detective and mystery stories

Type: 
Topical Term
Subfield: 
a
Alias: 
detective and mystery stories

The ghosts of now

1984
With her brother in a coma following a hit-and-run accident, a high school senior investigates the incident, stirring up animosity in the small, tight west Texas community where her family has recently moved.

Death knell

1991
Tim and Jamie investigate the unsolved murder of old Mr. Jefford who was found with a smashed skull in the church crypt.

Trouble in the pipeline

1989
Frank and Joe try to track down a man working on a top-secret project for a mining firm. They are kidnapped and left stranded in the Arctic wilderness.

Nowhere to run

1989
The brother detectives burn rubber in a high-speed race with both sides of the law--where murder is the final pit stop.

The dark and deadly pool

1987
Sixteen-year-old Mary Elizabeth's summer job at an expensive health club turns out to be more exciting than she bargained for when a series of mysterious events culminate in murder.

The spirit house

1991
Fifteen-year-old Julie investigates the suspicious behavior of the Thai exchange student staying with her family and comes to believe in the wish-granting power of a spirit that appears to have followed him across the ocean.

Dracula, go home!

1979
Several eerie events at his aunt's hotel prompt Larry to investigate a guest who strongly resembles Dracula.

The secret in the old lace

1980
While in Belgium investigating the mystery surrounding an antique cross, Nancy and her friends learn that her entry in a short story contest may somehow be involved.

The triple hoax

1979
Nancy Drew and friends Bess and George track a group of swindlers and kidnappers from New York to Mexico City to Los Angeles where they finally solve the mystery of the Triple Hoax.

The spider sapphire mystery

1968
Nancy Drew's latest involvement in a mystery begins in her home town and concerns a synthetic sapphire with a spider embedded in it, and the strange disappearance of Ned Nickerson.

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - detective and mystery stories