Mysteries And Detective Stories category: 4904 books

Nancy Drew and The Hidden Staircase hits the big screen in March of 2019! Read the classic book that inspired the movie! After receiving a call from her friend Helen Corning, Nancy agrees to help solve a baffling mystery. Helen's Aunt Rosemary has been living with her mother at the old family...

This Halloween is more than just tricks and treats--it's deadly serious. ** ** It was supposed to be a simple ding-dong ditch. A dare to give them bragging rights. But as Sammy and her friends sneak up to the spookiest house in town, they get scared witless by a skeleton, and then witness something...

Mama is ill. Father has taken a job abroad. Nanny Jane is too busy to pay any attention to Henrietta and the things she sees--or thinks she sees--in the shadows of their new home, Hope House. All alone, with only stories for company, Henry discovers that Hope House is full of strange secrets: a forgotten...

Another fun mystery starring Horrible Harry, and this time he's calling the shots! Harry has always loved solving mysteries, and now his friends in Room 3B have learned to love it, too. So Harry challenges them to figure out what he has hidden in his giant, old suitcase. Led by a very determined Mary,...

A ghost cat, the Devil, a deceitful criminal, a father framed for murder, and a vulnerable young girl combine in this magical tale from the award-winning, critically acclaimed author of the Joe Grey feline mysteries, Shirley Rousseau Murphy, and her husband Pat J.J. Murphy. The Devil has been...

After leaving Lockwood & Co. at the end of The Hollow Boy, Lucy is a freelance operative, hiring herself out to agencies that value her ever-improving skills. One day she is pleasantly surprised by a visit from Lockwood, who tells her he needs a good Listener for a tough assignment. Penelope Fittes,...

For fans of Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events and Trenton Lee Stewart's Mysterious Benedict Society, here comes the final book in the Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, the acclaimed and hilarious Victorian mystery series by Maryrose Wood. Unhappy Penelope Lumley is trapped...

One bogus Ben! A valiant veteran! A pair of patriots! A rocky spot! Equals one bell-ringing adventure! Ding, Dong! Ding, Dong! When Christina discovers that the Liberty Bell hanging in Liberty Center is a fake, she enlists Grant and two Philadelphia friends to help her find the real one. But time...

“Bob Dexter and the Storm Mountain Mystery” is a 1925 Western novel by Willard F. Baker. Part of the “The Boy Rancher” series, it is an exciting detective story for children set in the American Old West. A fantastic tale of mystery and adventure, this novel is highly recommend fans and collectors...

Can you crack the case with six clues or less? Welcome back to Moon Hollow, where mystery lurks around every corner--and four kids have come together to solve crimes and puzzles big and small. When a monster is sighted in the woods surrounding Moon Hollow, Viola, Sylvester, Rosie, and Woodrow know...

One year ago, sixteen-year-old detective Nick Chance came within a hair’s length of exposing his boarding school’s most infamous thief. But before he could collect enough evidence, the suspect abruptly left the school. Now, he’s reappeared in New York City, and Nick’s one summer vacation goal...

Most people know the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women as a school for the elite—manicured lawns, limo-lined driveway, and the best faculty in the country. But they have no idea what really goes on behind the ivy, or what the brochures mean by "exceptional"—that the Gallagher...

Ms. Bogus and her diverse class of students take fantastic field trips to extraordinary places! Together they discover facts, visit incredible places and learn about the world. Join the know-it-all, the kid in the wheelchair, the identical set of twins, and other students who have fun, learn a lot,...

When the Three Amigos get stuck spending the afternoon at Professor Peterson's "brown, lumpy" house, they are BORED! That is, until they open the oddball professor's refrigerator and screech "YUUUUUUUUUUCK!" The curious things they discover inside are a true riddle to solve. It will require the Three...