detective and mystery fiction

Timmi and his friends enjoy Christmas break when they find a mysterious package. Whoever left it needs help ... and a little Christmas miracle.

Timmi, Lilli and Marvin are allowed to visit the excavation site and soon find themselves following the mysterious trail to an ancient and well-guarded secret. Behind the scenes, an unscrupulous adversary is pulling out all the stops to prevent their discovery.

Azaleah's big sister, Nia, has been cast as Willa Wonka in the school musical, and the entire Lane family is looking forward to the show. Azaleah has even helped plan a surprise dinner party for Nia at Avec Amour, Mama's restaurant. But then the real drama starts. At the first rehearsal, all sorts of things go wrong: missing batteries, sets falling over, props misplaced . . . It's so many things, in fact, that Azaleah suspects "foul play." And when the special effects on Nia's costume don't work at dress rehearsal, Nia is a nervous wreck. To top it all off, the high school journalism class is covering the performance for the school blog, and the director doesn't have time to replace Nia's costume. Nia has to wear it without the special effects. Azaleah becomes determined to make sure the musical isn't ruined for Nia. Azaleah has to get to the bottom of the mysterious rehearsal troubles, and finish party preparations, before the curtain goes up.

Twelve-year-old Abigail Hensley is a socially awkward aspiring anthropologist who has always had trouble connecting with her peers. Abigail is hopeful that a week at sleepaway camp is the answer to finally making a friend. After all, her extensive research shows that summer camp is the best place to make lifelong connections. Using her tried-and-true research methods, Abigail begins to study her cabinmates for friendship potential. But just when it seems that she is off to a good start, her bunkmate's phone gets stolen, and Abigail is the main suspect. Can she clear her name, find the real culprit, and make a friend before the week is done?.

A collection of eighteen short stories about teenagers' first encounter with murder.

Ethan and Devin have finally gotten the puppy of their dreams! Even better, taking their new pup to the dog park near the lake means the chance to explore a new Pokemon GO habitat! But the energetic puppy chews on everything in sight, including a map.

On a trip to the zoo, Team Mystic encounters plenty of rare Pokemon. Then Gianna loses her lucky Pokemon-catching cap, and their fortunes take a turn for the worse. Suddenly, there's not a Pokemon in sight, and the friends have to stop throwing Poke Balls and start searching the zoo for Gianna's favorite cap.

When ghost boy Kaz's haunt is torn down and he is separated from his ghost family, he meets a real girl named Claire, who lives above the town library with her parents and her grandmother. Claire has a special ability to see ghosts when other humans.

Alchemist Edison and his treasure hunter friend, Billy, have just returned from a successful trip to the Nether, coming home with tons of valuable loot. Before they can trade their loot, the chest of treasures mysteriously disappears from Edison's ho.

After solving the mystery of the stolen treasure, Edison is all set to return to his alchemy when his friend Omar shows up at his door pleading for help. There is something or someone living beneath the blocks of Omar's town, and things have started to take a treacherous turn. What started out as the theft of livestock and wheat has escalated, and villagers have started to go missing as well.