The Mystery of the Suspicious Spices

The Mystery of the Suspicious Spices
Author: Harper Paris
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 65
Release: 2014-12-09
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1481414690

Ethan and Ella discover some suspicious spices in a market in Mumbai, India, in the sixth book of Greetings from Somewhere, an exciting series about mystery, travel, and adventure. Ethan and Ella venture into the bustling markets of Mumbai, India, where there are tons of beautiful sights and smells—from silky fabrics to bread being baked to jars of spices. When one of the spice sellers starts getting complaints about his saffron, he is beside himself. His spices have always been known to be the purest in the market. Ethan and Ella are on the case—and they soon discover that someone has been meddling with the spices! With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Greetings from Somewhere chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.

The Mystery of the Suspicious Spices

The Mystery of the Suspicious Spices
Author: Harper Paris
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 65
Release: 2014-12-09
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1481414674

In a Mumbai market, twin detectives Ethan and Ella investigate why a spice seller's spices have suddenly gone bad.

The Mystery of the Gold Coin

The Mystery of the Gold Coin
Author: Harper Paris
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2014-01-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 144249719X

Second graders Ethan and Ella are sad about moving away from their hometown to travel the world with their mom, a journalist, and dad, who will home school them, but before they go they have a mystery to solve.

The Mystery of the Mosaic

The Mystery of the Mosaic
Author: Harper Paris
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2014-01-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1442497238

After arriving in Venice, Ethan and Ella embark on a high-speed gondola chase in the second book of this chapter book series about mystery, travel, and adventure. When Ethan and Ella first land in Venice, they are in awe of all the canals and tiny little streets. They’re especially excited to look for a five-hundred-year-old-mosaic near Calle Farnese that Grandpa Harry tells them about. While the twins are out getting gelato later that day, they notice someone looking around suspiciously as he unties a gondola from a dock. The next morning, the twins hear two gondoliers arguing, one of them accusing the other of stealing his most beautiful boat. The gondolier begs Ethan and Ella to help him find the boat. They agree, and also tell the man they need to get to Calle Farnese. Will the twins be able to find the stolen gondola and their Grandpa’s favorite mosaic...before dinner? With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Greetings from Somewhere chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.

The Mystery of the Lion's Tail

The Mystery of the Lion's Tail
Author: Harper Paris
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2014-09-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 148141464X

"Twins Ethan and Ella are in the Maasai Mara in Kenya, and there's another mystery to solve. Where are all the lions? Ethan and Ella spot lots of cool animals, but the one they're most excited about, they can't seem to find"--Provided by publisher.

The Mystery of the Stolen Painting

The Mystery of the Stolen Painting
Author: Harper Paris
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2014-05-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1481402986

Excited to be in Paris, Ethan and Ella are on the hunt for a secret bakery and a stolen painting in the third book of Greetings from Somewhere, a chapter book series about mystery, travel, and adventure. Ethan and Ella are excited to get to Paris—they’ve only ever seen pictures of the Eiffel Tower! After arriving, the twins receive an email from their beloved Grandpa Harry. He tells them that there’s a secret bakery near the Louvre museum—so secret, in fact, that you need a password to get inside. Lucky for the twins, their dad wants to take them to see some artwork at the Louvre. But while they’re browsing paintings at the museum, alarms suddenly go off, the building is evacuated, and tons of police show up outside. A painting has been stolen! And Ethan and Ella are on the case! Can they manage to find the stolen painting and the secret bakery without giving themselves away? With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Greetings from Somewhere chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.

Magic and Mystery: Free Series Starter Boxed Set

Magic and Mystery: Free Series Starter Boxed Set
Author: C.J. Archer
Publisher: C.J. Archer
Total Pages: 1062
Release: 2020-02-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

4 novels. 4 series beginnings. All free. Magic and Mystery is a collection of the first books in four different series written by USA Today bestselling author, C.J. Archer. Each novel is intended to give you an introduction to fascinating new stories featuring magical fantasy, puzzling mysteries, enigmatic heroes and independent heroines. Hopefully you will find a brand new series to start (or maybe four!) The Watchmaker's Daughter (Glass and Steele book 1) India Steele is desperate. Her father is dead, her fiancé took her inheritance, and the only person who'll employ her is a mysterious man from America. A man who possesses a watch that keeps him alive. The Last Necromancer (The Ministry of Curiosities book 1) A waif, her kidnapper, and a twist you won't see coming. Charlie is being hunted for her dark magic, but only one man succeeds in capturing her. A man known as Death, as compelling as he is frightening. The Palace of Lost Memories (After the Rift book 1) The king's magnificent palace was built in a matter of weeks. No one saw the builders and no villagers are allowed beyond the gilded gate until a noblewoman is poisoned. The village doctor and his daughter, Josie, are allowed inside, but Josie soon learns the palace won't surrender its secrets easily, for not a single resident has a memory from before the palace existed. The Wrong Girl (The 1st Freak House book 1) It's customary for Gothic novels to include a mysterious girl locked in the attic. Hannah just wishes she wasn't that girl. As a narcoleptic with a strange affliction, Hannah knows she's lucky to have a roof over her head. Yet freedom is something she longs for. She did not, however, want her freedom to arrive in the form of abduction. Especially when she realizes her kidnappers got the wrong girl. KEYWORDS: Anthology, free boxed set, box set, series, fantasy, fantasy romance, steampunk, gaslamp fantasy, Victorian romance, romantic fantasy, paranormal romance, bundle, bundled ebooks, free books, collection

The Magician's Death (Hugh Corbett Mysteries, Book 14)

The Magician's Death (Hugh Corbett Mysteries, Book 14)
Author: Paul Doherty
Publisher: Headline
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2012-10-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0755350413

The search for a coded book of secrets leads to dramatic repercussions... In Paul Doherty's The Magician's Death, Hugh Corbett's must decipher a book of secrets and keep in check rivalries, passions and brutal murders. Perfect for fans of Ellis Peters and Susanna Gregory. The monk and scholar Roger Bacon claimed to have seen many marvels of nature and science and concealed these in a book written in an unbreakable code. Sir Hugh Corbett has been instructed to organise agents in Paris to steal this Book of Secrets. They do so but pay a violent price and the French King Philip IV now wishes a meeting between the scholars of England and France to discuss breaking the code. Edward I has no choice but to allow the meeting to take place at Corfe Castle, which becomes a place of murder and mayhem. Young women from the castle are being slain whilst horrific things are witnessed in the nearby forest. The situation becomes more serious when two of the French scholars die in sinister circumstances. Corbett and Ranulf-atte-Newgate have to thread this maze of malevolent murder whilst trying to decipher the great secrets of one of England's most outstanding scholars. What readers are saying about The Magician's Death: 'Doherty's novel is written with a great flow, action and description and creates a vivid picture of the time and people' 'This is one of the best books so far...exciting and unputdownable' 'Murder, intrigue, treachery, a little romance, and lots of action combine to give the reader an excellent read'

Summer on a Mountain of Spices

Summer on a Mountain of Spices
Author: Harvey Jacobs
Publisher:
Total Pages: 362
Release: 1975
Genre: Indiana
ISBN: 9780060121563

"Captures the lusty flavor of two weeks at the [Catskills'] Willow Spring Hotel in August of 1945, when World War II ended"--from front jacket flap.