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The mystery of the missing suitcase

1972
When they pick up the wrong suitcase through a mix-up on a bus, three children are convinced it belongs to a criminal planning a bank robbery.

Mystery of the melting snowman

1974
The Spotlight Club detectives are involved in a new case concerning a mysterious man and an iron dog.

Mystery at Keyhole Carnival

1977
While working part-time at a carnival, the Spotlight detectives discover a plot to keep the carnival from staying in their town.

Take a number

1974
When a seventh-grader's handsome, charming, and fondly remembered stepfather comes back into her life, he seems a different, even dangerous, person.

Mystery of the lonely lantern

1976
After seeing a mysterious stranger in an abandoned house on Halloween, the members of the Spotlight Club try to learn his identity.

Mystery at Southport cinema

1978
The Spotlight Club detectives try to locate a grocery store thief who disappears into a neighborhood theater.

Body in the Brillstone garage

1980
Liza discovers a body wearing Mr. Greening's jogging jacket, but when she returns to the scene with a friend, the body is gone and later, Mr. Greening is wearing the jacket. Is he a murderer?.

River School detectives

1974
Corky's summer is full of activity as he cares for a collection of live snakes and helps his friends track down the mysterious killer of the local wildlife.

The screeching door

or, What happened at the Elephant Hotel
1975
While vacationing in Atlantic City, a brother and sister meet a ghost in the Elephant Hotel.

Witch of the Cumberlands

1974
With the prophesied arrival of three children on Devil's Mountain a gentle elderly woman, whom the villagers call a witch, unravels the old mystery of a local mine disaster.

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