A Case in Any Case by Ulf Nilsson

This is the third in the Detective Gordon series.  In this one Detective Gordon is on vacation, and Buffy is minding the police station.  One night something comes scrabbling outside the police station.  Buffy is so worried she decides it is time to go and get Detective Gordon.  No sooner does he return, than two children go missing.  Detective Gordon and Buffy must work together to solve the mystery, but will Buffy ever discover who the mysterious scrabbler is?

This is a charming intermediate that feels a lot like the old Frog and Toad books by Arnold Lobel.  There isn't really anything that is scary and no real villain. All the characters are nice and good and the conflict comes from small mistakes the characters make. It has simple color illustrations every couple of pages. This would be a great choice for a child that was an advanced reader at a young age or for a visiting grandparent to read aloud over a couple of evenings. (2017, 95 p.)