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Goldie Vance

Volume #1
Move over Nancy, Harriet, & Veronica. There's a new sleuth on the block! Sixteen-year-old Marigold "Goldie" Vance lives at a Florida resort with her dad, who manages the place. Her mom, who divorced her dad years ago, works as a live mermaid at a club downtown. Goldie has an insatiable curiosity, which explains her dream to one day become the hotel's in-house detective. When Charles, the current detective, encounters a case he can't crack, he agrees to mentor Goldie in exchange for her help solving the mystery.

Follow me

2020
"It's strange enough for Tamal to be the new kid in town. But it's even stranger to be living in the house that everyone wants to avoid, a house with a very deadly history. Nobody wants to talk about what happened ... nobody except the terrifying girl Tamal keeps encountering throughout the house. Tamal's parents can't see her, but he's sure she's there--and wants something from him. Tamal's family thought this house would be a new start ... but instead it might be a dead end"--Provided by publisher.
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The curse of the Cairo cat

2018
"In 1928, when a cursed Egyptian cat statue vanishes in the British Museum, nine-year-old investigator Lottie and her friends must follow the clues to find the missing cat"--Provided by publisher.

Smack dab in the middle of maybe

2019
"When Cricket's Aunt Belinda accidentally forgets her in the grocery store, Cricket decides to run away once and for all. But Cricket has to stay close by because even though her mama hasn't been in touch since she disappeared, she'll surely come back. And Cricket has to be there when she does. Because she needs answers"--Provided by publisher.

Thief river falls

Lisa Power is a tortured ghost of her former self. The author of a bestselling thriller called Thief River Falls, named after her rural Minnesota hometown, Lisa is secluded in her remote house as she struggles with the loss of her entire family: a series of tragedies she calls the "Dark Star." Then a nameless runaway boy shows up at her door with a terrifying story: he's just escaped death after witnessing a brutal murder - a crime the police want to cover up. Obsessed with the boy's safety, Lisa resolved to expose this crime, but powerful men in Thief River Falls are desperate to get the boy back, and now they want her too. Lisa and her young visitor have nowhere to go as the trap closes around them. Still under the strange, unforgiving threat of the Dark Sar, Lisa must find a way to save them both, or they'll become the victims of another shocking tragedy she can't foresee.

Mystery of the Island Jewels

by Joyce A. Stengel
2002
On a cruise to the Caribbean, fourteen-year-old Cassie Hartt hopes to reconnect with her father, who she hasn't seen since her parent's divorce.

Mystery at Skeleton Point

by Gertrude Chandler Warner
2002
When Grandfather's friend Charlotte bought a mysterious mansion known as Skeleton Point, she invited the Alden children to help her fix it up.

Too Many Secrets

by Betty Ren Wright
1997
Taking care of Miss Beane's dog, Benson, is turning out to be a very strange job. When Chad and Jeannie hear mysterious footsteps in Miss Beane's empty house, they decide to investigate. Looks like someone's been going through Miss Beane's things! What secrets are hidden in the old house?.

Case of the Surprise Call

by Melinda Metz
1999
Singing dragons, giant bunnies, mysterious phone calls. What did all these things have in common? They were clues in the weirdest case Ashley and I ever had!.

Demon's Den

1984
Their search for a kidnapped boy leads Frank & Joe right to a crazed scientist's deserted laboratory deep in the isolated Canadian wilderness.

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