Central Kansas Library System

In blitz-torn England while German bombers storm the skies over London, Joseph Higgins (victim numger one) dies of most unnatural causes on a operating table in Heron's Park Hospital under the eyes of seven witnesses! Then a young lady (victim number two) is found on the operating table, dead! Unless someone stops the clever killer, victim number three will soon be dispatched.

Even though Abby, the club president, is out of town, Stacy and the rest of the Cul-de-sac Kids vote to have a yard sale to raise money to buy flags for Flag Day.

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.

While visiting the seaport town of Ragged Cove, Massachusetts, the Alden children find the ship's log of the Flying Cloud, shipwrecked in 1869, supposedly during a mutiny.

Frank and Joe feel that the solution to a counterfeit case and one their father is investigating is hidden in an old mill that is used for making secret parts for missiles.

A series of practical jokes at a restored nineteenth-century farmhouse makes the Aldens wonder if the ghost of its builder is at work.

A teenage girl is kidnapped, but when freed, is accused of masterminding the scheme to extort money from her wealthy grandmother.

The Aldens investigate when exotic and endangered animals begin to disappear from the zoo where their new friend Lindsey works.

While helping their grandfather prepare for Greenfield's Winter Festival, the Alden children uncover a mystery surrounding the statue in the town square.

While spending two days touring a zoo to see the baby animals, the four Alden children, aged six to fourteen, help catch an escaped monkey, participate in a photography contest, and investigate a missing camera.