mystery fiction

In Paris to visit an old friend, Miss Mallard becomes involved in one of the most terrifying cases of her career centering around the disappearance of her friend's granddaughter and the long-ago theft of a fabulous jewel.

Candy Cat has come to Coral Cove and his candy cart is the cat's meow. When alarm bells start ringing at businesses across the city, Mack has a new case.

Ibrahim and Zayn Khan, third-grader detectives, try to help out a classmate who has been hearing lions roaring and hyenas laughing in his back yard during the night.

With a garbage thief on the loose in New Mouse City who is stealing organic waste, Hercule and Geronimo enlist the head of the Recycling Center to help, then discover that the thief has good intentions.

"There's been a murder, but the police don't care. It was only a homeless man after all. Kieran cares. He's going to find out what really happened. But being a detective is difficult when you're Kieran Woods. When you're amazing at drawing but terrible at fitting in. And when there are dangerous secrets everywhere--not just outside, but under your own roof"--Provided by publisher.

Set in the 1930s, a young James Bond has just started boarding school at Eton when a local boy is discovered missing. James teams up with the boy's cousin, Red, to investigate. The pair soon finds that the boy's disappearance is linked to a madman and his plans to rule the world.

Thirteen-year-old Lady Grace Cavendish, favorite maid of honor of Elizabeth I, must solve a murder mystery and clear the name of her betrothed.

"Luna loves old buildings. But none have ever spoken to her like Apple Glen's old Main Street Theater does. Will listening closely help Luna uncover the theater's mysterious secrets so it can be restored to its former glory?"--Provided by publisher.

"When her best friend invites her to spend a week at the lake, Luna jumps at the chance. But what starts off as the perfect summer getaway quickly turns to an unsettling mystery. Can Luna figure out the forest's secrets before it's too late?"--Provided by publisher.

The mysterious disappearance of a friend's precious charm sets sassy and savvy sleuth Alana Oakley on the warpath. But Alana quickly realizes that having Attitude with a capital "A" isn't enough to solve the case. She invokes her savvy self to duel with the military-inspired Coach Kusmuk, dodge the over-exuberant Nurse Cathy, and deal with her impulsive and accident-prone mother, who is one click away from Internet-dating a mass murderer! The biggest mystery of all: What spectacular disaster will her mother have planned for her birthday this year?.