The Train That Carried Time

Welcome to Animopolis – a bustling city where kangaroos pull rickshaws, moles drive trams, and postal pigeons land on the rooftops of skyscrapers. Here, an unlikely trio of investigators tackles the cases others give up on: Detective Snifflehop, a rabbit with a nose as sharp as a magnifying glass; Policeman Wheek, a brave guinea pig with a heart bigger than the whole city; and Cyber Granny, a genius turtle hacker whose mind runs faster than any supercomputer. When a mysterious note appears at the central station warning of "a train that will carry time away," the team is drawn into a case unlike anything Animopolis has ever seen. Their search leads them into fog-shrouded platforms filled with faceless passengers, through impossible train carriages where gravity flips and sand flows upward, and back into the city's past – where a shadowy clockmaker waits with a plan to rewrite history. To save Animopolis, they must race through a train that moves not just across space, but through time itself. Humor, suspense, eerie moments, and a richly imagined world of animal characters make this first book in the Detectives of Animopolis series an unforgettable ride. And when the case is closed, a new mystery is already waiting – because in Animopolis, there's always something worth investigating.