xThe most winning junior detective ever in teen lit Take that Nancy Drewx mdashMidwest Childrens Book ReviewSammy Keyes has three wads of cold hard cash in her hot little hands An old guy gave them to her Well actually he told her to throw them away Begged her With his last dying breath Which he was taking because Sammy had just scared the life right out of him So shersquos got to get this man some help Shersquos got to do it without being seen herself And shersquos got to figure out how to stash that cash Aw crsquomon Yoursquod keep the money too right No one ever needs to know The Sammy Keyes mysteries are fast-paced funny thoroughly modern and true whodunits Each mystery is exciting and dramatic but its the drama in Sammys personal life that keeps readers coming back to see what happens next with her love interest Casey her soap-star mother and her mysterious fatherFrom the Hardcover edition.