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Tree House Island

1959
Two New England boys become involved in a mystery when suspicious visitors come to their seaside village.

Mystery in Hawaii

1969
A sixteen-year-old girl's mixed feelings about her mother's new marriage are partially resolved during the summer she spends with her new family in Hawaii where she becomes involved in mystery and romance.

The Kachina doll mystery

1981
At a fitness ranch in Arizona, Nancy discovers the reason for mysterious accidents thought to result from a curse put on the place by Hopi Indians.

Alfred Hitchcock and the three investigators in The mystery of the fiery eye

1967
Three junior detectives solve a mystery involving a collection of antique busts, a legacy, a strange letter, and a red ruby.

Alfred Hitchcock and the three investigators in The mystery of the screaming clock

1968
The high pitched scream produced by an alarm clock sets three boys on the complicated and dangerous trail of art thieves.

Free fall

2005
High school senior Aaron Barclay, working at the Thunderbirds Skydiving School in exchange for free fall lessons, stumbles upon evidence that suggests the owners were involved in a celebrated jewelry heist.

Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators in The secret of Skeleton Island

1966
The Three Investigators are assisted by a Greek youth as they search for clues to a mysterious thief on an island once inhabited by pirates.

Alfred Hitchcock and the three investigators in The mystery of the whispering mummy

1965
The Three Investigators undertake a case involving an Egyptian mummy which whispers, but only to one man.

Alfred Hitchcock and the three investigators in The mystery of the green ghost

1965
The Three Investigators become entangled in the theft of a string of rare pearls and a fraudulent scheme involving family inheritance when they try to solve the mystery of a ghost's appearance in the old Green Mansion.

Alfred Hitchcock and the three investigators in The secret of the crooked cat

1970
Because they are present when a mysterious man steals a prize at the carnival, the three investigators are launched on another adventure.

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