The Catalina Cahoots

Sparky's latest adventure takes her island hoppin' to Catalina, off the coast of Prohibition-era Southern California, and being that our preteen super-sleuth is involved, neither Hollywood nor murder can be far behind!A film is being shot on this island paradise, and one of the movie people, whom nobody likes, winds up impaled on a castle spire. Was it in fact murder? Or, merely, an embarrassingly terminal accident? True to form, the ever-resourceful Sparky must narrow down the suspects, who are as numerous as they are wacky.The usual stable of downtown characters is truly coconuts and back in full force: silent-film star Tootsie LaFemme, Marigold, Whisper-Whisper, Bobby, and the formerly meek Gilbert, aka, the Goblin, who also tries his hand--or rather, iron fist--at directing this time around. Can Sparky figure out the culprit before anyone else gets deep-sixed? And will the island be safe again for tourists? Or will paradise be lost forever?