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Their efforts to recover a stolen ancient chess piece lead the Hardy brothers to Hong Kong where they help smash an international criminal organization.

While helping run Jerry Taylor's general store, the Alden children investigate his mysterious employee Nancy.

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.

P.C. Hawke and his partner MacKenzie are two cool, teenaged sleuths. Their friend Tom the janitor has been accused of murdering the head biologist at New York City's Museum of Natural History. They know Tom couldn't be the real killer so they start investigating and find a strange, precious artifact and a huge arachnid.

"P.T. and his friend Gloria must solve a mystery at the world's wackiest motel: The Wonderland"--

The adventures of the Alden family as they ride across country in a caboose that has a strange history---or is it a mystery?

When Maggie's pet cricket is stolen, she and her friends embark on a serch for the "pirate" thief which ensues in a small tragedy, but the making of a new friends.

The town's ten-year-old walking encyclopedia again solves ten neighborhood mysteries. The final solutions to the cases are at the back of the book, giving the reader a chance to compare his skill to that of Encyclopedia Brown.

High school senior Karen, who worries that her psychic powers will make her seem different from other people, is frightened at first when a young policeman asks her to use her gift to help the police locate missing children.

In this prequel to the Mysterious Benedict Society series, nine-year-old Nicholas Benedict, an orphan afflicted with an unfortunate nose and with narcolepsy, is sent to a new orphanage where he encounters vicious bullies, selfish adults, strange circumstances, and a mystery that could change his life forever.