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ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME
Detective Sam Spade is a private eye with his own solitary code of ethics. When his partner is killed during a stakeout, he is drawn into the hunt for a fantastic treasure with a dubious provenance—a golden bird encrusted with jewels. Also on the...

2) The bald bandit

Author

Series

A to Z mysteries volume 02
A to Z Mystery

Language

English

Formats

Description

Third-grader Dink and his detective friends hope to receive a big reward by finding the person whose video recorder picked up a picture of the local bank robber.

3) Encyclopedia Brown and the case of the disgusting sneakers

Author

Sobol, Donald J

Series

Encyclopedia Brown volume 18

Language

English

Formats

Description

America's Sherlock Holmes in sneakers continues his war on crime in ten more cases, the solutions to which are found in the back of the book.

4) King & Kayla and the case of the unhappy neighbor

Author

Butler, Dori Hillestad

Series

King and Kayla

Pub. Date

2020.

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

King the golden retriever struggles to communicate with his human, Kayla, as both try to clear Thor of having trashed Mr. Gary's yard.

5) The absent author

Author

Series

A to Z mysteries volume 01
A to Z Mystery

Language

English

Formats

Description

Dink Duncan and his two friends investigate the apparent kidnapping of famous mystery author Wallis Wallace.

6) The missing mummy

Author

Series

A to Z mysteries volume 13
A to Z Mystery

Language

English

Formats

Description

Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose help catch the thieves who have stolen the treasure from the museum's mummy exhibit.

7) Meg Mackintosh and the mystery at Camp Creepy

Author

Landon, Lucinda

Series

Solve-it-yourself mystery volume 4

Language

English

Description

While attending summer camp for the first time, Meg tries to solve the mystery of the camp's legendary ghost, and the reader is challened to interpret each clue before Meg finds the solution.

8) The orange outlaw

Author

Series

A to Z mysteries volume 15
A to Z Mystery

Language

English

Formats

Description

Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman

While visiting Dink's uncle in New York City, Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose help uncover who is responsible for stealing a very valuable painting.

9) Nate the Great on the Owl Express

Author

Language

English

Description

While traveling on the train to San Francisco with his cousin Olivia's owl, Nate the Great and his dog Sludge must use all of their detective skills when the owl suddenly disappears.

10) Stalking the angel

Author

Crais, Robert

Publisher

Bantam

Pub. Date

1989

Language

English

11) The vampire's vacation

Author

Series

A to Z mysteries volume 22
A to Z Mystery

Language

English

Formats

Description

Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate a mysterious man in black who Josh believes is a vampire.

12) Encyclopedia Brown and the case of the jumping frogs

Author

Sobol, Donald J

Series

Encyclopedia Brown volume 23

Language

English

Formats

Description

Warner, Gertrude Chandler

Encyclopedia Brown, boy detective extraordinaire, solves ten new cases. Solutions provided at the end of each chapter.

13) Bus station mystery

Author

Series

The Boxcar Children
Boxcar children mysteries volume no. 18

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

Her Nancy Drew mystery stories 18

The Alden children, isolated in a storm at a small bus station, are led into a mystery centering on a polluted river.

14) Too many clients

Author

Stout, Rex

Publisher

Viking

Pub. Date

1960

Language

English

15) Mystery of the moss-covered mansion

Author

Keene, Carolyn

Series

Publisher

Grosset & Dunlap

Pub. Date

[1971]

Language

English

Description

Nancy Drew sets out to prove that her father's client was unjustly accused of trying to sabotage the United States space program.

16) Mary Roberts Rinehart's Mystery book

Author

Rinehart, Mary Roberts

Publisher

Holt

Pub. Date

1947

Language

English

Description

Nancy Drew mystery stories ; 13

Contents: The circular staircase; The man in lower ten; The case of Jennie Brice.

17) The unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

Author

Sayers, Dorothy L

Publisher

Harper

Pub. Date

1928

Language

English

18) Mystery of the ivory charm

Author

Keene, Carolyn

Series

Publisher

Grosset & Dunlap

Pub. Date

c1974

Language

English

Description

Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman

Nancy Drew determines if an ivory elephant charm really protects its wearer from harm when she investigates the involvement of a member of the Bengleton Wild-Animal Show in a mysterious scheme.

19) Nate the Great: goes down in the dumps

Author

Series

A Young Yearling book

Publisher

Dell Pub

Pub. Date

[1991], c1989

Language

English

Description