This collection looks at the popular figure of the boy sleuth in twentieth and twenty-first century text and film. The girl sleuth has often been described critically as a forever girl, a feminist figure who at her heights nonetheless embodies girlhood. Boy sleuths, on the other hand, often delicately balance boyhood and manhood. Series explored include the Hardy Boys, Tow Swift, the Three Investigators, Christopher Cool, and Tim Murphy, as well as works by Astrid Lindgren, Mark Haddon, and Joe Meno.