The Highly Effective Detective

By Yancey, Rick

Publishers Summary:
Unassuming and adorable, protagonist Teddy Ruzak has dreamed of becoming a detective since childhood. When his ailing mother dies, leaving him a substantial nest egg, he quits his job as a night watchman to become a private eye. Teddy employs the help of his loyal secretary Felicia (formerly his favorite waitress at the local diner) in unraveling his first case, a hit-and-run of a family of geese. What can only be called a wild goose chase quickly evolves into an investigation of a vicious murder.

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ISBN
978-0-31234-752-9
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on June 1, 2006

Adult/High School With the money Teddy Ruzak inherits from his mother, the overweight man decides to start his own business. Failing to become a policeman, he -s been a security guard for years; now is the time to break out and get into detective work, the reason he was first drawn to law enforcement. Ruzak is an ironic antihero who not only doesn -t know much about detecti...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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