Mystery of the Hanging Tower (Wild Ways Series #1)

A loudmouthed gray squirrel named Chatter, a fidgety gopher named Archie, a raccoon with special powers named Ring, and all the animals living on Enchanted Island select Oscar Johnson to receive the Wild Ways. They must solve a riddle before their island is destroyed and they loose everything including their lives. Given the power to talk to all creatures, Oscar receives a series of clues provided by the animals and learns that a suicide thirty years in the past was actually a murder. This knowledge draws the FBI agent Jim Brandt into the story. Together they race the clock to discover the final piece to a puzzle that reaches into the highest seats of power within the US Government.