The Ghost and Max Monroe, Case #3: The Dirty Trick
One GHOST MAX MONROE CASE 3 THE DIRTY TRICK WRITTEN BY L M FALCONE ILLUSTRATIONS BY KIM SMITH KIDS CAN PRESS
PROLOGUE Max sat down beside his grandfather Your brother Larry is a ghost Yup And he haunts the detective agency in the backyard Yup Harry shot some whipped cream into his mouth Sometimes he hangs around the house But mostly he sits in the coach house bawling his eyes out I heard crying That’d be Larry He likes to have a good cry around this time of day Max shook his head Crying ghosts haunted detective agencies I’ll wake up any minute and everything will be normal
CHAPTER 1 DON’T WAIT UP Max Monroe couldn’t believe his luck His grandpa Harry had made his favorite supper twice in one week lasagna with cheesy garlic bread Max remembered that it was his dad’s favorite meal too and he suddenly missed him Max’s father was a reporter sent on overseas assignments He’d been away since the beginning of the summer and wouldn’t be home for a while Harry scraped his plate clean Delicious I love lasagna Max smiled Me too Harry wiped his mouth with a napkin Hate to eat and run but it’s bowling night and tonight’s the big tournament He got up and rushed out of the kitchen
