title: The Adventures of Quinn Higgins: Boy Detective: The Case of the Missing Homework
author:  Douglas Quinn 
description: Douglas Quinn is the author of adult mystery and suspense books. This is the first book of his children's mystery series.
zlib_text: **Contents**
  
  Chapter 1: Hero to Zero
  
  Chapter 2: The Jaws of Defeat
  
  Chapter 3: No Such Thing
  
  Chapter 4: Eye of the Tiger
  
  Chapter 5: Odd, Odder, Oddest
  
  Chapter 6: Multitasking
  
  Chapter 7: Perfect Timing
  
  Chapter 8: Tick Tock
  
  Chapter 9: Messages
  
  Chapter 10: Copper Beech
  
  Chapter 11: An Honest Lawyer
  
  Chapter 12: For Real
  
  Chapter 13: Duped
  
  Chapter 14: Wages
  
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   _For Bob and Meg Waterhouse_
  
   _—A. C._
  
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   **CHAPTER 1**
  
   **Hero to Zero**
  
  Benjamin Pratt had some serious detective work to do, so his plan was to be
  invisible all day, to do nothing that would draw attention to himself. He was
  going to glide around the Captain Oakes School like a ghost, observing,
  examining, analyzing. He had a fresh pack of index cards for organizing his
  notes, and he’d brought his good digital camera, a tiny thing not much bigger
  than a pack of gum. He also had a small flashlight and a twelve-foot tape
  measure. Secret