Young Whit and the Shroud of Secrecy

Young Whit and the Shroud of Secrecy
Author: Dave Arnold
Publisher: NavPress
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2019-04-09
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1684281733

The backstory of John Avery Whittaker, the beloved patriarch of the Adventures in Odyssey audio dramas, continues with more intriguing mysteries and exciting action. Book 2 concerns a coffin previously hidden under the floor in an old, supposedly haunted mansion and the meaning behind an old journal bequeathed to Johnny by his grandfather.

Young Whit and the Shroud of Secrecy

Young Whit and the Shroud of Secrecy
Author: Dave Arnold
Publisher: Young Whit
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2019
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1589975855

"Johnny and his friends are out trick-or-treating on Halloween when they see a light in the window of a deserted mansion. When they investigate, they make a shocking discovery. Can Johnny uncover what's going on?"--

Young Whit and the Traitor's Treasure

Young Whit and the Traitor's Treasure
Author: Phil Lollar
Publisher: NavPress
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2018-09-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1684281288

This Odyssey book series explores the history of the much-loved character John Avery Whittaker. The series introduces newcomers to the larger world of Odyssey. For readers who are already Odyssey-philes, the novels provide the history of the franchise’s most important character. Whit and his family (father, Harold; stepmother, Fiona; half-sister, Charlie) have just moved to Provenance, NC, in the middle of the Great Depression. Harold will be teaching at nearby Duke University. Not-quite-10-year-old Johnny soon makes a friend in Emmy, who lives across the street and joins him in his adventures. At his new school, he encounters a bully who makes his life miserable, and he makes a new friend in Huck, the custodian. Both of them play key roles in the mysteries and action. The central mystery in book 1 involves Confederate gold missing since the end of the Civil War and the question of whether Johnny’s ancestor was the coward and thief who stole it, as everyone believes.

Young Whit and the Thieves of Barrymore

Young Whit and the Thieves of Barrymore
Author: Phil Lollar
Publisher: Focus on the Family
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2023-05-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1684282403

In Young Whit and the Thieves of Barrymore, the third book in the series, Johnny’s family adjusts to his stepmother Fiona’s blindness due to a riding accident. Johnny and his father, Harold, also discover more about the old journal and the mysterious cloth that seems to heal people miraculously. Meanwhile, Johnny and his friend Emmy investigate as mysterious strangers move into town. Are the strangers planning to rob the town’s bank? The Young Whit series welcomes newcomers to the Adventures in Odyssey universe, introducing them to the history of the much-loved character John Avery Whittaker. For readers who are already fans of Adventures in Odyssey, the novels provide the history of the franchise’s central character.

Opening Moves

Opening Moves
Author: Phil Lollar
Publisher: Focus on the Family
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2019-06-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1684281946

Discover The Blackgaard Chronicles, a new book series that explores more of the story beyond the Adventures in Odyssey audio drama series! An evil genius launches his attack on the heart of Odyssey. A conniving city councilman is secretly carrying out plans against John Avery Whittaker and Whit’s End. Yet Philip Glossman is only a pawn in a dark game played by the mysterious Dr. Regis Blackgaard. Meanwhile, against Whit’s express orders, Eugene and Connie tamper with a top-secret computer room—and the destructive Applesauce program is unleashed. Can Whit counter the forces opposing him? What does Dr. Blackgaard really want?

Knight’s Scheme

Knight’s Scheme
Author: Phil Lollar
Publisher: Focus on the Family
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2020-10-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1684282756

The scheming Dr. Regis Blackgaard continues his fevered pursuit of the Applesauce program and access to Whit’s End. This time, on a trip to Chicago, Whit and Connie get caught up in a dangerous mystery involving a stolen laptop, the Department of Defense, and some familiar (but not very friendly) faces. This fifth book of The Blackgaard Chronicles series introduces more of the story beyond the Adventures in Odyssey audio dramas.

Pawn's Play

Pawn's Play
Author: Phil Lollar
Publisher: Blackgaard Chronicles
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2018-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781589979277

The Blackgaard Chronicles introduces stories based on classic episodes of the Adventures in Odyssey audio program. Striking from the shadows, Blackgaard makes his moves. Petty thief and con artist Richard Maxwell joins forces with the diabolical Dr. Regis Blackgaard to rain down more trouble on the town of Odyssey. While Connie deals with complications of her own at Camp What-A-Nut, Eugene starts working at Campbell College in the computer department. He's quickly entangled in a grade-changing scheme and must step up to rescue an 11-year-old genius. Behind the scenes, Blackgaard makes moves to force our Odyssey friends into corners with no escape route. Will the power of good defeat Blackgaard's evil scheme?

Cross-Check

Cross-Check
Author: Phil Lollar
Publisher: Focus on the Family
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2019
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1589979818

"Evil Dr. Regis Blackguard is desperate to gain ownership of a building not far from Whit's End. To get it, he and his henchmen will resort to corruption and blackmail. Meanwhile, Connie longs to make things right with Whit. Can she convince him she can be trusted?"--

The Room of White Fire

The Room of White Fire
Author: T. Jefferson Parker
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2018-07-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0735212678

“Mesmerizing and haunting.”—Lisa Gardner “T. Jefferson Parker is the poet of American crime fiction, and The Room of White Fire absolutely proves why.”—C.J. Box In this stirring thriller from New York Times bestseller and award winner T. Jefferson Parker, P.I. Roland Ford must hunt down a soldier who is damaged by war, dangerous, and on the run. Roland Ford—once a cop, then a marine, now a private investigator—is good at finding people. But when he’s asked to locate an Air Force veteran who’s escaped from a mental institution, he realizes he’s been drawn into something deep and dark. What he doesn’t know is why a shroud of secrecy hangs over the disappearance of Clay Hickman—and why he’s getting a different story from everyone involved. In a flash, what began as just a job becomes a life-or-death obsession for Ford, pitting him against immensely powerful and treacherous people and forcing him to contend with chilling questions about truth, justice, and the American way. “A fast-paced, beautifully written thriller."—The Washington Post

The Painted Veil

The Painted Veil
Author: William Somerset Maugham
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 300
Release: 1925
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Kitty Fane's affair with Assistant Colonial Secretary Townsend is interrupted when she is taken from Hong Kong by her vengeful bacteriologist husband to work in a cholera epidemic.