Fresh from the notoriety after their last case, the Sherlock Society creates a website to get new clients. Despite many dead end referrals, they get a new client who offers to pay a substantial sum. The task: find the identity of graffiti artist Funky Munky. The client wants to hire the artist for a mural project.

The gang of four, Alex, Zoe, Lina, and Yadi, plus Alex and Zoe’s grandpa, set to work right away. What follows is a fun dive into the world of graffiti art and artists. The group finds out all about how each artist usually prefers a brand of paint and may have a signature color.

They check out past public installations for clues. They also sometimes get in trouble by pushing the rules. All the while Grandpa chauffeurs them around Miami in his 1964 Cadillac Coupe de Ville convertible. Also, he has connections from his former days as an investigative reporter, which lets him help with things the kids don’t have access to.

Just when the Sherlock Society finds the truth, they also have to fend off a threat to the artist and figure out who is behind that.

The Sherlock Society: Art Attack by James Ponti continues the series based on middle school detectives who work as a team to uncover the mysteries. While this third title stands on its own, the whole series starting with The Sherlock Society, and The Sherlock Society: Hurricane Heist is so satisfying readers will want to start at the beginning. Alex is the narrator in all three, and his voice is honest, inquisitive, and down to earth.

I highly recommend The Sherlock Society: Art Attack and the whole series for readers aged 9 to 12.

The publisher provided me with a copy of this book for review.