Give My Regrets to Broadway: Chet Gecko Mystery No. 9
Some things you can't escape, however hard you try -- like dentist appointments, visits with strange-smelling relatives, and being in the fourth-grade play. I had always left the acting to my smart-aleck pal, Natalie, but then one day it was my turn in the spotlight.
Stage fright? Me? You're talking about a gecko who has laughed at danger, chuckled at catastrophe, and sneezed at sinister plots.
I was terrified.
Not because of the acting, mind you. The script called for me to share a major lip-lock with Shirley Chameleon -- Cootie Queen of the Universe!
And while I was trying to avoid that trap, a simple missing-persons case took a turn for the worse -- right into the middle of my play. Would opening night spell curtains for my client? And more importantly, would someone invent a cure for cooties? But no matter what happens, the sleuth must go on.
