The Refuge A Maxie and Stretch Mystery by Sue Henry

Maxie arrived at her home in Homer, Alaska after a prolonged trip to the lower 48. She was looking forward to a relaxing summer with friends, especially Jessie Arnold and Alex Jensen. But she received an urgent request for help from an acquaintance living in Hawaii. Not only was somewhat scatter-brained Karen of little use packing and making decisions, someone was watching the house and even broke in. Fortunately, Maxie met a teen who was a good worker and he agreed to hire on for the duration of the packing and shipping of Karen's belongings and then act as a travel guide for Maxie. What was supposed to be a relaxing summer was full of tense moments and suspicions. Few people in the story were who they appeared to be. But Maxie didn't know this until her life was in danger.