Ratio Holmes and the Case of the Boston Ball Cap

By Horatio Holmes

Meet Ratio Holmes! He’s not really the great, great grandson of the fictional character Sherlock Holmes, but all the other kids seem to think he is. Now he’s a detective whether he likes it or not. Still, he’s creative, good at thinking through facts, and has a wicked smart best friend, Jinju. Together, they might make great detectives after all!

Ratio Holmes is not a detective. That is until Tommy Fist, the tallest, strongest, and most short-tempered boy in school decides that Ratio is. Tommy wants back his Boston Red Sox baseball cap. And Ratio is going to find it, or else. Along with his best friend, now colleague, Jinju, Ratio takes on the case. Not that he has much choice. Figuring out how to be a detective is hard. Trying to stay honest and also unharmed may be even harder. Combining footwork, creative thinking, and intuition, Ratio and Jinju solve the case, return the hat, and leave everyone involved unbruised and unbroken.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Keystone Canyon Press
• Release date: Dec 4, 2020
• ISBN: 9781953055057

Horatio Holmes

Horatio Holmes, author of the Ratio Holmes series, has grown a lot since his days at Longtides Elementary. Since then he learned to play the bugle (badly), worked as a writer of competitive mathematics problems, even acted in Hamlet playing the very character for who he was named.In other ways, he’s still the same as he ever was: an avid reader, a pursuer of justice, and someone who likes his hot dogs with mustard.

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Ratio Holmes Series

Case of the Boston Ball Cap

Case of the Blue Stripe Vandal

Coming Soon:

Case of the Bike and the Books

Case of the Turkey Feather Card Game

Keystone Canyon Press

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Reno, NV 89523

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Publisher Alrica Goldstein

Copyeditor Sylvan Baker

Cover Designer Pandowo Limo

Copyright © 2020 by Horatio Holmes

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

A Cataloging-in-Publication record for this title is available from the Library of Congress.

ISBN 978-1-953055-04-0

EPUB ISBN 978-1-953055-05-7

Manufactured in the United States of America

To Rosemary Timoney: I always loved to read, but you kindled that writer’s ember into a flame which has lit my path for many years.

Meet Ratio Holmes!

He’s not really the great, great grandson of the fictional character Sherlock Holmes, but all the other kids seem to think he is. Now he’s a detective whether he likes it or not. Still, he’s creative, good at thinking through facts, and has a wicked smart best friend, Jinju. Together, they might make great detectives after all!

Contents

Chapter 1

Hot Dog Day

Chapter 2

A Cool Looking B

Chapter 3

For What We Are Looking

Chapter 4

Pretty Cool for a Kid Girl

Chapter 5

Terry the Superfan

Chapter 6

A Good Story

Questions for Discussion

Letters to Ratio

About the Author

Chapter 1

Hot Dog Day

You’d think that nothing could ruin lunch on hot dog day. A lot of times lunches at school are gross, but the hot dogs are awesome. And I had mine just the way I liked it, with mustard. So this should have been one of the best lunches ever. And it was,