detective and mystery stories

Grandpa Alden and the Alden children encounter danger, excitement, adventure, and mystery in a quiet island fishing village.

Despite the misgivings of her best friend, Joe, nine-year-old Mandie Shaw of the small town of Charley Gap, North Carolina, investigates strange sounds and shadows coming from the woods, and along the way makes a new acquaintance.

When Nancy, Bess, and George choose ice cream as the topic for their class science project, Nancy must use her detective skills to solve a mystery at the Double Dip ice cream parlor.

Meg and her classmates visit a medieval castle and become eyewitnesses to the theft of a priceless silver chalice. The reader is asked to solve the mystery before Meg, using clues found in the text and illustrations.

When Nancy travels with her father to Turkey so he can negotiate the sale of one of his client's ancestral estates, Nancy finds that artifacts have been disappearing, and her sleuthing leads to the discovery of the ancient ruins of a long-forgotten city beneath the property.

Matt Stevens, an average middle schooler with a glib tongue and a knack for solving crimes, uncovers a mystery while working with "the organization," a mafia-like syndicate run by seventh-grader Vincent "Mr. Biggs" Biggio, specializing in forged hall passes, test-copying rings, black market candy selling, and taking out hits with water guns.

Soon after moving to Noble's Green, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Daniel learns that his new friends have super powers that they will lose when they turn thirteen, unless he can use his brain power to protect them.

Nancy, Bess, and George investigate when the key to River Heights disappears just before the city's Christmas celebration.

Nancy Drew investigates when a series of pranks cause a singer to consider cancelling a concert at the local carnival.