John Paulits
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The director of the AWB Theatre Company, Lawrence Mickelman, has alienated everyone in sight with his tyrannical manner. When his body is found in the locked Bouwerie Lane Theatre, a sword from Hamlet in his chest, the troupe's owner asks Mark Louis, one of the actors, to dig a little deeper than she thinks the police will. The police investigation points toward Don Lovett, the play's Hamlet, but Mark's suspicions turn elsewhere. As the police prepare...
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After Philip solves a few neighborhood mysteries, he decides to open a detective agency with his best pal Emery. Their classmate Jason starts making fun of their efforts, though, and being a detective suddenly isn't so much fun. But soon, Jason is accused of stealing money from the teacher, and Emery encourages Philip to solve the case and get Jason thrown out of their class. Philip sets to work and shocks the class when he reveals the solution to...
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Could the Frankenstein monster, Dracula and the Wolfman actually move into someone's respectable neighborhood? Philip and his best friend Emery are convinced it has happened when a suspicious new family moves in down the block. The boys have seen the vampire bat; they've heard the werewolf's growl; they've witnessed the coffin delivery to the house. When Emery's mother invites the new family to dinner, Philip and Emery have no choice but to prepare...
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Philip's Christmas turns into a disaster when his troublesome younger cousin Francis shows up to stay for a few days. Nothing is safe, not the Christmas tree, not the presents, and certainly not the good cheer of the season. Philip enlists his best friend Emery to help-out in entertaining Francis, but even a trip to the local mall to admire the decorations turns into a misadventure of epic proportions. Can anything bring some Christmas joy for Philip?...
5) Retribution
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Lanyon For Hire: No job is too tough to solve, no matter how many people get hurt.
They say most murders occur within families. Lanyon finds out how true that is as he steps into three family feuds that turn deadly quickly.
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A murder in a flower shop sends Henny and Lloyd on a not-so-merry chase into the mysterious family dynamics of a clan who live by their own rules. But nothing is too bizarre for Henny and Lloyd. Noses to the grindstone they follow the clues and shock even themselves when they lay bare the facts of the matter and uncover the events that led to the murder in the flower shop. Then they are hired by a nine-year-old girl who plops her piggy bank on Lloyd's...
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When Greg Logan takes his girlfriend Karen on a late night walk through Northwood Cemetery, Karen is spooked by the silence, the darkness, and something she sees but can't explain. When, not long after, they meet with two other teenagers in the cemetery, stranger things begin to happen. Who are these two new people? Why do they spend so much time in the cemetery? Why do both of them claim to be searching for someone? And how does an elderly man from...
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Things did not stay peaceful long in Shumbus after Paul and Billy's summer adventure there. The Critches are out for revenge. The Golden Mushroom is in danger and so is the very city where the Shumians have lived forever. With Jess Hubbard planning to help the Critches, they are sure to succeed unless Paul, Billy, and Argo can come up with something fast!
10) A Dying Fall
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When the AWB Theatre troupe accepts an invitation to perform on the tropical island of Illyria, they get more than they bargained for. Sudden death. Many of them. When one of their own troupe is killed, however, Mark Louis, company member and amateur detective, has to first determine whether the supposed accident really was an accident. Mark concludes otherwise, but the actors must return home to New York, forcing Mark to conduct his investigation...
11) The Mountaintop
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Jason, a seventeen-year-old Amerian, sets out for the mountaintop, an act forbidden in his society, to determine once and for all the truth of his city's beliefs. On his journey there and back, Jason runs into some unexpected and eye-opening adventures. Most importantly, he meets Manda, a 17-year-old Ginder girl, who changes his life irrevocably.
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Philip's teacher gives the class an impossible assignment. He calls it a "scavenger hunt/research project." Philip blames it on his classmate Cecil, who asked for harder work to do. Philip and Emery team up, and thanks to a combination of inspiration, good luck, and hard work come up with a project the likes of which neither his class nor his teacher has ever seen.
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Mark Foy has returned home from his surprising trip to Planet Zoron. Prince Zincor's throne is safe. But, is it? Who shows up but Zincor's Uncle Blaylock, still determined to take over Zincor's throne, and his partner, the evil scientific genius Fentar? They've been, mistakenly transported to Mark's very neighborhood by the Tappa Ray and now have Mark in their sights, certain he knows something they don't-the way back to Zoron. Blaylock's quest for...
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Philip and Emery are, granted three wishes by a gypsy from the circus sideshow, but to get these wishes, they must perform a chore for the gypsy. They must recover some jewels, including a magical scarab, from a dangerous location. They undertake the chore, but soon regret their decision. Disaster looms. Yet, if they can set things right quickly, all will be well. But, the police are on their trail!
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History records that on June 9, 1870, Charles Dickens died of a cerebral haemorrhage. History, however, is wrong. June 9, 1870, is the day on which Emile de la Rue murdered Charles Dickens. During a stay in Genoa in 1844-45, Charles Dickens, an accomplished mesmerist, used his mesmeric abilities to treat a young Englishwoman, Augusta de la Rue, attempting to cure a years' long malady of hers that included facial spasms and phantom-filled dreams. During...
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Brownie Terwilliger looks at his opportunity to run for mayor of Philadelphia as a chance to right the wrongs of a city. He hopes to oust Milton Streezo, the incumbent, but Streezo does not take kindly to this challenge and concocts a plan to destroy Brownie, even hiring Lunky Ledbetter, famed perpetrator of dirty political tricks. Can Brownie withstand the onslaught? Will he have the opportunity to do some good in the world? Don't bet on it.
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Judy Lang, age nine, is spending the summer vacation at her grandparents' house in the country. Strange occurrences-toys mysteriously appearing, a strange voice beckoning to her, and finally the unlikely presence of a girl her own age. Judy listens in horror to the tales her new friend, Suzy, tells her about the people she was forced to live with-until that arrangement abruptly changed. Judy chooses to help Suzy deal with her impossible situation...
19) Philip Gets Even
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By accident at an art show in which they are entered, Philip Felton and Emery Wyatt offend the toughest boy in sixth grade, and he promises to get even. How can Philip and Emery get out from under this threat and set things right?When Johnny Visco's attacks show no sign of stopping, Philip, Emery and Mr. Conway concoct a plan that finally puts Johnny Visco in his place and prevents him from tormenting the boys any more.
20) Deception
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Lanyon takes on the job of recovering a shipment of rators, weapons imported from Earth, which have gone missing from the spaceport. A not-so-merry chase begins as Lanyon has trouble detecting the true trail to follow from the false. Jophena, his 12-year-old friend from Selenia, tags along and the complications multiply. The Malcosian Over-minister then hires Lanyon to track down his daughter Meihon again, but Tellurians will have something to say...