chet Gecko Mystery Book

Chet's headed for the hoosegow

Children's Literature

This is one of the many Chet Gecko mysteries. The dialogue, jokes, comic names, and mysterious events make you chuckle and keep reading. The names and the physical descriptions of the various animal characters are fun to imagine, and then match to the illustrator's rendition. Chet Gecko, the main character and a renowned detective, is confronted with a rival, James Bland. Boy! Chet is really unhappy about this. Ginger, one of his schoolmates, blames Chet for the disappearance of her sister, Connie. He and his side kick and assistant, Natalie, begin the search for the missing sister. His jealousy really takes over when Bland solves the case. Now Chet is really mad. He then sets out with Natalie to dethrone his nemesis and regain his dignity. A fun book to read. To whet your appetite, there are several summaries of other Chet Gecko mysteries in the last section of the book.