detectives

"Toronto homicide detectives Pratt and Ellis are asked to investigate a series of hits-and-runs. They soon discover that these seemingly random incidents are linked by past crimes kept secret. Until now"--Back cover.

When Harriet's classmates find her secret notebook and read what she has written about them, they decide to make life miserable for her.

Hamster Holmes and his firefly sidekick, Dr. Watt, find a trail of clues in an inventor s workshop in this Level 2 Ready-to-Read story perfect for beginning readers! Hamster Holmes and Dr. Watt are called upon to investigate at the home of their friend, an inventor who thinks someone is trying to steal his ideas! At first, it seems like an open-and-shut case, until they find a new clue: a trail of freshly made footprints that ends suddenly. What kind of animal makes tracks like that? Hamster Holmes and Dr. Watt are on the case, but will they discover the culprit before the inventions are lost forever?.

Thirteen-year-old Lemony Snicket begins his apprenticeship with S. Theodora Markson of the secretive V.F.D. in the tiny dot of a town called Stain'd By The Sea, where he helps investigate the theft of a statue.

Inspector Monk investigates the disappearance of a well-to-do citizen of Victorian London, and the primary suspect is the man's depraved twin brother.

When Frank and Joe Hardy put a stop to the alarming, but mostly harmless, pranks of amateur moviemaker Seth Diller, a series of more dangerous copycat pranks leads them to a criminal group called the Red Arrow.

What’s going on at the art museum in Pleasant Valley? Did the Egyptian mummy really come to life after 3,000 years? The terrified night watchman claims that he saw the mummy walking around the museum. The very same night, the most valuable painting in the museum was cut out of its frame. Once again, young detectives Jerry and Maya are called in by the chief of police to get to the bottom of the strange and spooky events.

A robber has struck at Cafe Marzipan, Pleasant Valley's best bakery, three times in the past year and the police chief once again calls upon the super sleuthing skills of best friends Jerry and Maya to help him catch the tricky thief.

As she fights for the family company, Tandy Angel's detective prowess is called into question and her paranoia builds, forcing her to face the possibility that her stalker could be all in her head--or the very real danger that will finally bring her down.

"Frank Pandini Jr. is the mayor of Kalamazoo City, and everyone is celebrating--everyone except for Zengo, O'Malley, and Cooper, who can't seem to close a single case. To make matters worse, a mysterious hulking shadow has appeared in waters around KC. Could this spell the end for the Platypus Police Squad?"--Back cover.