Encyclopedia looks into the strange appearances of a ghost rider: is it the Wildcat Kid returned from the grave for revenge or is someone trying to drive down the price of land in Old Glenville?.
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.
Ten mysteries solved by Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown are given in a separate section challenging the reader to match wits with the ten-year-old mastermind of Idaville's war on crime.
Idaville's secret weapon against lawbreakers, ten-year-old Encyclopedia Brown, assists the police force with ten insoluble cases. Solutions are at the back of the book.
Twelve-year-old Angie, while tracking a gang of teenage thieves to help her sister who is a police officer, becomes dangerously involved with counterfeiters.