mystery fiction

Thirteen-year-old Theodore Boone, who knows every judge, police officer, and court clerk in the small town of Strattenburg, finds himself involved in a murder trial because of knowledge he might have about a cold-blooded killer.

Sixteen-year-old Jacob, having traveled to a remote island after a family tragedy, discovers an abandoned orphanage, and, after some investigating, he learns the children who lived there may have been dangerous and quarantined and may also still be alive.

When the costume for the school's mascot is destroyed, the members of Club CSI are determined to find the culprit before anyone else can solve the case.

Scary-story enthusiast Billy Shivers helps out when the Haunted House of Books threatens to go out of business.

Nancy and her friends find a safe inside a yacht and discover that the missing heir to the jewelry is still alive, and then investigate when a pet ape, Mr. Cheeters, disappears along with a diamond necklace.

Nancy and her friends Bess and George investigate when crimes in Emma Blavatsky's antique dollhouse start coming true, and then travel to India to look into the disappearance of a tech support girl Nancy befriended over the phone.

Newly arrived in 1892 New England, Abigail Rook becomes assistant to R. F. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplained with the ability to see supernatural beings, and she helps him delve into a case of serial murder which, Jackaby is convinced, is due to a nonhuman creature.

After a body is found in a small English town, the secrets of two fourteen-year-old girl friends come to light after ten years of silence.

Cousins Mike and Kate help a real-life police ranger catch the person who is selling counterfeit baseball shirts in the Texas Rangers' ballpark.

Twins Ethan and Ella go on an adventure in Athens, Greece, where they learn about the mystery-solving Society of Apollo.