Tom Sawyer, Detective

Tom Sawyer, Detective is a novel by Mark Twain. It is a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Tom Sawyer attempts to solve a mysterious murder in this burlesque of the immensely popular detective novels of the time. Tom and Huck find themselves with Uncle Silas and his family again, and much of the drama ends up focusing on Uncle Silas.