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The ghost wore gray

1988
While staying at an old inn, two girls find a faded Civil War photograph of a Confederate soldier. They are stunned when the ghost of the soldier appears at the dinner table that night.

The mystery of the singing ghost

1992
While helping fix up the old house their cousins have bought, the Aldens hear stories about its being haunted and find evidence suggesting that there may be a ghost there.

The adventure of the dancing men ; The three Garridebs

1993
Presents two adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, each accompanied by a section identifying the clues mentioned in the story and explaining the reasoning used by Holmes to find a solution. Includes a map highlighting the sites of the mysteries.

Meg Mackintosh and the case of the missing Babe Ruth baseball

1986
Meg follows a series of notes hidden in her grandfather's house to solve an old mystery of a missing baseball signed by Babe Ruth. The reader is challenged to interpret each clue before Meg solves it.

Trapped in Death Cave

1984
A posthumous letter referring to buried treasure convinces Gary that his grandfather did not die a natural death and, with his friend Brian, he sets out to find both the treasure and his grandfather's killer.

Cold as ice

1988
Working at the Dome, a sports arena in New York City, during a pre-Olympic skating exhibition, Kelly meets two competitive male skaters whose lives become threatened by a string of mysterious accidents.

The three investigators in The mystery of the wandering cave man

1982
Three young sleuths investigate the disappearance of a caveman's bones from a museum and uncover skulduggery at a science foundation.

The three investigators in The mystery of the scar-faced beggar

1981
A wallet dropped by a scar-faced beggar sets the three investigators on the trail of bank robbers.

Something queer at the lemonade stand

1982
When Gwen and Jill open a lemonade stand, something strange happens to their lemonade every time their dog Fletcher disappears.

Still more two-minute mysteries

1975
A collection of sixty-three short mysteries filled with tricky clues. The reader is invited to solve the case before reading the solution for each mystery.

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