Stephan Pastis

This book was never meant to exist. No one needs to know the details. Just know this: there's a Merry, a Larry, a missing tooth, and a teachers' strike that is crippling Timmy Failure s academic future. Worst of all, Timmy is banned from detective work. It's a conspiracy of buffoons. He recorded everything in his private notebook, but then the manuscript was stolen. If this book gets out, he will be grounded for life. Or maybe longer. And will Timmy's...

While his mother and doorman Dave celebrate their wedding, Timmy visits Florida where he forges a new partnership with Dave's nephew, Emilio, when a surprise newcomer shows up and he encounters a thieving six-toed cat.

World-famous detective Timmy Failure recounts how he began solving mysteries and how he got his famous red scarf.

Wendy the Wanderer's overprotective father never lets her go anywhere alone, so when he hires a babysitter, Wendy decides to venture out into Trubble Town alone where she meets Squirrely McSquirrel and other townsfolk.

The clueless, comically self-confident kid detective returns in a sequel to the New York Times bestseller Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made.
"When you lose hope, find it." —Timmy Failure
He doesn't like to pull rank. To reveal that he's this guy: Timmy Failure, founder, president, and CEO of the greatest detective agency in town, perhaps the nation. But he is.
And he's about to crack the biggest case

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El crimen no se va de vacaciones. La grandeza tampoco. Aunque yo, Timmy De Sastre, el mejor detective del mundo, estoy en la playa, no estoy de vacaciones. Y tampoco he acompañado a mi madre y a Dave el Portero en su luna de miel, puesto que no he encontrado ninguna prueba de que se hayan casado. Y, para colmo, mi antiguo socio ha huido en busca de asilo y me ha dejado solo en un hervidero de delincuentes con la única ayuda de un becario. En esta...

From the author of the Pearls Before Swine comic strip and New York Times bestselling Timmy Failure series comes the second book in a laugh-out-loud, heartwarming, full-color graphic novel series about a quirky town—perfect for readers of all ages, and just right for young readers starting to read longer books!
Just when you thought things could not get any wackier in Trubble Town, the adult residents are abducted by...

His name is Failure. Timmy Failure. And his detective agency is on the verge of global domination. Global riches. Global fame. And yet the gods keep throwing him curveballs for starters, academic probation. The coveted Miracle Report is the key to everything, including a good grade. It's dirty business. It's best you know nothing. But one thing is for sure that Timmy Failure will be triumphant again!

Resolving to earn money so his mother will no longer stress out over the bills, Timmy Failure launches a detective business with a polar bear named Total but finds their enterprise challenged by a spy and a girl whom Timmy refuses to acknowledge.

From fire-breathing jugglers to sword-swallowing illusionists, this treasury showcases all strips from Larry in Wonderland and Because Sometimes You Just Gotta Draw a Cover with Your Left Hand, along with Pastis's original commentary, which provides insight into what Pastis was thinking at the time random strips were conceived, and also fan reactions. Tackling topics ranging from current events and modern technology to human and croc nature, Pearls...