Detective Max: Guinea Pig Extraordinaire!: Choose Your Own Ending!

By Carol Skilbeck

Detective Max: Guinea Pig Extraordinaire is her fourth children's book. Children of the Candy Corn and Peter Rottentail (part of Melohead series) will debut in October and April respectively. Carol is currently collaborating on a music CD with a friend and completing an adult paranormal novel: Ruby's Aura. Her nonfiction Story time handbook for Care Givers will be out soon.

Worldwide literacy is a primary goal for Carol. She loves to hear of any ideas from readers, parents and teachers that will increase literacy and love of reading. Visit her at [e-mail] or on facebook.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Aug 31, 2015
• ISBN: 9781514402115

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Detective Max:

Guinea Pig Extraordinaire!

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Copyright © 2015 by Carol Skilbeck.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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Rev. date: 08/27/2015

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

Note From Author:

Chapter 1   Damsel In Distress

Chapter 2   Art Department

Chapter 3   Business As Usual

Chapter 4   The Usual Suspects

Other books by Carol Skilbeck

Children

Adventures of Melonhead Series:

Princess Versus Porcupine

Pirates of the Carob Bean

Gnomes in the Hood

Children of the Candy Corn (2015)

Young Adult and Adult Fiction

Ruby’s Aura (2015)

Homecoming (2016)

Non Fiction:

Doll Furniture from Recyclables (2016)

Story Time Handbook for Preschool and Care Givers (2015)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thank you to my family and friends,

who, as always, are so supportive of my writing.

Also, a big thank you to the students in

Fairfield, Hamilton and Oxford

who participated in selecting the cover for Detective Max.

In Memoriam

I’m sad to announce that both Max and Jenny died before this book was published. I miss them every day and hope that all pet owners will cherish theirs. I miss you Max and Jenny!

Dedicated to:

NOTE FROM AUTHOR:

M ax and Jenny are my guinea pigs. He’s a cutie, but let’s face it, he’s not the most exciting pet in the world. He mostly eats, sleeps, and poops. I was told by other guinea pig owners that he would make all kinds of noises. He doesn’t. I never heard him make any sounds except a sort of purring when I petted him, but that’s about it…until I got him a friend.

Jenny is her name but I call her Hurricane. She’s a wild one, nothing like Max, who’s rather boring. Or so I thought! Little did I know that Max has a secret life, and he’s quite an extraordinary little pig! So if you think your pets are boring, you might want to follow them late at night and see if they might be leading a double life as well. Anyway, here’s Max and Jenny’s story!

CHAPTER 1

Damsel in Distress

H i, my name is Max. I’m a guinea pig and, I think, a pretty nice guy. I’m also a detective. No, really! I’ve solved half of my cases. Of course, I’ve only had four. But I’m getting better! At least, Mom has stopped nagging at me to go into accounting.

Last month was my best case ever because that’s when I met Fiona! It was the end of spring, in April, a dark and stormy night. Yeah, I know that sounds like a cliché, but it was dark and there was plenty of thunder and lightning. It was so humid that my fur stuck to my chair when I got up to look out the window.

I was about to close up the office when there was a faint knock on the door. I pushed aside the curtain and saw the most beautiful face ever. She was a short hair breed, white with a touch of brown and black, and clear black eyes.

She let out a small ‘wheek’ when she saw me.

Hello, are you Detective Max? she said. Her voice was like silk. My heart beat faster.

I nodded.

Let me introduce myself, she purred. "I’m Fiona Jennifer Cavy, president and owner of the world’s best guinea pig