Amos's Killer Concert Caper by Gary Paulsen

Author:Gary Paulsen [Paulsen, Gary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-80385-6
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2011-08-31T16:00:00+00:00

• 8

Amos was sitting on the end of Dunc’s bed with an inch of cold cream on his nose. “I don’t get it. Why do these things always happen to me?”

Dunc rubbed his chin. “I’ve been giving that some thought. I’d say it has something to do with the amount of space per person multiplied by the number of points of time in a given year, minus the refractory equation—of course taking into account the probability of happenstance.”

“What does all that boil down to in plain English?”

“Luck.”

Amos sagged. “Melissa will probably want to cancel our date now. She’ll be too embarrassed to be seen with me.”

“How is she going to cancel it? She doesn’t even know who it’s with. You didn’t sign your name to the letter, remember?”

Amos sat up. “That’s true. And when she sees the roses and candy, she’ll probably forget all about it.”

“Candy?”

“In case she’s allergic to the roses.”

“Oh.” Dunc turned on his computer and started entering information. “It doesn’t make sense.”

Amos lay back on the bed. “Sure it does. If Melissa starts sneezing, I can ditch the roses and bring out the candy. Either way, I’m covered.”

“Not that. The case. Why would Mange want to put a stop to the Road Kill concerts? He probably makes a bundle of money off of each one. If they were to stop, he’d be out of a job.”

Amos shrugged. “Maybe he has a personal problem with one of the guys in the band.”

“That’s a possibility. But would you give up all that money just because you have a problem with somebody?”

“Nope. Looks like you’re fresh out of a suspect.”

Dunc studied his computer screen. “Not necessarily. What we need is more evidence, something that will show us what Mange has to gain from all of this.”

“If you’re so sure it’s him, why don’t you go to the police? They’ll go down to his office with a warrant and find the evidence they need to arrest him.”

“That’s it.” Dunc snapped his fingers. “Why didn’t I think of it before?”

“Dunc, I was kidding. Nobody in their right mind would—”

“The office. Amos, we need to get inside Mange’s office. There’s probably all kinds of incriminating stuff in there. We’ll leave early tomorrow morning before anybody’s awake.”

Dunc leaned back in his chair and folded his arms. “We’ll have this case solved before lunch, and the Road Kill band can go on-stage tomorrow night as scheduled with nothing to worry about.”

“I hate to burst your bubble, Sherlock, but I’m busy tomorrow morning.”

Both front legs of Dunc’s chair hit the floor. “What could possibly be more important than saving someone’s career?”

“Saving my room from the Salvation Army. My mom didn’t appreciate the way I organized the stuff, so she called the Salvation Army and told them to bring a truck. A big truck.”

“Come on, Amos. You have to help me. We could be saving lives here.”

“No way. My whole life is in that room. I’m not just going to stand by and let complete strangers come in and carry it off.

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