Mark Twain was an American writer, journalist, and publisher. Among his most famous novels are “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” and its sequel, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers. The novel “Tom Sawyer, Detective” is a sequel to the book Tom Sawyer Abroad continuing the story of one of the most famous of Twain's characters.