The Hound and the Basketballs — Mick Zimmerle

Terror stalks 1950s Dayton, Ohio, as a local legend once benign turns deadly. The Moorhouse dog was renowned for mourning the little boy he failed to save, howling forlornly in the Woodland Cemetery in the centuries following his death. But it seems his howls have turned from tragic to vicious as attacks and now a murder make headlines. At the heart of the mystery are three inquisitive children. Tait, his sister Katie, and best friend, Marcus, are on the case, staking out the cemetery, attending viewings, and following suspectsall while juggling school, basketball tryouts, and starring the school play, Hound of the Baskervilles. Is the hound really a ghost turned deadly? Or is there more to the mystery? The game is afoot as the children's school play begins to seem more and more like reality in The Hound and the Basketballs.