Nate the Great and the Phony Clue

Juvenile Fiction - Mysteries & Detective Stories Yearling | Trade Paperback | May 1981 | $ 4.50 | 978-0-440-46300-9 (0-440-46300-9)

About the book

Early one morning, a torn slip of paper with the mysterious letters V I T A appears on Nate the Great's doorstep.  He and his faithful dog, Sludge, set off to solve this latest mystery.  Against ferocious cats, hostile adversaries, and a sly, phony clue -- not to mention a three o'clock deadline -- Nate struggles to prove, once again, that he is Nate the Great.