Age: Mystery

Mystery genre

The Ruby In The Smoke

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

Sally Lockhart takes a terrifying journey into the seamy underworld of Victorian London, in search of clues that will solve the puzzle of her father’s death.

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Ghost Ship

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

A ship’s figurehead, the journal of a quartermaster, and supernatural occurrences at a seaside resort lead twelve-year-old Vicki and her friend Peter on a quest to lift a curse and set right a horrible deed committed two hundred and thirty years ago.

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The Door To Time

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

After moving from London to an old mansion on the English coast, eleven-year-old twins Jason and Julia discover that their new home has twisting tunnels, strange artifacts from around the world, and a mysterious, locked door.

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The Star Of Kazan

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

After twelve-year-old Annika, a foundling living in late nineteenth-century Vienna, inherits a trunk of costume jewelry, a woman claiming to be her aristocratic mother arrives and takes her to live in a strangely decrepit mansion in Germany.

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From Charlie’s Point Of View

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

Best friends Bernadette and Charlie begin seventh grade and help unravel the mysterious case of the Stocking Bandit.

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The Tiger In The Well

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

In London in 1881, Sally finds her young daughter and her possessions assailed by an unknown enemy, while a shadowy figure known as the Tzaddik involves her in his plot to exploit the hordes of Jewish immigrants pouring into the country.

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Utterly Me, Clarice Bean

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

When someone steals the winner’s trophy for the school book project, Clarice emulates her favorite book heroine, Ruby Redfort the detective.

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Naomi And The Secret Message

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

When Naomi and Mrs. Lumbago discover a mirror among the coins hidden by the late Mr. Lumbago, they notice that it changes the reflected image of the person looking into it, and find a cryptic message engraved on its back.

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Walking With The Dead

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

When the ancient Greek mummy in his father’s basement museum of oddities gets up and begs for help, twelve-year-old Alex and his sidekick Freddie not only find themselves tackling a brutal local bully, but also taking a journey to the netherworld.

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Duel

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

In Jerusalem, when elderly Mr. Rosenthal receives a threatening letter accusing him of stealing a painting and challenging him to a duel, twelve-year-old David needs to find who really stole it before someone gets hurt.

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