Pickled (A Charlie Cooper Mystery, Volume 2)

Charlie Cooper has returned to her hometown of Springston, hoping for a fresh start. Life under her parents' roof is far from glamorous: she wakes at six to rock music and endures her brother's noisy video games. Money is tight, so the new apartment she dreams of will have to wait. Still, she has teamed up with Marge and Celeste to take on undercover investigations. Their first job is a small one, tracking down a runaway red panda and returning it to the zoo. The search turns up something far more sinister than a lost animal: a body part that clearly belongs to someone. As the three friends dig into the puzzle, they find themselves in deeper water than they expected, with the town's most handsome detective keeping a close watch on them.