The Mystery of the Missing Puppy: The Mystery Club, #1

Saturday morning in Willowbrook means one thing: market day. Cinnamon buns, flower stalls, and Pippin, Ava's brand-new puppy, trotting along on his lead like he owns the whole square.

Then, in the time it takes to buy one bag of cheese crackers, Pippin is gone.

His collar and lead are still fastened — right where he was standing. No one saw him run. No one saw him carried off. It's like Willowbrook's newest puppy simply vanished into thin air.

Mia Hart is pretty sure she knows three things about Saturday mornings, and none of them mention a missing dog. But when Ava comes to her in tears, Mia, her little sister Lucy, careful notebook-keeper Ben, and gadget-inventor Theo decide there's only one thing to do: start a case file.

There's a torn blue ribbon that doesn't belong to anyone. A suspicious man carrying a dog who insists he's never seen Pippin. An open garden gate two streets over. And one very nosy family dog named Pickle, who keeps sniffing at a delivery van parked behind the market — for reasons nobody can explain.

Some clues matter. Some clues don't. And in a town as busy as Willowbrook on a Saturday, it's not always obvious which is which.

Join the newly formed Mystery Club as they follow every lead, question every witness, and try to bring Pippin home — before the trail goes cold. Readers get every clue the detectives do, so grab a notebook of your own and see if you can solve it first.

The Mystery of the Missing Puppy is Book 1 in The Mystery Club, a growing series of gentle, fair-play mysteries for readers ages 7–10.