It's a case of a missing baker, a stolen cat wearing a diamond collar, three sinister characters, a tub of butter, and a resolute mouse named Oliver. Oliver’s gratifying routine life is snatched away without warning one April morning when his home is invaded. His only hope of getting his peaceful world back is to enlist some clever and adventurous friends and solve the mystery on Ninth Street!

A story full of appealing characters that is just plain fun to read with marvelous black and white illustrations adding to the charm.

This is the first book in The Ninth Street Mystery series.