Ash Ikeda, Investigator: Book Two

Now that top detective Ash Ikeda works in Newcloth and can stop to smell the flowers, she realizes something ... those very same flowers might be the clue she's been looking for all along!

The Newcloth Detective Agency is open for business! Just when Ash and Sally are getting their footing, a new race starts for the two competitive sleuths - and this time, speed isn't everything. The detective duo is used to solving mysteries about the town and its clue-minded denizens of old. However, in order to unlock her true potential, Ash Ikeda, Investigator must become just that - an investigator of her own past!

When mysterious flowers start blossoming on the eve of the town festival, ghosts from Ash's old goverment job reappear to break her stride. Ash must decipher the complicated secrets of a century-old spyglass, but she's never alone. Sally has trick shot or two up her sleeve, especially when her rival in mysteries and basketball is back in town, with a shiny new title as a federal agent!