Venable, Colleen A. F

Sasspants, a guinea pig, reluctantly agrees to act as a private investigator when Hamisher the hamster begs for her help in discovering who is stealing sandwiches from the pet shop's befuddled owner.

"Mads is pretty happy with her life. She goes to church with her family, and minor league baseball games with her dad. She goofs off with her best friend Cat, and has thus far managed to avoid getting kissed by Adam, the boy next door. It's everything she hoped high school would be . . . until all of a sudden, it's not. Her dad is hiding something big--so big it could tear her family apart. And that's just the beginning of her problems: Mads is starting to figure out that she doesn't want to kiss Adam . . . because the only person she wants to kiss is Cat"--Amazon.com.

Mervin the Sloth very, very slowly reveals the best thing in the world, sharing good times with good friends.

Sasspants, Hamisher, and the other animals at "Mr. Venezi's Pets and Stuff" store think a dragon may have moved into the shop unnoticed. That is a problem. Other problems still need solving too--like helping Mr. Venezi tell the difference between bills and fan mail.

When guinea pig Sasspants leaves Mr. Venezi's pet shop to live with Detective Pickles, and hamster-detective Hamisher retires, the other animals must try to solve the case of the missing bookstore cat must be solved without their help.

Guinea pig Sasspants knows something is wrong with ninth-grader Viola, the new pet shop assistant, so when Mr. Venezi goes missing Sasspants and Hamisher put their private investigation skills to the test.

Sasspants, the reluctant guinea pig private investigator, is drawn into another mystery by Hamisher the hamster who believes there is a ghost in the pet shop.

Sasspants, a guinea pig, reluctantly agrees to act as a private investigator when Hamisher the hamster begs for her help in discovering who is stealing sandwiches from the pet shop's befuddled owner.

Enthusiastic sidekick Hamisher the hamster and reluctant detective Sasspants the guinea pig investigate when their beloved home--Mr. Venezi's pet shop--is vandalized.