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Shoot the works

1990
The Three Investigators track down a gang who are using paintball war games as a training ground for crime.

Nutty and the case of the ski-slope spy

featuring William Bilks, boy genius
1985
After finding mysterious plans in their hotel bathroom, Nutty and his friends must avoid impostors who want the papers while tangling with danger on the ski slopes.

Murder on The Canadian

1979
Tom Austen, an aspiring detective, unravels a murder mystery while on a three-day transcontinental journey aboard "The Canadian.".

The secret of the disappearing sultan

1975
While waiting for her parents to arrive in Paris, a twelve-year-old American girl becomes an inadvertent accomplice in trying to save the young sultan of a small Arab state from being abducted by his enemies.

The computer game murder

1985
When thirteen-year-old Larry receives a message on his computer screen during a game, indicating his playing partner is in trouble, a long and dangerous investigation involving the Galaxy Gang begins.

Touch and go

a story of suspense
1976
Two youngsters vacationing on the English coast uncover a plot to bomb the Naval college nearby.

Wreck of the blue plane

1978
Fourteen-year-old Mark accompanies his older brother to Kodiak Island, Alaska, and finds himself involved in a dangerous search for a wrecked plane containing a large sum of stolen money.

Mystery on the Mississippi

1988
The Bobbseys find mystery and adventure on a Mississippi River boat trip.

The Black Box

A Novel
2013
In a case that spans 20 years, Harry Bosch links the bullet from a recent crime to a file from 1992, the killing of a young female photographer during the L.A. riots. Harry originally investigated the murder, but it was then handed off to the Riot Crimes Task Force and never solved. Now Bosch's ballistics match indicates that her death was not random violence, but something more personal, and connected to a deeper intrigue. Like an investigator combing through the wreckage after a plane crash, Bosch searches for the "block box," the one piece of evidence that will pull the case together.

Private #1 Suspect

A Novel
2013
Since former Marine helicopter pilot Jack Morgan started Private, it has become one of the world's most powerful investigation firms, sought out by the rich and famous to discretely handle their most sensitive problems. Private's investigators are the smartest, the fastest, and the most technologically advanced in the world, and they always uncover the truth. When a former lover is found murdered in Jake's bed, he is instantly the number one suspect. While the police are investigating Jack, the mob strong arms him into recovering $30 million in stolen pharmaecuticals, and the beautiful manager of a luxury hotel chain persuades him to quietly investigate a spree of murders occurring on their properties. Fighting for his life on both sides of the law, Jack realizes that he may not be able to save himself this time.

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