Dunc and Amos on Thin Ice (6 page)

Five … four … three … two … Olympic superstar Francesco Bartoli is about to hurl himself down the face of a mountain in another attempt to clinch the world slalom speed record. Cheering fans and snapping cameras are everywhere. But someone is out to stop him, and Dunc thinks he knows who it is. Can Dunc get to the gate in time to save the day? Will Amos survive longer than fifteen minutes on the icy slopes? Join best friends Dunc Culpepper and Amos Binder as they take an action-packed winter ski vacation filled with fun, fame, and high-speed high jinks.

Amos is desperate. He’s desperate for two tickets to the romantic event of his young life—the Road Kill concert! He’ll do anything to get them because he heard from a friend of a friend of a friend of Melissa Hansen that she’s
way into Road Kill. But when he enlists the help of his best friend, Dunc, he winds up with more than he bargained for—backstage, with a mystery to solve. Somebody’s trying to make Road Kill live up to its name. Can Dunc and Amos find out who and keep the music playing?

Everybody knows Amos Binder is crazy in love with Melissa Hansen. Only Melissa hasn’t given any indication that she even knows Amos exists as a life-form. That is, until now. Suddenly things with Melissa are different. A wave, a wink—an affectionate “snookems”? Can this really be Melissa … and
Amos
? Dunc is determined to get to the bottom of it all, but who can blame Amos if his feet don’t touch the ground?

Amos has more than a monkey on his back. It’s a gorilla. Her name is Louise—and she’s in love with him. Dunc isn’t much help. He’s convinced Louise is the key to solving a really big-time
case involving some assassins and a respected senator. Who will prevail? Dunc? The assassins? Or Louise?

Anyone who knows Amos knows that in his case, dogs are definitely
not
man’s best friends. Even his own dog growls and shows his teeth whenever Amos is around. Amos isn’t exactly fond of Scruff either. But when Scruff gets mixed up in a dognapping scheme, Amos and Dunc have to spring him.

It’s Halloween and Amos Binder’s big sister, Amy, has a date with a real freak. She’s always dating rejects, but this guy looks like he was rejected by the grave! He’s got pale skin, dark hair, mesmerizing eyes, and an annoying tendency to disappear, and he wants to have the Binders over for a late-night Halloween snack.… Can Amos and Dunc stop the vampire before he starts to bite? Or will Amy and her man do a little necking she will never forget?

She’s a master of disguises—able to change identities at will. She’s wanted in five states. They call her the Chameleon. Dunc thinks he and Amos are just about to crack the case wide open. All they have to do is sneak into this dangerous felon’s apartment!

It’s spy vs. spy when Amos is mistaken for a government double agent and given a top secret assignment. He’s got the trench coat, he’s got the dark sunglasses, he’s got that smooth and debonair James Bond way about him. Now all he needs is Dunc to bail him out. It’s espionage, Culpepper-style!