mystery and detective stories

Type: 
Topical Term
Subfield: 
a
Alias: 
mystery and detective stories

Cross-country crime

1995
When Frank and Joe dig into a bank robbery, they could end up in deep trouble.

Crime in the kennel

1995
Frank and Joe are out to collar a coldhearted canine snatcher.

The cold cash caper

1996
Frank and Joe are doing undercover security work at the Bayport Writer Festival when masked, gun-wielding thugs rob money meant for charity.

Encyclopedia Brown saves the day

1978
Ten mysteries for ten-year-old Encyclopedia Brown, his partner, Sally, and the reader to solve. Solutions are given at the back of the book.

Encyclopedia Brown solves them all

1968
The town's ten-year-old walking encyclopedia again solves ten neighborhood mysteries. The final solutions to the cases are at the back of the book, giving the reader a chance to compare his skill to that of Encyclopedia Brown.

Dark of the Moon

2007
"Virgil Flowers, tall, lean, late thirties, three times divorced, hair way too long for a cop's, kicked around for awhile before joining the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehansion. First it was the Army and the military police, then the police in St. Paul, and finally Lucas Davenport brought him into the BCA, promising him, 'We'll only give you the hard stuff.' He's been doing the hard stuff for three years now--but never anything like this."--front flyleaf.

The murders in the Rue Morgue

2013
Retold in graphic novel form, Auguste Dupin solves the mystery of the strange murders in Paris, France.

Numbering the crime

forensic mathematics
2009
Jessa Carter's friends use forensic mathematics to locate and rescue her from the strangers that kidnapped her. Includes forensic notes.

The monsoon murder

forensic meteorology
2009
Maeve Murphy's day started out with her filming a movie--Blood and White Lace--but gets framed with a charge for drug possession, and after her brother is suddenly wanted for murder, Maeve will need all of her wits and Crime Scene Club skills to regain her freedom. Includes forensic notes.

If the shoe fits

footwear analysis
2009
After corresponding with Lewis Henry, who is serving a prison sentence for the murder of an FBI agent, Jessa Carter consults the Crime Scene Club to prove his innocence when he faces his pending execution. Includes forensic notes.

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - mystery and detective stories