Do the Partners in Crime Have What it Takes?

When best friends Norah and Darcy decide to create a fake detective agency for a school project they aren’t planning on solving any cases. All they want is a good grade. But, after they present their project to the class, they get an email asking them to help find a long lost twin. Since Darcy loves mysteries and Norah likes helping people, they decide to go ahead and open up their agency, Partners in Crime, to figure out who needs their help and why. As they begin to crack the case, they take notice of the kids in their class and try to decide if the case is real or just something to make them look foolish. Is there really a case? What will they uncover as they put their skills to the test? What will they witness and how will that impact the case? Will Darcy and Norah be able to put the pieces together before it is too late? Read this book to see if you can crack the case along with them! 

Sleuth or Dare: Partners in Crime by Kim Harrington is a book that allows the reader to join the characters in solving a mystery. Norah and Darcy are both really smart and don’t have many friends. But, they don’t care because they have each other. Opposites in so many ways, they each have unique characteristics that made them easy to connect with right from the start. When their agency is on the case, I enjoyed solving the mystery and making sense of the clues. I recommend this book for kids in fourth through seventh grade. Anyone who likes a challenge will have fun examining each clue and trying to solve the first case in the series. Throughout the book I was reminded of why it is important to be surrounded by friends, and  I learned that being a witness to something can change things in ways you could never imagine. At the end of the book we learn that there is more in store for the dynamic duo and I look forward to seeing where their future investigations take them. Oh- and I LOVE the cover!  (I can totally relate to it.)Has anyone else read Sleuth or Dare: Partners in Crime? Or have you read another book by Kim Harrington? We would love to hear your thoughts! 

Happy Reading! ~LFEAR NOT THE UNEXPECTED