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Up for Grabs
by A. A. Fair Erle Stanley Gardner[from inside book] ""Okay, I'll do it on one condition." "What do you mean, one condition?" Bertha Cool snapped. "He's paying our rates." "What's the condition?" Breckinridge asked. "I'm not going to make a play for some girl and then put her in an embarrassing position. I'm not going to let some girl have her name dragged into court." "I don't think I like that," Breckinridge said. "Neither do I," Bertha chimed in. I kept silent. "You win," Breckinridge said at length. "Pack your bags and get a reservation on the earliest plane." And that's how Donald Lam happened to go to Tucson to get evidence on a malingerer in an insurance case and turn up one of the sweetest rackets ever devised--even including a corpse."
Treasure for Treasure
by Justin ScottA partly-constructed tunnel under the East River is not the place one would expect to be the scene of world-shattering events, fame, fortune, lights, camera ... ACTION. Dick Creegan, sandhog, didn't expect to find it there either. Until he took a look at some funny looking rocks. He should have looked the other way because those "rocks" were the beginning of: --a conspiracy of sandhogs against the combined forces of the government of the City of New York --a dazzling debut of amateur crooks and unexpected new careers --a race between a tugboat and a Volkswagen --the heisting of a smuggled treasure which is in turn moved away by ship, covered by blacktop, uncovered, re-heisted and ... invested. In Treasure for Treasure, Justin Scott has given us another wildly funny story of what happens when the Devil whispers into the ears of good, ordinary New York citizens-- in this case Dick Creegan and bulky friends, his girl Jeannie with her acting career and her incredibly large animal companion, Howard, and some of the many and fatal friends pursuing them after they strike their own waterlogged Treasure of the Sierra Madre. This is a story of love, courage, true grit and incredible bumbling. Once again, readers across the country will find confirmation of what they so ardently believe -- that in New York the Devil is only as far away as the nearest subway.
A Ghost in the Closet: A Hardly Boys Mystery
by Mabel ManeyThird in the Nancy Clue and the Hardly Boys series; parody.
The Cry of the Loon: A Samantha Mystery (American Girl)
by Barbara SteinerSamantha can't wait to take Nellie to Piney Point, Grandmary's summer home in the Adirondacks. But the girls arrive to find the lodge plagued with accidents -- and Grandmary begins to think about selling. Samantha and Nellie must figure out what's going on before they lose Piney Point forever!
The Light in the Cellar: A Molly Mystery (American Girl Mysteries)
by Sarah Masters BuckeyMolly wishes that she and her English friend, Emily, had exciting volunteer jobs that would help win World War II. Instead, they're magazine delivery girls at Oak Knoll Hospital, and soon discover that something very unpatriotic is going on at Oak Knoll -- and their snooping leads them into deep trouble!
X Marks the Spy (Chris Cool Series, #1)
by Jack LancerIn the thrilling city of Paris, TEEN's crack espionage agent Chris Cool undertakes a baffling and dangerous mission: to ferret out a revolutionary new secret weapon which could change the balance of power in the cold war. His contact is an unknown spy identified only by a cunningly concealed X mark. When three men turn up with X marks, Chris is faced with the grim challenge of correctly identifying the right contact. Chris and his Apache fellow agent, Geronimo Johnson, follow a clue that leads to the Riviera resort town of St. Tropez and discover that they themselves have become the quarry in a bloodchilling game of hide-and-seek with the deadly agents of TOAD. For all mystery-spy fans, here is a suspense thriller packed with pulse-pounding excitement that never lets up till the final paragraph.
The Riddle of The Hidden Pesos (Roger Baxter No. #3)
by Samuel Epstein Beryl Epstein Martin ColtIn the third and final Roger Baxter mystery story, Roger Baxter travels to Mexico with his brother and his friend Slim for a relaxing vacation. The relaxing part of the vacation vanishes when they discover $2 million in counterfeit American currency in their car, placed there by counterfeiters trying to smuggle it into Mexico. They then begin a struggle to turn it over to the authorities before the counterfeiters catch up with them and silence them forever!
The Secret of Skeleton Island (Ken Holt, # #1)
by Bruce CampbellIn one of the most tense and exciting series books ever written, the young Ken Holt must elude the clutches of a dangerous ring of car thieves and at the same time rescue his kidnapped father. The action begins in Chapter 1 when Ken Holt is kidnapped, and doesn't let up a bit until the last chapter. This is one of the best Ken Holt books and is an example of why many think so highly of this series.
Fire Wind (Executioner, # #279)
by Don PendletonDEATH CLAUSE A black ops project has gone rogue, sending Mack Bolan into the world of shadow players and classified games as traitors in high places prepare to sell out America to terrorism and mass murder. In a mission where everyone has something to hide, Bolan goes hunting for the worst kind of savage: those sworn to protect the U.S. government. Facing off against the mercinary force recruited by the hellish high-tech conspiracy, Bolan makes his own rules. But as the boundaries of the killing game close in, he finds himself caught in a conflagration of death and corruption - and betrayed by the home team. If this mission calls for the final sacrifice, the Executioner won't be going alone.
Final Epidemic
by Earl MerkelCauses: Unknown. At first, they thought it was a cold or maybe the flu. Then people started dropping where they stood. Symptoms: Unthinkable. It could kill in hours. There was no known cure, no vaccine, and the only antidote could kill millions.
Lord Peter
by Dorothy L. SayersA collection of all the Lord Peter Wimsey short stories, including an introduction.
In the Teeth of the Evidence
by Dorothy L. SayersA fleeting killer's green mustache. A corpse clutching a note with misplaced vowels. A telephone with the unmistakable ring of death. A hopeful heir's dreams of fortune done in when nature beats him to the punch. A playwright's unwatered-down honor that is thicker than blood. In each case, the murder baffles the local authorities. For his Lordship and the spirited salesman-sleuth Montague Egg, a corpse is an intriguing invitation to unravel the postmortem puzzles of fascinating falsehoods, mysterious motives and diabolical demises.
Blue Mystery
by Margot Benary-IsbertThe principal event is the disappearance of a blue gloxinia, [Blue Mystery] a special flower of Dr. Benninger's, and the clearance of Fridolin from suspicion.<P><P> Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Winner
Mystery of the Fire in the Sky (Mystery Solver Series)
by Gloria Skurzynski Alane FergusonOne night Caitlin sees a giant fireball in the sky. The fireball crashes soundlessly to earth -- and disappears! At first Caitlin thinks that a plane has crashed, but there are no reports of missing planes.
Mystery of the Haunted Silver Mine (Mystery Solver Series)
by Gloria Skurzynski Alane FergusonA group of Science Club friends solve the mystery of the "haunted" silver mine by using scientific principles in this first chapter book in the tradition of Encyclopedia Brown.
Mystery of the Spooky Shadow (Mystery Solver Series)
by Gloria Skurzynski Alane FergusonCaitlin and her friends in the Science Club are thrilled when they discover a valuable Native American statue while on a field trip. But when the statue disappears, Caitlin's best friend, Joe Daniel is accused of stealing it!
The Unloved
by John SaulLush and deceptively tranquil, the secluded island basks in splendid isolation off the South Carolina coast-as does the Devereaux mansion, a once-great plantation house now crumbling amid the ancient oaks. Now, for the first time in two decades, Kevin Devereaux has returned here with his wife and children to visit Kevin's hated, frightening mother. She said she was ill-but is that really why the old woman has summoned the son she has not seen in so many years? Suddenly, horribly, one of the Devereauxs is going to die. And now, all the dark secrets of this once-proud Southern family will emerge to wrap their evil around the unsuspecting children. Until, in the shadowed corridors and dust-covered rooms of the decaying old house, they learn the true terror of..
Breakdown (A Nameless Detective #18)
by Bill PronziniBill Pronzini's Nameless Detective, who has been called the most dynamic, evolving, human protagonist in detective fiction returns in this powerful new noir thriller. Was it a case of industrial homicide? For twenty years, Frank Hanauer had been in business with Thomas Lujack, until one dark night outside the factory they owned on the outskirts of San Francisco, a Cadillac Seville runs down and kills Hanauer. The owner of the Caddy? Lujack. The driver? Witnesses say it was Lujack; but Lujack swears he's innocent and he hires the Nameless Detective to find out who framed him. And why. The investigation takes Nameless into San Francisco's blue-collar community and the rough-and-tumble bars and backrooms where poker games thrive, deals are made, and dreams are lost forever. There's a set-up, all right, but as Nameless gets deeper and deeper into the case, there's only one thing he's sure of: He's the one being set up. But for what?