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You'll be the death of me

Estranged friends Ivy, Mateo, and Cal witness a murder while skipping school, and the only way they can solve it is by revealing what they have been hiding from one another--and themselves.
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Lights, camera-- cats!

The Clue Crew gets the chance to visit a movie set thanks to one of Mr. Drew's connected clients, but fun turns to business when the film's star, famous feline Fluffington, disappears.

The fashion disaster

The Clue Crew investigates the disappearance of a basket of gourmet dog biscuits belonging to a poodle named Lola at River Heights's first canine fashion show, in which Nancy's puppy, Chocolate Chip, is a model.

The great rat rally

2021
"It's the most exciting race the city has ever seen. Geronimo wants no paw in it, but it's a matter of Stilton family honor. The cars are fast, the road is winding, and the racers are... cheating! Can Trap and Geronimo figure out who is rigging the race?"--Back cover.
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The final treasure

After their shocking discoveries on Summer Island, Marly, Sai, and Isla have one final set of clues to follow before reaching the end of their search.
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The tiger's nest

a novel
"On an island nation in the Indian Ocean, the explorers venture through a vast underwater world and take part in a friendly robotics competition. But the tides of good fortune change quickly. Suddenly, Team Cousteau jumps into action to rescue a faculty member from the brink of death. Meanwhile, the team follows the Cruz's mother's clues to a magnificent tomb and center of spirituality precariously perched on the side of a cliff. There, Cruz is confronted by a familiar foe who's determined to stop him from completing his most important mission of all: Retrieving the final pieces of his mother's cipher. In this life-or-death showdown, Cruz witnesses the ultimate sacrifice and uncovers a hidden message that makes him question his own mortality"--Publisher.
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Cold-blooded Myrtle

Twelve-year-old Young Lady of Quality and Victorian amateur detective Myrtle Hardcastle returns, and now she is on the trail of a serial killer in her hometown of Swinburne.

One of us is lying

"When the creator of a high school gossip app mysteriously dies in front of four high-profile students all four become suspects. It's up to them to solve the case"--.

Fly by night

Dee returns to her small hometown in New Jersey to see if she can help her father and the local police find her missing twin sister Beth, who was a leader in fighting the threat of a pipeline gutting the pinelands, but only finds more mysterious questions while disocovering signs of the supernatural in the surrounding woods.

Birdie's billions

When Birdie discovers cash in an abandoned house she thinks it could be the answer to her and her mother's problems, but she wonders about the people who left that money behind and tries to figure what is best for her family and what is the right thing to do.

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