No mission is too dangerous for secret agent Finn McMissile. But when Finn suspects a conspiracy at the World Grand Prix, he finds his most fast-paced adventure yet!

Fourteen-year-old Eleanor "Peewee" McGrath, a tomboy and automobile enthusiast, discovers new possibilities for her future after the 1914 arrival in her small Indiana town of four young librarians.

"Beep, beep! Honk, honk! Busytown's residents are on the go! Richard Scarry's wacky introduction to vehicles both realistic and fanciful brims with his trademark humor. Every one of these colorful cars, trucks, and cycles-from the Cat family's bright red convertible and Postman Pig's mail van to Banana Gorilla's yellow bananamobile, Wilbur Rabbit's drivable 'hot dog', and Lowly Worm's bugdozer-will delight car-loving kids"--Provided by publisher.

Months after a crazed hit-and-run driver kills several attendees at a Midwestern job fair, a depressed retired cop and two unlikely allies join forces to find and stop the killer, who has sent a letter threatening another attack.