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An English murder: a mystery
Par Louise Doughty. 1998
Alison, a young newspaper reporter, lives in a small English village where nothing ever happens. But then the couple next…
door is murdered and their teenaged daughter disappears. When someone offers Alison a clue to the girl's whereabouts, she must decide on a course of action. Some strong language. 1998Swept Away: Ruth Mornay and the Unwanted Clues
Par Natalie Hyde. 2023
Suspicious of her neighbour Beatrice’s untimely death, Ruth Mornay teams up with Bea’s godson Saul to figure out what happened…
that night on the flooded banks of the Teeswater River. Ruth, Saul, and Ruth’s pet chicken Dorcas scour the box of seemingly random junk that Bea left behind for clues.Jitterbug: a novel of Detroit
Par Loren Estleman. 1998
Detroit, 1943. A serial killer is roaming the city murdering people suspected of hoarding ration coupons. Lieutenant Max Zagreb uses…
all the methods available--legal and illegal--to track down the culprit. Meanwhile, police contend with growing racial unrest that explodes into a race riot. Violence and strong language. 1998The smuggler's treasure (History Mysteries, American Girl)
Par Sarah Buckey. 1999
1814. Eleven-year-old Elisabet Holder travels from Boston to New Orleans to live with relatives after her father, a ship's captain,…
is captured by the British during the War of 1812. There she stumbles upon a treasure map that could provide her father's ransom. For grades 4-7. 1999The collected stories
Par Amanda Cross. 1997
Ten short mysteries, all but one featuring professor Kate Fansler. All were previously published by the pseudonymous academic, Amanda Cross.…
In these selections, the calamities range from missing persons to murderThe souvenir
Par Patricia Carlon. 1996
Four years ago Marion Burton's brother Jack was stabbed to death when he tried to separate two teenage girls who…
were quarreling in an Australian park. Each girl claimed the other one did it, and neither has ever changed her statement. Now Marion takes all the legal files and clippings about the case to Jefferson Shields and asks him to solve the puzzleGallows Hill
Par Lois Duncan. 1997
When her mother marries, Californian Sarah Zoltanne is forced to spend her senior year in a small Missouri town. At…
the Halloween festival, Sarah reluctantly agrees to play fortune teller. Using her Hungarian grandmother's crystal ball, Sarah really sees things that frighten her--especially when they happen. Some violence. For grades 6-9Wings of fires
Par Charles Todd. 1998
Inspector Ian Rutledge from Scotland Yard is sent to Cornwall to investigate three recent deaths in a prominent family. He…
discovers one victim was a famous poet whose works involved the Great War. Although still suffering from shell shock, Rutledge discovers more ghastly murders in the family's past. Some violenceDeath in a cold hard light
Par Francine Mathews. 1998
Nantucket police detective Merry Folger is puzzled when her police chief father interrupts her vacation with her fiancé. The body…
of Harvard-dropout-turned-scalloper Jay Santorski was found in the harbor. Although the chief seems to suspect foul play, he doesn't appear to be giving Merry all of the case details. Strong language"N" is for noose
Par Sue Grafton. 1998
Kinsey Millhone is hired by a detective's widow to investigate the last few weeks of her husband's life in tiny…
Nota Lake. Millhone discovers uncooperative neighbors and a connection to an old murder case in her own hometown of Santa Teresa. Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 1998Visitors
Par R. L Stine. 2001
Ben Shipley is obsessed with meeting an alien. He spends most of his time searching strange web sites and chatrooms…
for signs of life from outer space. But what will happen when he does encounter actual aliens? For grades 5-8. 2001The wrong dog: a Rachel Alexander and Dash mystery
Par Carol Benjamin. 2000
Private detective Rachel Alexander is hired by Sophie Gordon to track down a dog-cloning company that, after providing a flawed…
replacement puppy for Sophie's beloved service dog, has disappeared. But soon Sophie is murdered, and Rachel and her pit bull, Dashiell, investigate. Some violence and some strong language. 2000The case of the dog camp mystery
Par Judy Katschke. 2001
Detective twins Ashley and Mary-Kate take Clue, their bassett hound, with them to Camp Barkaway. Clue disappears from their cabin,…
however, and the girls are afraid she's been stolen. But who has a motive? For grades 4-7. Bestseller. 2001The missing horse mystery (Nancy Drew And The Hardy Boys Ser. #No. 6)
Par Carolyn Keene. 1998
Nancy Drew and her pal, Bess, are meeting friends at a dressage championship in Illinois that features expensive and well-trained…
horses. Problems arise including a stable fire and a horse theft. Nancy suspects someone is sabotaging the competition. For grades 4-7. 1998The running woman
Par Patricia Carlon. 1998
Australian teenager Carol Zamia is found dead in a creek. A neighbor saw a woman in white running from the…
scene, and Zamia's parents accuse the young widow Gabriel Endicott. Gabriel admits to being at the crime scene but says she knows nothing about the murder. Now she must prove itSink or swim
Par Gerald Hammond. 1996
Wallace James's activity level is slowed by heart trouble and angina, but he still works in his sporting-goods shop in…
the highlands of Scotland. Listening to his CB radio, he overhears a blackmail attempt. It seems Colonel McInsch had failed to save a neighbor from drowning. Now there is some doubt as to the death's accidental nature. With his wife Janet's help, James investigatesTroubled waters
Par Carolyn Wheat. 1997
Jan Gebhardt surrenders after being a fugitive for fifteen years, accused of killing a federal agent while transporting illegal aliens.…
Her old acquaintance, attorney Cass Jameson, is worried that Jan may implicate her former boyfriend, a paraplegic veteran who is also Cass's brother. Strong language and violenceTrouble in warp space (The hardy Boys Ser. ##172)
Par Franklin Dixon. 2002
The Hardy brothers visit the set of a TV science fiction show Warp Space, but it's not as much fun…
as they'd hoped. Not only is the show in danger of being canceled, but suspicious accidents occur that cause Frank and Joe to investigate. For grades 4-7. 2002The case of the screaming scarecrow
Par Judy Katschke. 1999
The Olsen twins are planning a Halloween party with their friends when things start going awry. Spiders crawl out of…
the candy and someone sends scary warnings. Mary-Kate and Ashley think it's all fun until they hear a creepy, scarecrow-sounding scream. For grades 4-7. Bestseller. 2001