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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.

Seven-year-olds Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy make observations and gather clues that convince them that their older siblings, cousin, and animals have been captured by hungry space aliens.

At a glamorous spa, beautiful young Elizabeth Longe tries to discover the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of her beloved sister, Leila LaSalle, a successful actress, and finds her life in danger.

Ten brief cases allow the reader to match wits with ten-year-old crime-buster, Encyclopedia Brown, as he locates stolen jewels, retrieves a stuffed tiger, and more. Solutions are included at the back of the book.

A fifth-grader uses her photographic memory, her mother, and her friend Eric to find a missing reel of a monster film they go to see.

Alexandra Gaither is a beautiful lawyer who finally has the power to get what she's always wanted: justice. Armed with new evidence that could lead to an arrest and a conviction, Alex revisits the remote Texas town where her mother died twenty-five years ago. There she confronts the three powerful men who were with her mother the night she died: her former lover, his best friend, and the father figure to them both. Each is charming, each is a suspect,...

Hank the Cowdog investigates reports of a phantom dog on the ranch.

Henry, Jessie, Vioet and Benny Alden are brothers and sisters - and tehy're orphans. The only way they can stay together is to make it on their own. One night, during a storm, the children find an old red boxcar that keeps them warm and safe. They decide to make it their home.

A Scandal in Bohemia -- The Red-headed league -- A case of identify -- The Boscombe Valley mystery -- The Five orange pips -- The Man with the twisted lip -- The Adventure of the blue carbuncle -- The Adventure of the speckled bnad -- The Adventure of the engineer's thumb -- The Adventure of the noble bachelor -- The Adventure of the beryl coronet -- The Adventure of the copper beeches.

Hank the Cowdog has one of the scariest adventures of his life when he and his cowardly companion, Drover, find themselves in a strange and spooky place on Halloween night.