he Red Chipmunk Mystery (1946)

Wonderful adventure story of boy Djuna, who uses his eyes and his head and his little Scottie dog (terrier), Champ who uses his nose. There is also Mr. Scissors, the traveling knife grinder, driving though the country in a wonderful caravan (see cover) with his young granddaughter, Joan and also two wicked men who are cruel to Mr. Scissors plus a reporter named Socker Furlong and Miss Annie Ellery who plays a surprising part at the end.

"...Mr.Furlong, a newspaper reporter, was a friend of both the boys'. They admired him, because he was a really good reporter, but he liked to pretend that he was lazy.Waterbury looked alarmed at seeing so many people around and hastily pulled his head back inside his shell. ..."

Samuel McCoy (1882-1964) wrote 'The Red Chipmunk Mystery' as well as 5 other Djuna stories. 

The Red Chipmunk Mystery  Translations: 
German: Milo und der Scherenschleifer 
Italian: Il Mistero Dello Scoiattolo Rosso 
Japanese: akai risu no himitsu 
Swedish: Duffy och det försvunna arvet