mystery and detective stories

Nate the Great interrupts his backyard vacation to find his friend's lost grocery list--before lunch.

Includes seven mysteries for the reader to solve. Includes a Crime Solver's Handbook with tips on invisible writing, secret codes, fingerprints and more.

Jinx the cat, Samuel the mole, Grisli the cannibal ant, and the other talking animals of Bean Farm help Freddy the pig protect Uncle Ben's flying saucer plans from greedy foreign spies.

The Bobbsey twins investigate a series of "accidents" that threaten to close Jungle Park.

The Bobbsey twins cleverly reenact a crime to solve a mysterious puzzle.

When Miss Brunner retired after her birthday party, she never got up again, and it is up to Miss Jane Marple to figure out who killed her.