The Case of the Recreational Thief: Cinnamon Chou, #3

By Debbie Mumford

Cinnamon Chou, Space Station Zeta's favorite kid detective, is back with another adventure, but this time, the circumstances are personal. Cinnamon and her best friend Sammy are fighting, and the cause of their troubles? Their pets! Shiny objects are disappearing from the recreational area, and Cinnamon's pet dragon, Raphael, is the main suspect. Can she withstand the loss of Sammy's friendship while proving Raphael's innocence? Cinnamon can't afford to lose both her best friends at the same time!

• Language: English
• Publisher: WDM Publishing
• Release date: Dec 19, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393121770

Debbie Mumford

Debbie Mumford specializes in speculative fiction—fantasy, paranormal romance, and science fiction. Author of the popular Sorcha’s Children series, Debbie loves the unknown, whether it’s the lure of space or earthbound mythology. Her work has been published in multiple volumes of Fiction River, as well as in Heart’s Kiss Magazine, Spinetingler Magazine, and other popular markets. She writes about dragon-shifters, time-traveling lovers, and ghostly detectives for adults as Debbie Mumford and contemporary fantasy for tweens and young adults as Deb Logan.

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The Case of the Recreational Thief

The Case of the Recreational Thief

The Cinnamon Files, Case 3

Deb Logan

WDM Publishing

Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

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About Deb Logan

1

The door to my bedroom irised open with a nearly inaudible whoosh , and I stepped inside clutching Dad’s gift to my chest. I couldn’t believe my luck! My very first grown-up, never-owned-by-anyone-else tablet, complete with security features encoded to my thumbprint and DNA.

Not even Mom or Dad would be able to access this tablet without my permission. How cool was that?

I hopped up onto my built-in bunk, settled the tablet on my knees, opened my very first folder, and titled it: The Case Files of Cinnamon Chou, Space Station Detective.

A happy sigh escaped my lips. I might still be a kid, but I had big dreams. I was going to be a Universal Star League detective, just like my dad. By the time I was old enough to attend the USL Academy, I intended to have a sizable number of cases documented in my files.

That’s how I’d gotten this tablet. I’d prepared my case, presented my argument (referencing my Academy aspirations), and Mom and Dad had agreed to my request.

All right, Sugar Cookie, Dad said—he was the only living being (human or