detective and mystery stories

"April thought she had her happy ending. After all, she has her new house and new friends and new guardian. But she also has a very big new secret. The kids of Winterborne House are the only ones who know that Gabriel Winterborne--famous billionaire and terrible cook--is really a sword-wielding vigilante. What they don't know is that he's not the only one. When a masked figure breaks in, looking for something--or someone--it's clear that Gabriel has met his match, and now no one is safe. April and her friends will have to solve a decades-old mystery in order to hang on to the most important thing in the world: each other"--Provided by publisher.

"When a woman is murdered in Blackdown, a quintessentially British village, newsreader Anna Andrews is reluctant to cover the case. Detective Jack Harper is suspicious of her involvement, until he becomes a suspect in his own murder investigation. Someone isn't telling the truth, and some secrets are worth killing to keep"--Amazon.

Wilde was found as a boy living feral in the woods, with no memory of his past. Thirty years later, he still doesn't know anything, and another child is missing. Wilde can't ignore an outcast in trouble. In order to venture back into his past community, he must uncover secrets that could destroy the lives of millions.

"On the surface, Rachel Marin is an ordinary single mother; on the inside, she's a fierce, brilliant vigilante. After an unspeakable crime shatters her life, she changes her identity and moves to a small town in Illinois, hoping to spare her children from further trauma...or worse. But crime follows her everywhere. When the former mayor winds up dead, Rachel can't help but get involved. Where local detectives see suicide, she sees murder. They resent her for butting in--especially since she's always one step ahead. But her investigative genius may be her undoing: the deeper she digs, the harder it is to keep her own secrets buried. Her persistence makes her the target of both the cops and a killer. . ."--OCLC.

Cooper and Cruz Garcia aren't having any fun at Camp Nowhere. Especially now that they know four campers went missing last summer. One morning their bunkmate Nick isn't at breakfast. Or swim class. Or arts and crafts. Then the boys find a giant footprint behind the cabin. Could Bigfoot roam these mountains? Could one have taken Nick?.

Cooper and Cruz Garcia set out to find Nick and uncover Camp Nowhere's secret. But the mountains are steep and it's easy to get turned around inside the forest. Deep in the woods two red eyes stare from the bushes. Could it be Bigfoot?.

After their parents' divorce, Cooper and Cruz Garcia arrive at Camp Nowhere. The place wasn't quite so rustic in the brochure. And their counselor is annoying. But things get even worse when they learn several campers disappeared last summer. Then they find a weird swatch of hair way up in a tree!.

Cooper and Cruz Garcia follow Bigfoot through the woods to his cave. They can't believe what they find there! Even more incredible is what they learn about Camp Nowhere. Can they keep it a secret?.

"Art and Camille team up once again to solve a large museum theft, using one of the biggest heists in history to help them solve the case"--.

When Nobbin Swill, a royal dung farmer, ventures to the castle, he is drawn into hapless Prince Charming's quest to solve the case of the woodcutter's missing children, Hansel and Gretel.