THE BALONA KLONGS: A Demi-mystery Caper, the fourth Balona Book by Jonathan Pearce Foreign-born investor Putzi Purge who plans to build The Klongs real estate development at the town of Balona, longs for a driver’s license so he can drive his new Testarossa. Sheriff Anson Chaud despises Putzi, plots to "get something on" the discreetly gay entrepreneur. Sixteen-year-old secret-agent-in-training Joseph Oliver Kuhl is the only member of his Big Baloney class whose unlikable mother still won’t approve driver’s training for her kid. Putzi’s and Joe’s automotive aspirations converge to incite a murder that puzzles and disappoints even the murderer.

The Balona Klongs

Pearce, Jonathan

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Finding Dad: A Quasi-Mystery Adventure Caper

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Infinity Pub

Finding Dad:  A Mysterious Term Paper is the Fourth Balona Book by Jonathan Pearce Community college criminal justice freshman Joseph Oliver Kuhl organizes fellow students and relatives to bring to justice Balona’s "Starfighter," the mysterious individual who has been systematically burning down the town’s central business district.  The book is presented as Joe’s Criminal Justice term paper, but without footnotes  as Joe has come to realize that typing footnotes is a drag.  (The action takes place prior to Joe’s learning MS Word, a computer program that college students have found compiles footnotes with ease out of material you needn’t even have read.) Joe’s detecting efforts are triumphant, but because of the surprising involvement of a family member, Joe is unable to reveal the culprit and accept appropriate credit for solving the crimes.   Joe  finally acquires his own car and names it "The Yellow Peril" at the suggestion of fellow student Amelia Earhart Wong.  Joe has been ordered by his mother to marry heiress Claire Preene, but Joe’s passionate admirer Patella Sackworth may yet have something to say about that.

Focusing the Private Eye

Humor & Satire

One Brick Shy: A Hemi-semi-demi Mystery Adventure Caper, the eighth Balona Book by Jonathan Pearce  During winter vacation from Chaud County Community College, criminal justice freshman Joseph Oliver Kuhl is hired by the Balona Town Council to solve some petty crimes.  During his brief vacation labors Joe witnesses bank robberies (committed, attempted, and possibly attempted) and SWAT team exercises; attends a formal dance, riot, fire, and flood at his old high school;  observes the death and surprising reviviscence of his grandfather, perhaps bests the scam artist Jess Pleroma, and is more-or-less supported in various of these activities by passionate admirer Patella Sackworth and Cousin (or Uncle?) Zack Burnross.

One Brick Shy

Spring Break

A Cuisine of Leftovers is Book Four in the 11-book (so far) Balona Series. A Cuisine of Leftovers reveals some of the previously best-kept secrets of Balona society and breaks new ground by including excerpts from the never-published epic, Two Gentlemen of Balona and the unpublished novel, A Balona Legacy. Readers will read of Billa Kuhl Runcible Crinkle’s enjoyment of life before Balona; see how Ms Pring Chaud won the publishers’ million-dollar prize (but lost it because of an un-funny mistake made by comedian-philanthropist Jerry Lewis); learn that the second-youngest of Gussy Poone’s seven husbands was a Marine Corps hero, and discover some of the secrets of Mr. Elvis P. Drumhandler’s charm.

A Cuisine of Leftovers

Infinity Publishing (PA)

Heavier Than Air

The Burberry Style

Infinity Publishing

A dream that produces not only uncontrollable drooling in Kenworth Kuhl and results in an appetite-whetting painting by Claire Preene also causes Balonans to compete for honors in a bakeoff competition. The contest brings a famous television personality to Balona, causes caustic comment by a radio talkshow host, results in the smoke-bombing of King Korndog Inkorporated, ruins the high hopes of a famous newscaster, and destroys yet another of Balona's damage-prone downtown businesses. Joseph Oliver Kuhl becomes the unwilling assistant of his Cousin Zack in a plan that they hope will result in fame and fortune for the two of them.

The Chocolate Korndog

A Little Honesty: Trials and Triumphs of a Prince of Balona

Second Edition. A creative, self-absorbed 16-year-old is trapped in summer school dullness, but his desire for a motorcycle and a date with a TV actress, a female fellow-student's romantic and violence-prone objectives,  a confidence man's movie production scheme, and some counseling with a psychiatrist all serve to pique his enthusiasm.

Teen & Young Adult

AuthorHouse

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