mystery and detective stories

Join Scooby-Doo, Shaggy and the Mystery Inc. crew as they head to Chicago for a talent show, some museum tours and pizza! The windy city is home to the hit TV show "Talent Star" in which songwriting duo Fred and Daphne are finalists with some high hopes. Not to be left out, Scooby and Shaggy have a secret act in the works, which they are betting will take the contest by storm.

Ava and Lexi, high school seniors and identical twins, created an imaginary triplet, Alicia, to date and dump boys but now they are being stalked and impersonated by the sister they invented and their former dates are turning up dead.

A beginning writer's guide that includes tips and tricks for writing a mystery story.

Basil, the mouse detective, is involved in one of his most baffling cases, complete with mystery, clues, disguises, chases, and a happy ending.

"In the first of four volumes, Lemony Snicket recounts the time he spent as a young man in a fading town under the care of a dubious chaperone. Navigating the mysteries of childhood can be difficult, and for Lemony Snicket, the tangled plots that surround him include a missing father, a flooding basement, suspiciously young taxi drivers, a stolen statue, a peculiar librarian, and more information than is necessary about a secret organization"--www.amazon.com.

The Hardys get more than they bargain for when they try to help a family friend who is also one of Hollywood's most popular stuntmen.

"Dashiell Gibson, who lives on Moon Base Alpha, has to solve a murder of one of the moon's most prominent doctors"--.

Mrs. Roosevelt once again dons her cap as an amateur sleuth when a passenger on board the Normandie dies from strychnine poisoning.

Presents three short mysteries featuring the great detective.

Encyclopedia Brown, brilliant fifth-grade amateur detective, solves ten crimes. The reader may match solutions with those at the end of the book.