Something is wrong in Berryville. Strange footprints have appeared near the wild blackberry patch - coming from nowhere and leading nowhere. Nobody in Berryville knows who made them. Nobody can explain them. Jerry Stinkerton knows one thing: those are his blackberries. He is already on the case. Reluctantly. As always. The Footprint Mystery is the first book in the Stinkerton Detective Agency Mysteries - a cozy woodland mystery series set in the village of Berryville, home to skunks, badgers, dormice, bakers, apothecaries, and one very reluctant detective who wouldn't have it any other way. Jerry is joined by his cousin Kalinda, the warm and capable partner who keeps the Agency running; Barry the Badger, the gruff sheriff who pretends not to care; Dorten the Dormouse, the Agency's loyal and slightly nervous messenger; and a cast of Berryville creatures who make this small woodland village exactly what it is - curious, warm, and occasionally in need of a detective. Each book in the series brings a new puzzle to Berryville and a mystery that resolves in the most satisfying way possible - with everyone a little wiser and Berryville a little more itself. Funny. Warm. Just mysterious enough to keep young readers turning pages past bedtime. For independent readers aged 6-10 and for read-aloud with younger children. Also, honestly, for the adults who read it to them. Book Two - The Mystery of the Midnight Burrow - and Book Three - The Mystery of the Missing Berries - are available now. More books in the series are coming soon.