Book 1

A humorous detective series for fans of Roald Dahl and Lemony Snicket!

Wilma Tenderfoot, a tiny, brash, and determined ten-year-old orphan, dreams of becoming a world-famous detective so she can find out who her parents are. When Wilma discovers that her new neighbor is a renowned detective, she is determined to be his apprentice. Wilma finds clues, makes deductions, and scouts out suspects, all with the help of her dog, Pickle. Can she win over the famous detective before Pickle eats all of the clues?

Book 1

The Case of the Frozen Hearts

by Emma Kennedy

Published 15 September 2011
Wilma Tenderfoot, a ten-year-old orphan who lives at Cooper Island's Lowside Institute for Woeful Children, dreams of escape and of becoming the apprentice of the world-famous detective Theodore P. Goodman, whose every case she follows devotedly in the newspaper.

Book 2


Book 2

The Case of the Putrid Poison

by Emma Kennedy

Published 1 September 2011
As apprentice detective to Theodore Goodman, Wilma, a ten-year-old orphan of Cooper Island's Lowside Institute for Woeful Children, helps investigate who is poisoning actors at the Valiant Vaudeville Theater but when Theodore disappears, she must take action on her own.

Book 3

When Wilma Tenderfoot, the feisty and determined assistant to the world's greatest living detective, and her beagle Pickle, find a mummified body buried on the grounds of the gothic mansion Blackheart Hoo, they seek to identify the body and solve the mysteries of a key, some buried treasure, and a kidnapping.