Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction

After nearly a quarter of a century, Cam Jansen remains a popular character, garnering new fans with each new title.

Kit never means to steal the bracelet; it is just a dumb mistake.

There is not time for explanations when Mr.

When the Hardy Boys take a winter vacation in Jamaica, Joe finds an ancient bronze death mask washed up near their beach house during a violent storm.

Danger is the name of the game when the Hardys agree to help their pen pal from Greece, Evan Pandropolos, search for a priceless, ancient Greek helmet.

Frank and Joe are called upon to find a wealthy industrialist’s son who has mysteriously disappeared.

When Frank and Joe Hardy receive a telegram from Tony Prito in Alaska telling them that his life is in jeopardy, they immediately make plans to fly to Tony’s rescue.

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Pirates, family, and the truth about Mo''s Upstream Mother collide in the conclusion to the Newbery Honor and New York Times bestselling Three Times Lucky

When the Colonel and Miss Lana share the clues about Mo''s watery origins that they''ve been saving, it seems the time is finally right for the Desperado Detectives (aka Mo, Dale, and Harm) to tackle the mystery of Mo''s Upstream Mother.

The boy detective is back with ten new exciting adventures Since 1963, when Dutton published Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective, the first book in the series, the brainy crime-stopper has been a favorite character among middle-grade readers.

Cam Jansen and her best friend, Eric, are spending three weeks at Camp Eagle Lake.

While on watch in the crow’s nest, the pirate kids spot something gaining on their ship: a ghost ship!

From the Newbery Award-winning author of THE WESTING GAME, more clever riddles and wordplay, clues to be found, and mysteries to be solved!

Winston Breen says the only thing better than discovering a puzzle is stumping someone else with it.

For thirteen-year-old Ellsworth, family has always been just him and his dad.

After four days in a row of indoor recess, Miss Mackle''s students are bored-until Harry decides to solve the biggest mystery ever in Room 3B!

With a past too terrible to speak of, and a bleak, lonely future ahead of her, Aerin Renning is shocked to find she has earned a place at the most exclusive school in the universe.

When Herculeah discovers a mysterious letter inside the lining of a secondhand coat, she suspects it''s a desperate cry for help.

Ever wonder who was the first kid to keep a wallet on a big chunky chain, or wear way-too-big pants on purpose?

Nancy receives an urgent call from her Aunt Eloise in New York, requesting her help in solving a mystery.

Mrs.

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Bess and George invite Nancy on a trip to New Orleans, to help their relatives solve a mystery.

A magazine article offering a large reward to anyone who can find a missing medieval stained-glass window intrigues Nancy.

When a neighbor asks Nancy Drew to accompany her to an old uninhabited mansion, a new mystery opens ups, and danger lurks on the second floor.

Nancy meets Helene and Henri Fontaine, refugees from Centorvia who run a dancing school in River Heights.

Nancy is given a beautiful gold bracelet and finds that one of the charms is missing.

A masquerade party at the Hendricks’ mansion quickly turns into a mystery when Nancy and her favorite date, Ned Nickerson, spy a stranger about to climb the rose trellis to the second story.

When Nancy learns that the Drews’ housekeeper has been duped by an elegantly dressed woman into buying a stolen fur piece, the young detective starts a search for the clever swindler.

Terry Scott, a young archaeology professor, seeks Nancy’s help in unearthing a secret of antiquity which can only be unlocked by three black keys.

Adventure abounds on the Bonny Scot in Boston Harbor as Nancy Drew helps Captain Easterly uncover the mystery of his ghostly visitors.

Nancy Drew and her friend Bess discover that a rare and valuable Chinese vase has been stolen from the pottery shop of Dick Milton, a cousin of Bess.

When Mrs.

Nancy Drew witnesses a purse snatching and runs after the thief.

Nancy becomes involved in another mystery when she accepts an invitation from Mrs.

When Nancy is asked to find a professional dancer who disappeared several years before, the young detective becomes involved in a mystery reaching far beyond a missing-person’s case.

Nancy Drew races against time to unravel the clues in a dead man’s letters.

An antique dealer’s revelation about a former queen’s priceless heirloom starts Nancy on a trail of exciting adventures.

Prompted by the concerns of a young child, Nancy investigates a small studio on the Chatham estate.

A friend of Carson Drew’s has been arrested and charged with sending a truck loaded with explosive oranges into the Space Center complex at Cape Kennedy.

From the moment Nancy Drew boards an ocean liner leaving for New York, she becomes involved in a new and dangerous mystery.

Challenging questions confront Nancy Drew when she attempts to solve the mystery of the strange tapping sounds in the house of a retired actress.