Follow clues, solve puzzles, crack the code ⊠find the missing millionaire.
The celebrated museums of the Fairfleet Institute are known for curating the mysteries of humanity. But they donât solve mysteries. Luckily, twelve-year-old friends Alex Foster and Asha Singh of the AA Detective Agency do. Or they will ⊠once they get a real case to test their skills as sleuths.
When Dr. Alistair Fairfleet, the Instituteâs eccentric chairman, disappears on the first day of Alex and Ashaâs summer vacation, they receive a letter written by the missing millionaire inviting them to a mystery involving complicated clues and puzzles. It is just the sort of case theyâve been waiting to
tackle. But nothing in the Fairfleet case has a simple solution.
As the kids track down clues, they uncover art forgeries, archaeological crimes, and Fairfleet family secrets. Alex and Asha's partnership is tested, and they are forced to confront the legacies of the people and places they admire most.