mystery fiction

When Rider Woofson and the P.I. Pack arrive at the top of Mystery Mountain, they find their classmates have left, scared away by a snow monster, so the detectives decide it is time to investigate exactly what is so mysterious about this mountain.

"During a martial arts expo at Pawston Elementary, the sacred scroll of Bark-Jitsu is stolen. The Pup Detectives set out to crack their most puzzling case yet ... because this one involves, ghosts, goblins, and a super stealthy ninja"--.

The past comes back to haunt three men who shared a friendship as children when Sean Devine, now a policeman, is assigned to investigate the murder of Jimmy Marcus's teenager daughter, a crime the third member of their group, Dave Boyle, is suspected of committing.

In 1942, twelve-year-old Stick Lawson and her two best friends, Rain and Neb, set out to discover the Nazi spies they believe are helping orchestrate U-boat attacks on American ships off the coast of Hatteras Island.

Jessie and Violet travel to a ranch in order to help Grandfather's sister, but soon find that she is not easy to take care of.

"An immigrant youth struggling to assimilate, a middle-aged housewife with a troubled marriage, a Vegas social worker, and a wounded soldier connect with each other and rescue themselves in the wake of an unthinkable incident"--Provided by OCLC.

"Billie and the Secret Mystery Club have found a mysterious note - in code! What does it say? And who could have sent it? One thing's for certain: it will take all the skills of the SMC to solve this mystery..."--Page [4] of cover.

Dr. Kay Scarpetta is now freelancing with the National Forensic Academy in Florida. The teasing psychological clues lead Scarpetta and her team to suspect that they are hunting someone with a cunning and malevolent mind whose secrets have kept them in the shadows, until now.

"Things have been wrong with Mr. and Mrs. Wright for a long time. When Adam and Amelia win a weekend away to Scotland, it might be just what their marriage needs. Self-confessed workaholic and screenwriter Adam Wright has lived with face blindness his whole life. He can't recognize friends or family, or even his own wife. Every anniversary the couple exchange traditional gifts--paper, cotton, pottery, tin--and each year Adam's wife writes him a letter that she never lets him read. Until now. They both know this weekend will make or break their marriage, but they didn't randomly win this trip. One of them is lying, and someone doesn't want them to live happily ever after"--Provided by publisher.

Police constable Hamish Macbeth races to clear his name and find a killer after a supposed witch, who sold potions to men suffering from sexual dysfunction and whose practices Hamish openly disagreed with, is found dead.