Winston Breen loves to do puzzles more than anything else - word puzzles, number puzzles, he even sees puzzles in wrapping paper! When a box Winston buys his sister for her birthday reveals a hidden clue in a treasure hunt, Winston and Katie join a collection of sinister grown-ups on the trail...
Book Genre: Mystery
Charity Meyers knows what she should do if she's taken.It's 2035, and kidnapping is a career choice for many money minded individuals in the United States. Charity has gone through trainings on kidnapping procedure and lives in a gated and secured neighborhood, escorted to school every day by...
Emily and her family have just moved to a new house out in the country. Emily thinks it is going to be really boring with no close neighbors and nothing but trees in every direction. When she goes to explore the woods, Emily finds a locked and abandoned playhouse. Through the window, she sees...
The story follows a group of girls with spy power skills as they navigate an old city under New York and fight crime. It couldn't get any better - with tips on disguises, how to tell if someone's lying to you, and self-defense, this is a sure-fire winner. I loved it!
Seikei is the son of a merchant but he wishes he could be a samurai. In medieval Japan, one cannot change the social class he was born into, so all Seikei can do is dream. When Seikei witnesses suspicious events surrounding a robbery at an inn, he helps the high-ranked Judge Ooka solve the case...
Gilda Joyce is a 13-year-old with a vivid imagination. She involves herself in a number of careers, one of which is psychic investigator. As summer vacation approaches, Gilda finds herself with nothing much to do except spy on her neighbors. Then she has the brilliant brain-wave of inviting...
Last Shot is the story of two thirteen-year-olds who win a sports writing contest and get to attend the NCAA Final Four basketball tourament as student journalists. While enjoying great seats, schmoozing with coaches and ESPN personalities, and other perks, the kids come across a plot in which a...
Bailey, Delia, Annabelle, and Zo went to the mall on a Friday afternoon looking for outfits for the big dance. They came away with temporary tattoos and more trouble than they could have imagined. With the tattoos came powers, powers that they soon realize they must use to fight the evil that is...
Pessl writes a very long coming of age mystery full of literary references and challenging turns of phrase. What kept me going was the intriguing plot and cast of characters.
Second in what must be a series, Bangkok Tattoo features Buddhist Royal Thai police detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep in a delightfully complicated plot which combines Al Qaeda, opium, prostitution, tattoo art, Japanese mobsters, Chinese loan sharks, and more.
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