Book excerpt: Charlie’s confidence soars when he and the Quail Buddies achieve success in their first case. ​ He pushes through his fears, learns new detective methods, and takes on the next case! ​​Charlie, a mystery-solving Great Dane, is ready for the next case when Bill’s favorite sunglasses go missing and recruits his quick traveling partners, the quails. Stripes, the raccoon, wants quail for dinner. A chase through the alley leads Charlie to defend his territory against the nasty neighborhood predator. Stripes, scared off by the large dog, leaves vowing to return for her quail meal. Searching for the sunglasses proves more challenging and after an exhaustive mission, the team must face defeat. They haven’t found them and the Peterman family will be home soon. Charlie doesn’t want to quit because something terrible will happen to Bill so he pleads with his friends to continue until the very last second. Will Charlie and his Quail Buddies find the missing eyewear before Stripes has dinner?