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Encyclopedia Brown volume 9
Pub. Date
2008, c1972
Description
Encyclopedia Brown, brilliant fifth-grade amateur detective, solves ten crimes. The reader may match solutions with those at the end of the book.
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Encyclopedia Brown volume 10
Pub. Date
2008, c1973
Description
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.
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Encyclopedia Brown volume 28
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Idaville's secret weapon against lawbreakers, ten-year-old Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown, helps the police force solve ten new cases, the solutions to which are found in the back of the book.
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Encyclopedia Brown volume 11
Pub. Date
2008, c1974
Description
The solutions to 10 mysteries solved by Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown are given in a separate section challenging the reader to match wits with the 10-year-old mastermind of Idaville's war on crime.
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Hardy Boys mystery stories volume 17
Pub. Date
1994
Description
Strange events involve Frank and Joe Hardy in a mystery which shrouds an ancient treasure—the golden head of the Pharaoh Rhamaton IV. The owner of the million-dollar golden Pharaoh’s head claims it was aboard the freighter Katawa, which sank not far from Whalebone Island. But suspicious developments indicate that Mehmet Zufar may be trying to defraud the shipping line’s insurance company. Frank and Joe enthusiastically accept...
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Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 9
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While solving the mystery of an old man's disappearing fortune, Nancy ends a family feud and reveals the identity of an orphan of unknown parentage.
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The classic legal thriller that inspired the blockbuster film starring Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington
“There is a propulsiveness to [Grisham’s] narrative that keeps the pages turning briskly.”—People
In suburban Georgetown, a killer’s Reeboks whisper on the floor of a posh home. In a seedy D.C. porno house a patron is swiftly...
“There is a propulsiveness to [Grisham’s] narrative that keeps the pages turning briskly.”—People
In suburban Georgetown, a killer’s Reeboks whisper on the floor of a posh home. In a seedy D.C. porno house a patron is swiftly...
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Detective Varg novels volume 1
Pub. Date
[2019]
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"The detectives who work in Malmo Police's Department of Sensitive Crimes take their job very seriously. The lead detective, Ulf Varg, prioritizes his cases above even his dog's mental health. Then there are detectives Anna Bengsdotter, who keeps her relationship with Varg professional even as she realizes she's developing feelings for him . . . or at least for his car, and Carl Holgersson, first to arrive in the morning and last to leave, who would...
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Encyclopedia Brown volume 5
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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.
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Encyclopedia Brown volume 3
Pub. Date
2007, c1966
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Presents the essential facts of ten mysteries, giving the reader the opportunity to solve the cases before examining the boy detective's solutions.
14) The haunted fort
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Hardy Boys mystery stories volume 44
Pub. Date
1965
Description
A long-distance telephone call from Chet Morton’s uncle summons Frank and Joe Hardy and their staunch pal Chet to a summer art school, located near old Fort Senandaga which is reputed to be inhabited by a ghost. The young detectives’ assignment: recover two famous oil paintings stolen from the valuable Prisoner-Painter collection owned by Jefferson Davenport. Mr. Davenport reveals that one of the famous pictures contains a clue to the...
16) Arthur accused!
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Pub. Date
c1998
Description
Arrthur's friend Buster is searching for a crime to solve, so when the quarters Arthur has collected for Mrs. MacGrady's charity drive disappear, Buster is on the case. Will he be able to prove Arthur's innocence so that he can attend the class picnic?
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Department Q volume 7
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"Detective Carl Mørck of Department Q, Copenhagen's cold cases division, meets his toughest challenge yet when the dark, troubled past of one of his own team members collides with a sinister unsolved murder. In a Copenhagen park the body of an elderly woman is discovered. The case bears a striking resemblance to another unsolved homicide investigation from over a decade ago, but the connection between the two victims confounds the police. Across...
18) The birdcage
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"In the spirit of Lisa Jewell and Kate Morton, an emotional mystery set in the rugged remote landscape of north Cornwall full of dark secrets and twists, about three unusual sisters forced to confront the past"--
20) Mortal arts
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"Scotland, 1830. Lady Kiera Darby is no stranger to intrigue--in fact, it seems to follow wherever she goes. After her foray into murder investigation, Kiera must journey to Edinburgh with her family so that her pregnant sister can be close to proper medical care. But the city is full of many things Kiera isn't quite ready to face: the society ladies keen on judging her, her fellow investigator--and romantic entanglement--Sebastian Gage, and ultimately,...