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My name is Ted Spark. Three months ago, I solved the mystery of how my cousin Salim disappeared from a pod on the London Eye. This is the story of my second mystery. This summer, I went on holiday to New York, to visit Aunt Gloria and Salim. While I was there, a painting was stolen from the Guggenheim Museum, where Aunt Gloria works. Then Aunt Gloria was blamed for the theft, and I realised just how important it was to find the painting and discover who really had taken it.

Based on the extraordinary true story of America's first-ever female detective, this fast-paced adventure recounts feats of daring and danger...including saving the life of Abraham Lincoln! Eleven-year-old Nell Warne arrives on her aunt's doorstep lugging a heavy sack of sorrows. If her Aunt Kate rejects her, it's the miserable Home for the Friendless. Luckily, canny Nell makes herself indispensable to Aunt Kate...and not just by helping out with household chores. For Kate Warne is the first-ever female detective employed by the legendary Pinkerton Detective Agency.

Frannie doesn't know what to make of the poem she's reading in school. She hasn't thought much about hope. There are so many other things to think about. Each day, her friend Samantha seems a bit more "holy". And there is a new boy in class everyone is calling the Jesus Boy.

Olive Cobin Zang has . . . issues. And they mostly aren’t her fault. (No, really!) Though she often slips under the radar, problems have a knack for finding her. So, imagine her doubts when she’s suddenly dropped off at the strangest boarding school ever: a former castle turned prison that's now a “reforming arts school”!

Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are famous for solving murder mysteries. But there are many other intrigues in the pages of Hazel's casebook, from the macabre Case of the Deepdean Vampire, to the baffling Case of the Blue Violet, and their very first whodunit: the Case of Lavinia's Missing Tie.

When there are suspicious sightings around the bay (ghosts?! a sea monster?!)—who're you gonna call? An elite team of crime-fighting underdogs, that's who! The Misfits are on the case in the hilarious follow-up to the beloved New York Times bestseller!

The Biltmore in New York City is full of mysteries, and Elodie LaRue, a novice detective, plans to piece together the clues and solve the case of the missing jewels. Left behind by her globe-trotting detective parents once again, Elodie decides to prove she’s worthy of joining them on a case by setting up her own detective agency at her renowned Upper West Side home, The Biltmore. When a pair of sapphire and diamond earrings mysteriously disappear from Mrs. Vanderzoot’s apartment, Elodie is asked to solve the case.

Theodore Boone is obsessed with the courtroom, justice and prosecuting the guilty. But now 13-year-old Theo stands accused. Stolen property has been found in his locker and soon Theo is under investigation. Somebody is sabotaging his reputation and framing him as a criminal. As the evidence against him mounts, Theo must use all of his legal powers to chase down the real thief. Can Theo convince the police he's the victim of a crime he did not commit?

Maggie Fishbone wird auf das Midwatch-Institut für unerwünschte Mädchen geschickt. Doch Maggie stellt bald fest, dass das Institut nicht der schreckliche Ort ist, für den ihn alle halten. Im Gegenteil: The Midwatch heißt die verstoßenen Mädchen willkommen und ermutigt sie, ihre Talente einzusetzen und weitere nützliche Fähigkeiten wie Schlösserknacken und Morsen zu erlernen. Denn es sind die verstoßenen Mädchen des Midwatch-Instituts, die mit ihren besonderen Fähigkeiten Kriminalfälle lösen und die Stadt vor Bösewichten beschützen.

Pondville’s general store is being robbed! Harry’s first challenge as the new sheriff in town is to form a posse and catch the thieves. Humorous and daring antics ensue as these oddball characters engage in an attempt to nab the perpetrators. Excitement, lessons, and laughter await in this action adventure where the hooligans learn crime does not pay and neither does caving in to peer pressure or rude, cheeky behavior.

For sixth grader Sam Warren and his friends Catalina, Alistair, Jaesang, and Zoe, the effects of climate change are too pressing to ignore. Adults don’t seem to be up to the challenge of taking action to make real change, but kids know it’s their futures on the line. If their parents, teachers, and government officials won’t step up well, then, they will!

Ahoi! Florentine Blix ermittelt auf hoher See: Am Fördegymnasium wird eine Segel-AG angeboten. Bo ist begeistert und selbst Maja will teilnehmen - doch Florentine Blix kann sich kaum etwas Schlimmeres vorstellen. Sie hat sowieso keine Zeit, denn an der Küste wurde eine Flaschenpost angespült. Ein neuer mysteriöser Fall? Im Brief scheint es um einen Raub zu gehen und um einen Schatz auf einer Schatzinsel! Sogar ein Plan ist dabei - auch wenn er fast unleserlich ist. Liegt die Diebesbeute etwa auf der Ochseninsel vergraben, die die Segel-AG am Wochenende ansteuern will?

"Open the box," says Lucas. "Bet there's a body in it." Ruby doesn't want to open the abandoned grey cabinet partially hidden by falling snow but she does. And immediately wishes she hadn't. A grisly discovery starts a chilling chain of events. Can Ruby and Lucas stay one step ahead? Or will they be thrown to the wolves. When Lucas and Ruby find an abandoned trunk covered in snow, Lucas says there's bound to be a body inside. Ruby laughs but what if he's right? Nervously she starts to open it, and immediately wishes she hadn't.

When a mysterious girl attempts to stake her claim to the Snowcroft family fortune, Myrtle Hardcastle’s father, a lawyer, is asked to help prove—or disprove—her identity. Is this truly Ethel Snowcroft, believed to have been lost at sea with her parents, or a con artist chasing a windfall? Mr. Hardcastle’s pursuit of the case takes a detour when he’s hospitalized for a tonsillectomy—only to witness a murder. But where’s the victim? And who at the hospital could be harboring murderous intent? Myrtle is determined to find out before the killer comes after her father.

On the day they are born, each Swift is brought before the sacred Family Dictionary. They are given a name and a definition, and it is assumed they will grow up to match. Unfortunately, Shenanigan Swift has other ideas. So what if her relatives all think she's destined to turn out as a troublemaker, just because of her name? Shenanigan knows she can be whatever she wants - pirate, explorer or even detective. Which is lucky, really, because when one of the Family tries to murder Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude, someone has to work out whodunit.

Olivia findet ein Leben als Prinzessin ziemlich langweilig. Deswegen bedauert sie es nicht, als ihre königlichen Eltern abgesetzt werden und sie den Palast verlassen müssen. Endlich kann Olivia in eine normale Schule gehen, echte Freunde finden und etwas über Naturwissenschaften lernen. Als das Wetter verrücktspielt, ist Olivia überzeugt, dass sie mithilfe der Wissenschaft die Gründe dafür aufdecken kann. Sie beschließt, Klima-Detektivin zu werden und mit ihren Schulfreunden die Zusammenhänge zu erforschen.

Nach "Der Junge, der Gedanken lesen konnte" und "Entführung mit Jagdleopard" kommt nun der neue Detektivfall von Kirsten Boie: Bei Fee Ranzmeier, Jamie-Lees reicher Freundin, wird eingebrochen! Da versteht es sich von selbst, dass Jamie-Lee sofort in die Ermittlungen einsteigt. Als die beiden Freundinnen dann Mesut und Valentin kennenlernen, ist das Team komplett und die Einbrecherjagd kann beginnen. Die vier Spürnasen nehmen das Umfeld der Familie Ranzmeier unter die Lupe. Und wer hätte das gedacht: Sowohl der Chauffeur als auch der Bodyguard haben mächtig Dreck am Stecken.

Marcel, quattordici anni, è il promettente portiere del Saint-Denis, una piccola squadra della periferia di Parigi. Quando per errore si trova a partecipare, invece che a uno stage sul calcio, a uno per giovani ambientalisti, per lui non è una bella sorpresa. Ma è troppo tardi per tornare indietro: Marcel e i suoi motivatissimi compagni di corso si trovano al Nido del falco, un forte nelle Alpi dove cominciano a succedere fatti strani.

A Collerotondo la vita scorre tranquilla - troppo tranquilla - direbbe subito Zoe, mescolando disgusto e sarcasmo sul suo volto di quattordicenne che ha fretta di crescere. Poche case, molti vecchietti, e come sola attrattiva un ristorante stellato, La lupa e la luna, che suo fratello Achille, undici anni e un (presunto) futuro da chef, ha subito dichiarato di dover assolutamente provare. Quando però il proprietario del ristorante viene trovato morto, ucciso con un colpo di pistola, il noioso paese di provincia diventa il teatro di un mistero.

Minis storebror Mads bliver beskyldt for at stjæle en pung, men Mini ved, at han er uskyldig. Hun kan se på Mads, når han lyver, og det gør han ikke nu. Men hvordan skal hun bevise det? Mini og hendes veninde Maxi beslutter sig for at opklare sagen.