Theme: Detective

Max & Maddy And The Chocolate Money Mystery (Max & Maddy)

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

Max and Maddy Twist have a flair for solving crimes. Their parents once ran a thriving detective agency—until the notorious Professor Claude Sardine shut them down. But now Max and Maddy are ready to pick up where their parents left off. When a Swiss businessman asks for their help in catching a bank robber, Max and [...]

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The Awful Pawful

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

When Jack and Foxie return from vacation, they can tell that something terrier-able is wrong in Doggeroo.Why are all the dogs in Doggeroo hiding under their beds? Who – or what – has scratched their noses? Why are they so terrier-fied?It’s a case for the dog with the nose that knows. But soon, Jack is [...]

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Max & Maddy and the Bursting Balloons Mystery

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

Max and Maddy Twist have a flair for solving crimes.Their parents once ran a thriving detective agency—until the notorious Professor Claude Sardine shut them down. But now Max and Maddy are ready to pick up where their parents left off. When an eccentric balloonist enlists their help in finding out who is sabotaging a hot air [...]

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The Sirens of Surrentum

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

It’s June A.D. 80. Everyone is thinking about love at the lavish Villa Limona, where friends Flavia, Jonathan, Lupus, and Nubia have come to visit for the summer. But their host suspects that there’s a poisoner among the houseguests, and the friends are asked to investigate.

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Dog Den Mystery

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

When someone steals an old boot, Jack doesn’t care. Then someone steals his squeaker bone. And his blanket. And Red’s ball. Now Jack DOES care. Who is the thief of Doggeroo?

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The Phantom Mudder

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

All dogs like mud. All dogs like biscuits. This is a fact. But when mud and biscuits happen at the same time, Jack knows there is skulldoggery in the air. Who is mudding the show dogs of Doggeroo?

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