mystery fiction

When strange noises are heard in the tree house where their club meets, Claire and Kaz wonder if a rival club is causing problems in order to scare them away, or if they are coming from the ghosts of one of Kaz's departed ancestors.

When George wins a contest and gets to blow the big whistle at the circus' opening night, someone switches the whistle with a broken one, and it doesn't make a sound. Nancy, Bess, and George--who make up the Clue Crew--set to work hunting down suspects and finding the whistle switcher.

It looks like the high point of Samantha's spring vacation is going to be a glimpse of a cute boy she sees at The Haunted Museum in England. She and her sister, Jessica, and their parents are taking a cruise on the Titanic 2, a replica of the original Titanic, and there's not even Wi-Fi! At least the Titanic exhibit at the Haunted Museum had wax figures and beautiful jewels to look at. But from their first day, Samantha and Jessica notice strange things happening. Their cabin number keeps changing. There are creepy scratching sounds coming from between the walls. And a locket that Jess opened at the museum seems to be ... following them. Is the locket haunted? Or could it be the ship itself? Are there actors in costume walking about the ship ... or could they be ghosts? Why is Sam's sister calling her by another name? Samantha will have to unravel the threads tying her and her sister to the past, or they could go down with the ship!.

Taylor Mason loves ancient Egypt, and has grown up fascinated by the incredible culture. Unfortunately, the nearest she's going to get to Egypt is a special exhibit at the Haunted Museum of treasure that belonged to the famous Queen Nefertiti. But Egypt is closer than she thinks. At the museum, Taylor picks up a scarab necklace during a robbery, and for a moment finds herself standing in a cave, gazing out at the blazing Egyptian desert. When her parents suddenly decide to take her along on a trip to Egypt, she finds herself being pulled more and more into the past, even as she wonders if she's being followed in the present.

The founder of Stately Academy left many clues and puzzles to challenge his enterprising students.

Abe, Gabe, Tony, Ty, and Ben are bored living in the city, but when they discover an abandoned car in empty lot, they try to solve the mystery of how it got there.

When she discovers that her sister Roxy, who was kicked out of the house by their father eight years earlier, has become a high-priced New York call girl, Emmie sets out to spy on her sister and learn more about her life.

Sixth-grader Alton Barnes loves maps, and when his portfolio of secret maps is stolen, he begins getting notes with orders he must obey to get the maps back, he might succeed before his teacher, principal, or someone else learns he has been studying and mapping things about them.

Nancy Drew investigates the secret of the old clock.