Fletcher Half Moon is a 10 year old school yard detective. The mystery is a mix of the extravagantly outrageous (although not compared with Artemis Fowl) and the ever day life of a normal kid/person. It is a mix of humour, irony and realism I find very enjoyable. ( )

Fletcher Moon has always been different. At the tender age of three, he unknowingly started his detective career. He led the caregiver to her missing engagement ring in Mary Ann's diaper which also yielded three marbles, a plastic dinosaur, and two sets of car keys. Fletcher later learns Mary Ann was suffering from the Magpie Syndrome. Now he's in seventh grade and he's Half Moon because of his small size. His classmate April Devereux hires him to track the thief of her prized possesion, a lock of her idol pop star's hair. The clues lead him to suspect a conspiracy but before he catches the ringleader, he gets framed. Now he has to run from the police and pair up with Red, a member of the town's most notorious crime family, the Sharkeys. He has twelve hours to find the culprit or he is the criminal. Colfer's vivid descriptions of the characters and Moon's disguises; and his graphic narration of how the crimes are covertly solved keeps you laughing all the way to the end. I can't shake off the picture of Doobie, his eight-year-old, snot-nosed snitch who always has green yo-yo's hanging from his nostrils that he snorts in and out. So hilarious! ( )

Fletcher (Half - a nickname given because of his stature) Moon is the only seventh grade licensed detective in his town. Normally working under the radar, he's forced into the middle of a case when he becomes a suspect. His partnership with one of the kids from the "bad" family in town leads to a meaningful friendship, as they solve the case together.

I'm all for the super-spy missions handed to uber-smart kids who're barely pre-pubescent (hey, i read all available alex rider novels for a bit in the middle) .. but half moon investigations goes a bit too far.. it was actually painful to get through at one point where you're seriously contemplating yelling give the protagonist a break already!

Twelve-year-old private investigator Fletcher Moon, nicknamed 'Half Moon' because of his shortness, must track down a conspiracy or be framed for a crime he did not committ.

This is a book great for Young Adults like many other people say. The vocabulary in this book is not going to confuse the reader if they don't understand plus, the plot is entertaining. The plot of the story is simple and sweet, and also has some comedy in it so if you start to get bored, you get interested again. I mean, Eoin's books are always pretty suspenseful and funny(at times). Why would this one be an exception? Just to wrap things up, this is not a book for 60 year old man wanting to read a classic book, no. This is just a book for teens(Or kids) who want ot have a jolly time in their spare time. ( )

This book is an excellent book about a kid who has the essentials of being a detective. The problems in this book aren't small and easy to solve, but also not very complex for Sherlock Holmes. Through this book, I can tell that Half Moon (main character) is a very bright boy who has a very successful future in being a detective. He would do anything to solve a mystery that needs solving. ( )

This is a funny mystery about a boy who has always wanted to be a detective and gets hired around the schoolyard to solve crime. ( )

My son and I just finished this book. We read it for his nightly story time. It is a lot of fun for a 10 year old boy and his Dad to read. It is about a boy, Fletcher Moon, who obtained his detective certification on the internet after, of course, lying about his age. He is smaller than other boys his age so his nickname is Half Moon.

He hires himself out to other kids to solve crimes. He falls into a real tangled nest that gets him framed and crossways with the real law and quite an adventure results. He runs away from home and hangs out with the town's outlaw family under disguise while he tries to unravel the various threads of a big conspiracy in town.

Half Moon is very Spocklike in his ability to analyze evidence and make deductions. He also has a password that gets him internet access to the local police records. Son loved this guy.

Half Moon even gets friendly, but not quite romantic, with a very pretty 12 year old girl in town ("That's embarrassing!" son tells me, "don't talk about it", I'm told. I tell him "there is nothing quite like an older woman", "Ahhhhhh" he yells, "Mom, Dad is embarrassing me again!" My son and I have a lot of fun during story time, or at least I do.)

The book is set in Ireland which makes it all that much more exotic.

Of course Half Moon figures it all out and is a hero in the end. He doesn't quite get the girl (that would probably ruin it for this age group of boy, maybe next time.) Son and I both loved this book and recommend it heartily to any 10 year old boy. ( )

Fletcher is forced to realize that his chosen profession is not an easy job as he tries to solve the case that he has gotten himself wrapped up in and is a suspect! In the end it is his detective work that helps the police solve the case. ( )

I lile mysteries and I like to try finding out what is going to happen. This book is ar. ( )

I like this book because I love mysteries. This book is AR. ( )

Hilarious, if improbable story, lots of lovely Irish details. Overall I enjoyed the plot and the characters.
The narrator on the audiobook had a very irritating pseudo-Irish accent, and at times it sounded as if expressions had been altered for an American audience, for example, "It does exactly what it says on the can." ( )

Where Colfer fans once read about a twelve-year-old genius on the wrong side of the law, now they can read about a twelve-year-old genius on the side of truth and justice. Half-Moon Investigations is a whole lot of fun, and fans of Artemis Fowl won’t be disappointed at all. There may be no gunfire or trolls to contend with, but Colfer’s trademark wit and snappy direct speech remain, along with the wonderful quick-thinking of his main characters. When Fletcher finally saves the day, readers will, once again, be gaping about how clever his methods were.

Writing a fully-fledged crime story with characters aged from ten to twelve-years-old would certainly be challenging, but Colfer has pulled it off stunningly and made it look easy. The ages of the detectives and suspects do not hold the novel back at all – if anything, they improve it! Colfer has painted a wonderfully cheeky picture of a schoolyard, where junior-school students have their own social hierarchies and unwritten rules for dealing with their problems, right down to what the different types of schoolyard fights are, and how to win each type. The character of the principal, Mrs Quinn, an obsessive, intimidating woman with two huge guard dogs, adds wonderfully to this ‘school through the eyes of a child’ take on writing. It’s not strictly realism, but it’s unrealistic in a good way – an intentional exaggeration of dog-eat-dog junior-school life – and it is one of this book’s strongest features.

Of course, with any mystery novel, the inevitable question is: ‘is it predictable?’ In the case of Half Moon Investigations, the answer is ‘definitely not.’ This is one of those fantastic books where most of the evidence is there for readers to study and guess the perpetrator, but very few people will actually guess correctly. If you enjoy trying to predict endings, then this is the book for you.

If you loved The Supernaturalist, Artemis Fowl, or even if you just like to watch CSI, then you are sure to enjoy Half-Moon Investigations. Another highly-recommended thrill-ride from our favourite crime author. ( )

Fletcher "Half Moon" Moon is proud to have completed an online detective school, even if he did have to pretend he was his dad to be old enough to be eligible for his badge. He has been solving mysteries for as long as he can remember. When his latest case gets him in hot water and links him to Red (the reluctant criminal member of a local crime family), he is on the run to uncover his toughest mystery yet and to keep himself and Red out of big trouble. This was an entertaining read and a really good choice for mystery fans. ( )

This book is a very good book about a young detective who has to solve a mystery that he gets framed for. Flecher moon is the detective. ( )

Colfer's characters

too precocious to be real.

Still, good fun. Silly.

Fletcher Moon, nicknamed "Half Moon" because of his shortness, must track down a conspiracy or be framed for a crime he did not committ.

Very funny, could appeal to boys and girls, quietly makes you think about stereotypes and power of information, and choices. Very enjoyable audio version. ( )

This book is about a boy desperately solving mysteries, because his life depends on it. Somebody trapped Fletcher Moon inside the case he was solving. With that, Fletcher meets his partner, Red Sharkey. Both of them slowly solved the case, with a start of clueless minds. Half Moon Investigations is a really exciting and wonderful book to read. ( )

Half-Moon Investigations shows that even without a shiny dectective's badge, you can still be a detective. Sometimes in mystery books the solution is so obvious that the reader finds it before the characters, but in this book the reader is completely clueless. Half-Moon Investigations is very captivating. When you get to the climax you will not be able to put it down. ( )

half moon is on a quest to solve the mystery and find the culprit after he is framed. the end was a little stretched....o well, it was still good ( )

At the beginning of the book, I wasn't particularly enthused with my listening choice - this book is a primary school interpretation of a crime noir private eye story (playground instead of barroom brawls, stolen organizers instead of jewels and riches). It was cute, but detective stories aren't my usual preferred genre, and I just wasn't in the mood when I set out. The beginning was pretty slow, the gradual unfolding of the set-up and initial clues took longer than I expected or would have wanted. Still, I kept at it, and by the point where Fletcher and Red team up, and start uncovering what's really going on with the kids of their town, I was hooked in. I guessed at some of the solutions, others surprised me, and some red herrings were presented really effectively. The language and writing is a kid-accessible yet very clever send-up of the genre, and it's mostly pretty plausible, even if the kids usually act a little older and smarter than their 10-12 years. Fletcher (Half) Moon was an engaging narrator, but it's really Red Sharkey who stole the show for me - very sympathetic and believeable character. Overall, a very smart, young, and modern take on a well-worn genre, and an engrossing read once you get to the meat of the story. ( )

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