mystery and detective stories

When her friend Nellie is suspected of stealing Mrs. Van Sicklen's black pearls at Christmastime, Samantha helps her discover where they really went.

The Hardy brothers try to find out who is behind a rash of automobile thefts that are occurring on Shore Road just outside of Bayport.

George has been falsely accused of passing notes in class and will be forbidden from going on the fieldtrip unless Nancy can prove her innocence.

Piggins, the butler at the Reynard household, solves the mystery of the missing royal wedding band.

While staying at the Crooked House, the family home of their housekeeper Mrs. McGregor, the Aldens try to solve a riddle that will lead them to a hidden treasure.

Cam investigates when a thief steals her mother's video camera and a tape containing footage of a big scary snake.

Fifth-grader Cam uses her photographic memory, with help from her friend Eric and his twin sisters, to solve the mystery of Poochie, a famous canine television star.

The second reel to a monster movie is stolen and Cam and her friend Eric help find the thief.

Trying to be detectives, Mary Lou and her friends imagine that terrible crimes are being committed when Leroy, the worst kid who ever lived on Eighth Avenue, returns to the house next door.

While speaking at a crime writers conference, bumbling detective John Quincy Jones is aided by his capable canine in solving the mystery of two missing manuscripts.