mystery fiction

Arthur is in danger of having to spend the day of the third grade picnic in detention when the quarters he collected to help the fire department buy a new dog disappear, but Arthur's friend Buster Baxter, who is trying hard to be a detective, sets out to solve the case.

A puzzling message attached to the leg of a wounded homing pigeon involves Nancy in a dangerous mission.

The Alden children suspect that the other guests are somehow involved when things begin to disappear at the bed and breakfast where they are staying in Washington, D.C.

When Cam Jansen and her friend Eric uncover a mystery while selling fudge door-to-door to raise money for the local library, Cam uses her photographic memory to foil a crime.

Winston Breen loves solving puzzles; and when his sister uncovers a twenty-five-year-old scavenger hunt--which leads to a ring worth thousands of dollars--he and his family jump at the opportunity to solve it.

Cam investigates when a thief steals her mother's video camera and a tape containing footage of a big scary snake.

Aunt Eater loves mystery stories so much that she sees mysterious adventures wherever she looks.

When seemingly unrelated and strange events start to happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears, eleven-year-olds Petra and Calder combine their talents to solve an international art scandal.

Six children help solve the mystery of a missing spyglass that has kept two brothers feuding for years.

Nate the Great investigates the mysterious disappearance of the purple plastic octopus that his baseball team uses for second base.