Give My Regrets to Broadway

Give My Regrets to Broadway by Bruce Hale

Scott Freeh has disappeared the day before the rehearsals for the play begin. Chet Gecko is forced to take his place as the lead character. Yuck! Chet decides he must find Scott before the curtain rises! Meanwhile, strange things begin to happen at the rehearsals. Could it be related to Scott? Or is it because the students are upset at the new version of the play? Can Chet solve the mystery before his big debut? A Chet Gecko Mystery

The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse by Bruce Hale

The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse (2000)

A hardboiled detective. A young boy - vanished. A mysterious ... chameleon? This book was terrific reading aloud to my niece and nephew (7 and 10 years, respectively). They absolutely loved it (I could tell because they wouldn't let me stop reading that afternoon until we finished it!) Even despite their enthusiasm, I think I liked it more than they did.

Hale takes a tongue-in-cheek look at crime fiction, setting a disappearance at Chet Gecko's elementary school. The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse introduces the major characters in his Chet Gecko series. Read 'em all!