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Reviewed Titles Accidental Detectives: Creature of the Mists	Sigmund Brouwer Reviews Added June 11, 2004 Accidental Detectives: Creature of the Mists Author: Sigmund Brouwer Publisher: Bethany House Available At: Bookstores Everywhere Publishing Date: Available Now Genre: Middle Reader: Mystery Format: Trade Paperback Price: $5.99 ISBN: 0-7642-2569-3 Reviewer: Phillip Tomasso III Sigmund Brouwer is an award-winning author. He has written more than six books in the Accidental Detective series, and more than three in the Watch Out for Joel series. In Creature of the Mists, taut chapters allow readers to keep the pages turning. Well-defined characters, a clever plot and a puzzling mystery keep the fun and action at full-steam. Ralphy Zee enters a science project contest that sends him and his friends, Ricky Kidd, Mike and Lisa, into an adventure filled with danger. Esteemed scientist, Dr. Wineguard, and his crew have planned a boating expedition in Canada. They are out to prove the existence of the Ogopogo sea creature-perhaps a cousin to the Loch Ness Monster. Right from the start, things go wrong. Joel, Ricky's younger brother, is a found-out stowaway and a hero at the same time. Why? Because sharing a hiding space with him was a bomb set to explode and destroy the ship-and possibly its crew and passengers! The danger does not stop there. It only increases as more and more peculiar threats confront the expedition team. Using highly scientific equipment and software, it looks like something large is alive and well deep in the bottom of the lake. As the kids help look for the sea creature, someone else is set on killing them. But why? Is the villain protecting the monster? Or is the villain looking to get the reward money for proving that there really is an Ogopogo creature in the lake? Or is something else going on all together? Something smells fishy in Canada. It's up to Kidd and his friends to uncover the clues, solve the crime and save lives before anyone gets murdered! Creature of the Mists is fun, fast and entertaining. Brouwer knows in order to keep a young reader's attention there has to be a lot happening. He demonstrates his knowledge by keeping each and every chapter full of action. This is an easy book to get into and tough one to put down. The story will appeal to both young men and women and readers of all ages who enjoy clean, wholesome mysteries! Return to top of page. This page was last updated on January 1, 2008 This page and all its contents are Copyright© 2002-2008 In the Library Reviews and the individual reviewers. Except where noted, all graphics are Copyright© Eos Development and are used with permission. All book covers are Copyright© their respective publishers and are used with permission. The In the Library Reviews logo is Copyright© 2002 by In the Library Reviews/Sharyn McGinty. Site maintained by In the Library Reviews.