detective and mystery fiction

A young man named Cody gets worried when his rooming house neighbor Freddy Paine, a shy college student, disappears.

Detective Bob Pasquale is assigned to investigate the mysterious death of wealthy Anson Ledyard who is presumed dead after his Lexus was found in a swamp, but he finds himself instead falling in love with the beautiful young widow.

Nikki Peters quits her secure bank job to take a risky position investigating Colin, the black sheep of the very wealthy Dempsey family, but her bid for money and adventure comes very close to backfiring.

Young history teacher Cathy North decides to investigate when her favorite student, Megan Marie, a pretty high school junior, mysteriously disappears.

"Shattered by grief and dreaming of vengeance, Penn Cage sees his family and his world collapsing around him. The woman he loves is gone, his principles have been irrevocably compromised, and his father, once a paragon of the community that Penn leads as mayor, is about to be tried for the murder of a former lover. Most terrifying of all, Dr. Cage seems bent on self-destruction. Despite Penn's experience as a prosecutor in major murder trials, his father has frozen him out of the trial preparations--preferring to risk dying in prison to revealing the truth of the crime to his son.".

"Sami's mother disappeared ten years ago, and the police have always suspected that Sami's father killed her. But they've never had any convincing evidence...until now. Sami's sure her father's innocent. Or is she?"--Provided by publisher.

Frank and Joe are excited for the class trip to Bayport Bear Park. When they arrive, the class is greeted with a big pi?ata full of prizes and goodies. Their guide explains that they will be split into teams to complete a scavenger hunt through the park. Whoever solves the clues the fastest will win all of the prizes. But after they come back from solving the first few clues, the pi?ata has been destroyed, with half of the prizes missing. Can Frank and Joe figure out who the thief is and save the trip?.

Teddy Fitzroy must solve the crime of the kidnapped rare and expensive panda, Li Ping.

Young electrician Greg Naylor, having gotten on the wrong side of his co-worker Adam Lewis, suddenly finds himself the victim of increasing dangerous accidents.

This time Cleo, Evan, and Ms. Crowley (who, it turns out, is the missing Ms. Hilliard's sister) find themselves in a confusing fantasy book, caught up in a war with wizards, elves, trolls, and the mighty Golden Dragon--and while they manage to find their missing librarian, their quest does not end there.