July 9, 2004

10:07 AM

I have a vague, sketchy recollection of a book series I used to read in 2nd and 3rd grade (20 years ago). It was about two young girls, friends, who solved mysteries together. They also had a dog that loved salami. I believe the were normal books, not comic books, but each book had cartoony pictures of "crime scenes" and such, with little arrows pointing out certain clues (kinda like Bernie Mac, except funny). Anyone have any idea what I'm talking about?
posted by emptybowl to (6 comments total)

Sounds to me like the Something Queer series by Elizabeth Levy. Does that ring a bell?
posted by willpie at 10:25 AM on July 9, 2004

Yes! That's it! Looks like they're all out of print, though. Thanks for the help!
posted by emptybowl at 11:01 AM on July 9, 2004

Looks like there's lots of copies reasonably priced over at Alibris!
posted by kittyb at 11:13 AM on July 9, 2004

I haven't thought of those books in decades, and I knew exactly what you were talking about even though I couldn't remember the names. I loved those books as a kid.
posted by archimago at 12:16 PM on July 9, 2004

Are these the books where the one girl would tap on her braces when she was thinking hard?

I totally had a crush on her.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 12:42 PM on July 9, 2004

And no one's makin' the obvious snark. I'm real proud of us. :-)
posted by baylink at 6:56 PM on July 12, 2004