The Boy Detective Fails

In this “charming” and melancholic novel, a former child sleuth “investigates the hard-to-crack case of Lost Innocence” ( Entertainment Weekly ).   A Chicago Tribune , Kirkus Reviews , and Booklist Book of the Year   In the twilight of a mysterious childhood full of wonder, Billy Argo, boy detective, is brokenhearted to find that his younger sister and crime-solving partner, Caroline, has committed suicide. Ten years later, Billy, age thirty, returns from an extended stay at St. Vitus’