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The man who was Poe

1995
In Providence, R.I., in 1848, Edgar Allan Poe reluctantly investigates the problems of eleven-year-old Edmund, whose family has mysteriously disappeared and whose story suggests a new Poe tale with a ghastly final twist.

Charlie's Angels

full throttle : novelization
2003
Dylan, Natalie, and Alex must find a rogue FBI agent and rescue the witness protection program encryption system from hackers. Includes color photos from the movie.

Algo raro en mi plato

1997
The kids at Graveyard School begin to suspect the weird new lunchroom attendant of foul play when pets begin to mysteriously disappear.

Never mind murder

1977
A young girl and her mother rent an old Victorian house in a small Massachusetts town and are haunted by the ghost of a young artist who was murdered there.

Cosmic Cousin

1988
During her frequent trips to the public library, Eunice seeks to uncover the identity of Cosmic Cousin, a mysterious reader who shares her love for science fiction and seems to be searching for a new friend by leaving notes inside books.

The great airport mystery

1965
Frank and Joe find themselves on an uninhabited Carribbean island when they follow clues left by a gang of platinum thieves.

The secret agent of flight 101

1967
Frank and Joe get involved with SKOOL in order to find their missing father.

Lionel and the spy next door

1980
A young boy obsessed with the idea of becoming a spy becomes convinced a mysterious new neighbor has something to hide.

Rest in pieces

2004
When pieces of a dismembered corpse begin turning up around town, Harry investigates, turning her attentions to the town's newcomer, drop-dead gorgeous Blair Bainbridge.

Comeback

1993
En route from Tokyo to a holiday in England, British First Secretary Pater Darwin stops in Miami, where he is caught in a mugging that may have links to his childhood home in England.

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