The Big Island Burglary by Carolyn Keene

Author:Carolyn Keene
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin
Published: 2020-07-28T00:00:00+00:00

“You love cameras?” Nancy asked. She glanced sideways at Bess and George. Was it possible this kid was a suspect? Did he like cameras so much, he’d take one that wasn’t his?

“Oh, I would have a million if I could,” he continued.

“Do you remember seeing any cool cameras at the luau last night?” George asked. It was a trick, of course. If the boy said no, they’d know he was lying. If he said yes, he might reveal some more clues they’d missed.

“This man with a shiny bald head had the coolest camera. It was super expensive. I think it was a Bluestone 5400, but I’m not totally sure.”

Nancy perked up. Not only was this boy sitting at the table next to Harry when the camera went missing, but he’d been admiring it. Had he liked it enough that he wanted it for himself?

His mom stepped forward, her arms crossed over her chest. She didn’t look happy. “What’s this about? A camera went missing, so you want to blame Timmy? Everyone’s heard the rumors, you know.”

“What rumors?” George asked.

The father left the kayaks on the rack and came toward them, his brow furrowed. He didn’t look happy either. He wrapped his arms around his three children, bringing them closer to him. “Some teenager took it. People saw her on the beach with it this morning. Meanwhile, that man and his wife are going around questioning everyone at the resort. We’re on vacation. We don’t need this!”

Nancy pulled her clue book from her back pocket and started scribbling down notes. “I’m so sorry… but maybe you could just tell us a little about the teenager? Did you see her yourselves?”

“We didn’t,” the mom said. She pulled her glossy blond hair into a ponytail. “But I heard people talking about her. I think they said she had glasses and black hair?”

“No, no. They said she was tall and had brown hair,” the father said. “It was in a ponytail?”

“She was wearing purple sneakers,” the mom interrupted.

“Yes, that I remember,” the dad agreed. “I definitely heard she was wearing purple sneakers.”

Nancy underlined PURPLE SNEAKERS. She wasn’t surprised that the mom and dad remembered the description differently. It was hard to get people to agree on what they saw or heard. But they both had said that the girl with the camera had been wearing purple sneakers. That seemed like a big clue.

“Anything else?” George asked. “Can you point us to the people who saw her?”

“Oh, I don’t remember who we were talking to,” the dad said. He waved off into the distance. “I actually heard several different people talking about it. They were somewhere down the beach.”

“Thank you, and thanks, Timmy!” Bess called over their shoulder. Then the Clue Crew took off to find their first real witnesses.

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