detective and mystery stories

The Screech Owls play hockey in Nagano, Japan but they are plagued by a series of mysterious disasters there.

High school senior Karen, who worries that her psychic powers will make her seem different from other people, is frightened when a young policeman asks her to use her gift to help locate missing children.

Olga hires fifth-grade detective Klooz to find out how her precious car got scratched at the car wash on Main Street.

Contains eight plays for students in grades four through eight, based upon classic mystery stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, O.Henry, Saki, Dashiell Hammett, and Ellery Queen, each followed by information about the author, a list of related activities, and suggestions for further reading.

Describes forty-three crime puzzles, which the reader tries to solve with the aid of clues, codes, alibis, and other evidence.

Detective Ellery Goose helps his father Inspector Goose solve the case of the hungry kidnapper.

Nancy Drew visits her cousin in Virginia hoping to locate a missing stained-glass window.

Encyclopedia Brown, boy detective extraordinaire, solves ten new cases, including "The Case of the Miracle Pill, " "The Case of Nemo's Tuba, " "The Case of the Lawn Mower Races, " and "The Case of the Air Guitar." Solutions provided at the end of each chapter.

Realizing that a mysterious force has taken over the village where they are staying with their grandmother, twins Rachel and Adam begin to look into the mystery of the bees--unearthing a secret about the village and their own family.