OFFICER CLAWSOME: CRIME ACROSS TIME (Officer Clawsome, Book 2) Brian "Smitty" Smith 9780008606916

Dog Man meets Bunny vs Monkey in Officer Clawsome: Crime Across Time, the latest time-bending mystery of EPIC proportions, featuring the greatest deep-sea crimefighting duo!

The ultimate crustacean crime-fighter and seafaring sidekick are BACK. Welcome Clawsome: hero lobster, and all-round badass, and his partner Stariana, the sharpest and smartest starfish in all of Caper Cove!

Crime doesn't pay in Caper Cove with Officer Clawsome Stariana, on the case. They've already taken down the cove's biggest criminal mastermind, Chowderhead, but now a new puzzling mystery awaits them. The town's resident evil genius, Brain Sturgeon, has opened up a portal to the past, and the daring duo are stuck in the deep end!

Fighting crime, dodging dinosaurs, and wrangling wild West outlaws, these two best friends have gotten tangled up in a mystery fit for the ages. Will they be able to restore the past, present, and future-or will time as we know it be lost forever?

Find out now, in OFFICER CLAWSOME: CRIME ACROSS TIME!

Brian "Smitty" Smith is a former Marvel Comics and DC Comics editor. He is the cocreator and writer behind the New York Times bestselling graphic novel The Stuff of Legend, the cartoonist of Tree Mail, and the winner of the Kids Read Comics "Most Epic Adventure" award. Smitty lives in Greensboro, NC.

Chris Giarrusso is the Harvey Award-nominated artist and writer best known for creating, writing, and drawing G-Man, a series of books loved by readers of all ages. His work has been published by Andrews McMeel, Scholastic, Marvel, Image, IDW, Lion Forge, Valiant, Ahoy Comics, and several independent publishers.

Praise for Officer Clawsome!

"Full of deep-sea puns and underwater antics, Officer Clawsome had me lobster-rolling with laughter!" - JOHN PATRICK GREEN, New York Times bestselling author of the InvestiGators series

This story is a delight from start to finish, and every character-from the crab police chief, Captain Badmood, to a key-witness goldfish with a 10-second memory-is highly original and deliciously funny. - Booklist (starred review)

Benthic buddies have a blast, and readers will too. - Kirkus Reviews

Kids will want to spend time and follow more adventures of the awesome twosome. A must-have addition to any collection that circulates graphic novels. - School Library Journal