Allie is overwhelmed when her boyfriend, Trip, dies in a car accident, leaving her scarred and unable to recall what happened that night, but she feels she must uncover the truth, even if it could hurt the people who tried to save her from Trip's abuse.
Meet Timmy Failure, the founder, president, and CEO of the best detective agency in town, probably the nation. And his lazy sidekick, Total, a 1,500-pound polar bear.
Catalina "Cat" Duran and her class are off to the recycling center for what seems like the worst field trip ever. But when they arrive, they find out that the recycling plant has been sabotaged! Only Cat and her friends can save the day (and help save the Earth, too!). Written in Spanish.
"Her sharp eye for details is why the Hudsons from across the street call her every time their pet peacocks wander away. But there are some things even the greatest Peacock Detective can't figure out, like why her best friend is so angry lately; why her older sister is cutting her hair off; or why her parents are acting like they don't know each other anymore. Cassie is an expert at solving things. But what's a master detective to do when her whole world is changing, and all the answers are out of reach?"--From the publisher's web site.
Spenser, a Boston private eye, agrees to help a former client, a young prostitute who is now a well-established madam, discover who is trying to blackmail her and uncovers connections with local kingpin Tony Marcus.
Adam Dalgliesh and his two young assistants search for clues in the deaths of two men found in the vestry of a London church--one rich and elegant, the other an alcoholic tramp.
Shortly before President Kennedy's scheduled visit to the wall that divides Berlin, East German agents kidnap a prominent priest in an effort to undermine the effects of that visit.
Tor, undercover security operative for the British Jockey Club, masquerades as a waiter on a horse-racing junket called the Great Transcontinental Mystery Race Train.
