detective and mystery stories

When some of the world's best magicians start disappearing--and not in a magical way--Frank and Joe Hardy pit themselves against a trio of young masters of illusion.

"When [nanny] Rowan Caine arrives at Heatherbrae House, she is smitten--by the luxurious 'smart' home fitted out with all modern conveniences, by the beautiful Scottish Highlands, and by this picture-perfect family. What she doesn't know is that she's stepping into a nightmare--one that will end with a child dead and herself in prison awaiting trial for murder"--Provided by publisher.

Luna and her family still struggle with their grief over her mother's death, over a year since she was struck and killed by a taxi, but after Luna goes to finally clean out her mother's studio she discovers her cell phone, fully charged and with seven unheard voicemails, and after Luna listens to the messages she learns unexpected truths about her mother and begins to wonder whether her death was really an accident.

Scarlett Wakefield is looking forward to a new year at her elite English boarding school, but when her nemesis Plum transfers to her class, she quickly turns Scarlett's friends against her and makes her life more difficult than Scarlett thought possible.

Scooby-Doo and the kids from Mystery Inc. race to solve the mystery behind a terrorizing Thanksgiving Day turkey parade balloon that came to life during the Coolsville holiday parade.

On a special after-hours tour of the Coolsville Aquarium, the gang tries to catch the Fishy Phantom, who has stolen the aquarium's rare rainbow flounder.

Nancy and her friends look for the vandal who ruined the supplies for the pumpkin-decorating contest in River Heights.

Horrible Harry must defend his reputation as a detective by cracking the secret code of Mrs. Funderburke's lunch prizes.

An eighteenth-century figurehead, the journal of a ship's quartermaster, and supernatural occurrences at a seaside resort lead twelve-year-old Vicki and her friend Peter on a quest to lift a curse and set right a horrible deed committed two hundred and thirty years in the past.

Nancy has a part in a film reenactment of the heist that gave her town its name. When the cameras start rolling trouble begins.