Mysteries And Detective Stories category: 4904 books

Winds of Fate is a compilation of short stories that will appeal to a variety of readers. Stories include science fiction, drama, action filled, and even a few humorous stories that will keep you laughing from start to finish.

Join Mimi, Papa, Avery, Evan, Ella and Sadie as they visit Washington, D.C., and end up in the middle of a "capital" mystery with bewildering clues, a secret symbol, a couple of cool pools, amazing monuments and memorials, and... watch out!... some mysterious men are on their trail. Like...

A family-friendly sports mystery packed with action and adventure…for the 9 to 12 age group... Tony Crowne is a backup quarterback and aspiring detective who has his share of troubles: He hates the nickname his father gave him, his eighty-pound dog clobbers his mother and grandfather at...

Amy and Freddy Connors can't believe their ears when their Uncle Ken tells them he is going to stay in Mr. Sargent's big old house in Hidden Hollow all winter. And, when their father says that they can stay with Uncle Ken, they can't believe their luck. They can be near their friends, Marcia and Jim,...

It was just a short cross-country ski outing over the Christmas break for Mogi Franklin and his sister, Jennifer–until they find themselves suddenly caught in a vicious blizzard. Near collapse, they ski into a mysterious valley with an ancient hacienda, a busy Spanish family, and a village with...

Debra and her sister Chanise were born only 18 months apart. Chanise is the oldest of the two. Fact, they dont always see eye to eye but when it comes to finding out what happened to their dear friend Mrs. Brown or Mama Brown as they affectionately called her, they would stop at nothing. Thats until...

The Boomerang Mystery A strange 'whodunit' mystery for the Jay-Pea-Eyes to have as their first case! Three children go missing and police have organised a massive search of the town of Dudleigh and surrounding areas. A phone call from a security officer at Russington Hospital immediately has...

A mongrel pup helps two children unmask a clever deception! Kerry and Mark get a special excuse from school to spend ten days in Quebec with their father. From the moment they step into the hall of the rooming house where they are to stay, though, they have a sense of things not being quite right. Kerry...

Jasper Penzey has never known his mother and his father never wants to speak of her. At the ripe age of 9 years old, on the eve of his and his father's move from Louisiana to Santorini, Greece, precocious Jasper discovers an amulet and a note from his mother. So begins the journey of a lifetime into...

In the literary tradition of young Detectives like Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys, author Bill Edwards has written two exciting stories of mystery and lost treasure. Both are fast-moving thrillers, with likeable young characters, intricate mysteries, and lively suspenseful plots. In The Thundergods’...

Tim Diamond—the world’s worst private detective—takes on his most dangerous case yet, and it’s going to be up to his brother to keep him out of trouble. A short story from Guys Read: Thriller, edited by Jon Scieszka.

George’s neighbor Mark Rubin has been canned by his detective agency. J. Christopher Johnson, subject of an embezzlement investigation, has vanished in a helicopter crash—and Mark’s boss blames him for blowing the case. But Mark is convinced that with Nancy’s help he can blow the case wide open!

Nancy Drew arrives in Phoenix, Arizona, eagerly looking forward to a fun-filled vacation at Shadow Ranch, but abruptly finds herself involved in a baffling mystery. The ranch is being haunted by an unknown enemy. Local people believe that the ghostly animal is carrying out the curse of Dirk Valentine,...

Danger lurks just below the surface ... Jennie McGrady thinks her vacation is doomed when a bomb threat delays her flight to a dolphin research lab in Florida. But then she meets Sarah, a girl who desperately needs her help to solve a two-year-old murder, and Jennie's detective instincts tell...