A collection of three Diamond Brothers mysteries in which Tim and Nick bungle their way through a search for a missing philanthropist, find themselves in a Parisian prison, and are stranded on a Scottish island with a murderer.
Tim Diamond, a poor-minded detective, is entrusted with a package worth five million dollars, until the owner of the package is murdered, and it is up to Tim and his brother, Nick, to outwit every crook in town who is trying to get the money.
Thirteen-year-old Nick Diamond has been framed for a robbery and must break out of jail in order to find the real criminals; however, between his bumbling older brother and the real crooks, he might be better off staying put.
Imaginative thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis, misinterpreting a scene between her older sister Cecilia and Robbie Turner, the housekeeper's son, later accuses Robbie of a crime she has no proof he committed and spends years trying to atone for her actions.
Describes bog mummies, some of the most famous bog mummies and where they have been found, how bog creates mummies, how scientists study them, and what they can teach us about the past.
In a future England where young people, or "Surpluses," are heavily regulated and everyone takes a drug called Longevity, a member of the Underground infiltrates the Pincent Pharma manufacturing plant, and uncovers horrific acts being committed in an attempt to create eternal youth.
When a Pincent Pharma truck is ambushed by the Underground, revealing not the expected supply of drugs but corpses, it becomes clear that the Longevity prescription for eternal youth is failing to live up to its promises, and when the Underground is blamed for releasing a deadly virus, the truth finally comes out.
Presents fourteen primary source documents and essays by historians on daily life in Elizabethan England, covering such aspects as homes and furnishings, family lifestyles, servants, weddings, education, religion, and entertainment.
