M for Mystery

M for Mystery
Author: Girja Rani Asthana, Manorama Jafa, Nilima Sinha, Ira Saxena, Surekha Panandiker, Girja Rani Asthana, Manorama Jafa, Nilima Sinha, Ira Saxena Deepa Agarwal
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-12-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9789350361238

12 mystery stories for a satisfying read.� Children smell something fishy in their neighbourhood and before they know it, are on an exciting trail ... The characters are people you might meet around the corner and the incidents are such that can happen to you or your friends one of these days.� Secret papers, sinister crooks, a prowling tiger ... and lots more ! Ages 13 to 16 years

Body in the Transept

Body in the Transept
Author: Jeanne M. Dams
Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2012-12-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 144830072X

For Dorothy Martin, a widowed American who’s moved to the England she so loves, the Christmas service is painful enough. It is her first holiday without Frank. And stumbling over the body of Canon Billings does nothing to improve her mood. Of course, she does get to meet Chief Constable Alan Nesbitt, and a good mystery on a chilly English night does have some appeal . . .

Mystery of the Night Watchers

Mystery of the Night Watchers
Author: A.M. Howell
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2021-07-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1801312346

From the award-winning author of The Garden of Lost Secrets and The House of One Hundred Clocks, A.M. Howell, comes a gripping new adventure filled with buried secrets and dark lies, set against the evocative backdrop of the Edwardian era. MAY, 1910. As the blazing Halley's comet draws close to the earth, Nancy is uprooted to start a new life in Suffolk with a grandfather she has never met. With every curtain drawn shut, Nancy is forbidden from leaving her grandfather's house: no one must know that her or her mother are there. Yet, when Nancy discovers the house's secret observatory, she watches her mother and grandfather creep out every night... Where are they going? And why mustn't any of them be seen? As the mysteries pile up, Nancy has to bring dark secrets from the past to light - even if doing so will put her own life at risk.

File M for Murder

File M for Murder
Author: Miranda James
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2012-01-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101554363

In this mystery in the New York Times bestselling Cat in the Stacks series, librarian Charlie Harris and his cat Diesel must clear the name of someone near and dear to their hearts—Charlie’s own daughter. Athena College’s new writer in residence is a famous native son, playwright Connor Lawton, known for his sharp writing—and sharper tongue. After an unpleasant encounter, librarian Charlie Harris heads home to a nice surprise: his daughter, Laura, is visiting and will be subbing for another professor this fall semester. It’s great news until he hears who got her the job: her old flame, Connor Lawton... Fearing competition for Connor’s affections, one of his admirers tries to drive Laura out of town. And then, before Connor finishes the play he is writing, he is murdered—and Laura is the prime suspect. Knowing she’s innocent, Charlie and his faithful sidekick, Diesel, follow Connor’s cluttered trail of angry lovers, bitter enemies, and intriguing library research to find the true killer before his daughter is forever cataloged under “M”—for murderer.

A Dangerous Thing

A Dangerous Thing
Author: Josh Lanyon
Publisher: JustJoshin Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2021-01-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1937909085

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch... Bookseller Adrien English arrives at Pine Shadow Ranch to find a corpse in his driveway. By the time the local sheriffs arrive, the body has disappeared. What happened to the dead man? Who are the mysterious strangers excavating on Adrien's remote property? And will he ever sort out his problems with LAPD Homicide Detective Jake Riordan?

Fatal Shadows

Fatal Shadows
Author: Josh Lanyon
Publisher: JustJoshin Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2021-01-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1937909077

When a bookstore owner is accused of murdering his ex-lover, proving his innocence might lead a hard-nosed detective to a fatal attraction… Thirty-five-year-old gay bookseller Adrien English searches for love between the pages. As a sensitive intellectual with a heart condition, his dating life is gathering dust on the shelves. But when police name him the prime suspect in the brutal murder of his friend and employee, Adrien doesn't expect his best hope for romance to be assigned to the case… Detective Jake Riordan is hungry to climb the ranks. All he has to do for a promotion is nail the handsome bookstore owner for an obvious crime of passion. If only he could stop fantasizing about the suspect instead of the "normal" wife and family his career demands… As Riordan’s investigation heats up and the suspect insists on his innocence, the detective doubts both Adrien's guilt and his ability to resist the man's understated charms. Can they turn the crime into passion, or will a killer on the loose write The End?

The Buried Bones Mystery

The Buried Bones Mystery
Author: Sharon M. Draper
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 77
Release: 2011-07-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1442431520

Four boys who call themselves the Black Dinosaurs dig up a mysterious box of bones in this first book of the classic chapter book series by award-winning author Sharon M. Draper. Ziggy and his friends Rico, Rashawn, and Jerome build a clubhouse in Ziggy’s backyard and decide to bury their secret treasures nearby. But when the boys start digging, they uncover a box of bones and are swept up in a mystery more intriguing—and scary—than anything they could have imagined. Who could have buried a box of bones behind their clubhouse?

The Valentine's Day Mystery

The Valentine's Day Mystery
Author: Marion M. Markham
Publisher:
Total Pages: 52
Release: 1992
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780395615898

On Valentine's Day twin detectives Kate and Mickey investigate a case involving a vanished garnet pin and a maestro of classical music.

Beware Dawn! (The Baby-Sitters Club Mystery #2)

Beware Dawn! (The Baby-Sitters Club Mystery #2)
Author: Ann M. Martin
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 107
Release: 2014-02-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545690595

The hit series is back, to charm and inspire another generation of baby-sitters! When Dawn starts getting threatening notes and odd phone calls while she's baby-sitting, she doesn't know what to do. The notes are signed "Mr. X," and they're beginning to get scary. Normally, she'd tell the rest of the BSC, but this time things are different.The kids at Stoneybrook Elementary are having a Sitter of the Month Contest. The Sitter of the Month has to be someone who is in control--someone whose jobs always go smoothly. Dawn doesn't want to blow her chances at winning. But what if she's in real danger?The best friends you'll ever have are detectives, too!

Find Me When I'm Lost

Find Me When I'm Lost
Author: Cheryl A. Head
Publisher: Bywater Books
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2020-07-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1612941761

Shortlisted for the 2021 Lambda Literary Award in LGBTQ Mystery. When Charlie Mack is hired by her ex-husband’s new wife Pamela, things get awkward quickly. Her ex, Franklin, has been charged with his brother-in-law’s murder. Charlie and Pamela both believe he didn’t do it, but he’s gone into hiding for some reason neither of them understands. To the police, it adds up to easy guilt, but to Charlie, it indicates that Franklin has stumbled onto something that likely comes with life-threatening complications. Charlie wants proof the case doesn’t involve a double-cross, and when the Mack Investigations team throws all their assets at the case, Charlie's girlfriend, Mandy begins to worry that Charlie’s all-out efforts to find Franklin might be driven by lingering romantic feelings. In the end, everyone involved must figure out which loyalties run deeper than love.