Henry Carter Hull

The robbery of the treasure in the tower proves to be an exciting challenge to Frank and Joe.

Lord Peter Wimsey defends a young detective-story writer on trial for her lover's murder and asks her to marry him when he first takes the case.

An IRA/CBC Children's Choice Can a rock hopper penguin save Smiling Sally's Diner from extortion? Meet Mr. Pin, just arrived from the South Pole, who has a sharp eye for clues, unusual talents, and a strong taste for chocolate.

When Stevie Bell, an amateur detective, begins her first year at a famous private school in Vermont, she sets a plan to solve the cold case involving the kidnapping of the founder's wife and daughter shortly after the school opened.

Miss Marple refuses to take matters at face value when the body of a young woman is found in the Colonel's library.

When her friend Monday Charles goes missing and Monday's mother refuses to give her a straight answer, Claudia digs into her disappearance.

Stephanie Barden has created a great role model for tweens. Cinderella Smith is confident, smart, and very real. Fans of Junie B. Jones and Clementine will love watching Cinderella conquer the problems of third-grade life, and parents will appreciate the vocabulary-enhancing words Stephanie Barden sprinkles through the story. In The Super-Secret Mystery, third in the Cinderella Smith chapter-book series, Cinderella is excited to write a report on...

"The rock hopper penguin chuckled softly to himself, turned away from the diner, and disappeared into the fog. A moment later the lights in Smiling Sally's Diner went out." Could famous penguin detective Mr. Pin be involved in a crime? In another case, Cubs manager Walter Wavemin needs Mr. Pin's help. Chicago sees double in the two pun-filled mysteries.

Seven years after her three-year-old daughter has vanished, Jennifer Blake receives a telephone call saying the girl may be found living with a family on Vancouver Island.

We will need you as Crossers, and we will need you not only to be brave -- but to be fearless. Mr. Darby paused, giving the scouts time to digest his words. Then he continued. "I want you to think before answering. Can you accept this challenge?" Only weeks after their return from the Secret Zoo, Noah and his friends must go back -- and face their biggest challenge yet. With monstrous sasquatches freely attacking the denizens of the zoo and the evil...