Max and Maddy and the Bursting Balloons Mystery

Best-selling author Alexander McCall Smith enthralls children with Akimbo adventures, Harriet Bean mysteries, and Max amp; Maddy detective tales like Max amp; Maddy and the Chocolate Money Mystery.

Wealthy adventurer Harry Helium hires Max and Maddy Twist¿world Clue champions and children of private detective legends¿to stop a saboteur from affecting a New York to Vancouver hot-air balloon race. But as the race begins and dangerous incidents grow worse, the mysterious culprit lurks closer than anyone realizes.