mystery fiction

Twelve-year-old detective Agatha Mistery and her cousin Larry, follow the criminal who set fire to a scientific laboratory in the Amazon jungle after having stolen a sample of fungi that could solve the problem of global pollution.

Larry and Agatha were preparing for Christmas Eve when cousin Darren appeared on the doorstep of the Mystery House. He asks the young detectives to help investigate a case handled by their ancestor Leonard Mystery. This is how Agatha and Larry's new adventure begins. They will visit the family crypt in Highgate Cemetery, go down a tunnel to an underground river and even end up in Buckingham Palace! The hunt for evidence becomes more and more interesting with each passing hour!.

When Taddy the Tadpole goes missing, Detective Duck and her friends in the Pond Squad are on the case.

Hinata is a shy fifth grader who ends up caring for his grandfather's former police dog, Chris, but soon finds out the great detective dog can be more scared than brave.

"Hinata, a shy boy in the fifth grade, receives his first-ever pet when his grandfather brings him Chris, a retired police dog with excellent training and top-notch skills. There's only one problem: whenever Chris sees a bug, they fly into a panic. Soon, however, their nose is put to the test, when during a walk, they hear police sirens blare...There's been a robbery at a nearby jewelry shop! As the police investigation stalls, Hinata and his plucky pooch stumble across a vital clue. Can the pair overcome their fears and catch the culprit?"--OCLC.

". . . a group of interactive short stories that invite the reader to solve the mystery themselves"--Provided by publisher.

Accompanying their journalist parents to the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, twelve-year-old Andy Kudo and his eleven-year-old sister Mika find themselves immersed in an augmented reality game developed by a former Olympic medalist, that brings players together from all over the world to search Tokyo for virtual medals and clues to the secretive creator's identity.

When high schooler Arcadia unexpectedly secures the notorious game-maker's internship, she and the other interns become players in the most twisted game yet.

Hope and Gordon Smith navigate the complexities of their extended family, but when Elizabeth Springer goes missing, Hope reveals that she is their grandmother and follows a cryptic letter hinting at more family secrets and an estranged grandfather.

Rising star Abel Miller has just landed a role in one of the hottest reboots on the Omni Channel, Sunset High. It looks like he?ll be yet another budding celebrity plucked from obscurity, but he has a secret: his brother, Adam, a mere production associate, died during the filming of the last attempt at Sunset High, and no one knows how or why. Abel is going to find out. But when he meets the other stars of the show?Lucky, Ryan, and Ella, along with creator Lake Carter?he realizes there?s even more darkness beneath the shimmer of fame. They all have their own secrets to hide, and one of them is willing to kill to keep it that way.