What do you do when Montana�s biggest mysteries land in your lap? If you�re Slate Stephens and Daphne McSweeney, you get busy solving them. With geologist dads who haul them around the state, the twelve-year-old detectives have a knack for encountering unsolved cases�and landing in heaps of trouble.
In The Governor�s Dog is Missing Slate and Daphne find themselves in the Montana capital of Helena. One morning, news erupts across the state�Governor Rickson�s famous dog Cat has disappeared! Suspecting foul play, Slate and Daphne assemble a list of suspects, including the Governor himself. Then, they set out to prove their suspicions. Unfortunately, the truth�and Slate�s and Daphne�s relationship�prove far more complicated than they ever imagined.