Klooz could always count on a dish of chocolate and lemon ice cream at his friend Giovanni's shop, Cool Stuff. But ever since Giovanni hung a weird mask on the wall, nothing is the same. The coffeemaker explodes, the ice crusher breaks, and someone put too much slippery wax on the floor. Is the mask cursed? Will another disaster strike? Klooz is hot on the Cool Stuff case!
Simple mystery -- but writing was actually pretty good. Concise, straightforward and fun. Didn't really have a lot of clues you could follow to guess "whodunit" but will work for younger beginner readers.
A good book for late second or third grade boys. Klooz solves an interesting mystery; the book's limited vocabulary and large print size make it a good choice for transitional readers.