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Holy smoke

a Bones & the Duchess mystery
2004
Bones Fatzinger, a former police officer, teams up again with Verity Buscador, a clever twelve-year-old with Asperger's syndrome, to investigate a mysterious church fire.

The big splash

2008
Matt Stevens, an average middle schooler with a glib tongue and a knack for solving crimes, uncovers a mystery while working with "the organization," a mafia-like syndicate run by seventh-grader Vincent "Mr. Biggs" Biggio, specializing in forged hall passes, test-copying rings, black market candy selling, and taking out hits with water guns.

Double or die

a James Bond adventure
2007
Teenage James Bond is on the case when a professor is kidnapped in a north London cemetery, and an encoded letter arrives which, once deciphered, leaves James with just forty-eight hours to rescue the captured scholar and save the world.

Canned

2008
Fergal Banfield, an eccentric lad who collects cans, is surprised to find some unexpected--and even alarming--things in a few of his treasures, and when he meets Charlotte, another collector, they begin an investigation that leads them into dangerous territory.

Whodunit?

detective stories
2007
A collection of sixteen short detective stories by writers such as Agatha Christie, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Dorothy L. Sayers.

First shot

2007
During his sophomore year, high school senior David Crandall's mother was murdered; and now, after learning about a family embezzlement secret and witnessing his father burying a shot gun, he starts to suspect his dad was the murderer.

Cover-up

2007
Fledgling fourteen-year-old sports reporters Susan Carol and Stevie investigate suspicious activities at the Super Bowl after Stevie gets fired from his co-anchor job on a ground-breaking teen sports show.

Lost bullet

2005
Recently qualified as a forensic investigator, sixteen-year-old Luke Harding is assigned to the slums of London, where he and his robotic sidekick Malc investigate a doctor's murder.

Final lap

2007
Sixteen-year-old forensic investigator Luke Harding, aided by his laser-equipped robot Malc, and his girlfriend Jade, works to figure out who is trying to sabotage the Youth International Games.

Double check

2007
Sixteen-year-old forensic investigator Luke Harding and his laser-equipped robot Malc, rush to learn the truth when Luke is tipped-off that teenage death row inmate Everton Kohter, whose execution is only days away, is innocent.

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