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Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
283 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
Growing up in a city where candy is illegal and sugar is scandalous, 12-year-old detective Nelle Faulker takes the case of a candy gangster's missing teddy bear before her client's own disappearance leads Nelle to a shady underworld of sweets smuggling, back-alley deals and storefront firebombs.
Author
Series
Timmy Failure volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013,©2013
Physical Desc
294 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
Meet Timmy Failure, the founder, president, and CEO of the best detective agency in town, probably the nation. And his lazy sidekick, Total, a 1,500-pound polar bear.
Author
Series
Ivy + Bean volume 10
Formats
Description
After watching a movie about a detective on the television, Bean decides to set up shop as a private investigator--and she and Ivy start looking for mysteries to solve.
Author
Series
Timmy Failure volume 4
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
278 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
"Behold! You are all about to be witnesses to greatness. You've no doubt read the prior three volumes about my life. But, just in case you haven't, I am Timmy Failure, the world's greatest detective. And I am on a cross-country caravan-to-nowhere. Trapped. But the truth of how I got here isn't important. Really. You don't have to know everything. Because in a world that's gone mad, when good's become bad, the truth must be sanitized for your protection."...
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin Quix
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
72 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
"It's Career Day at Coral Cove Elementary School! Mack and his assistant Redd Oxpeck have been invited to participate and Mack is extra excited to be this year's honorary speaker. But soon after Mack and Redd arrive, they discover that the school's Lost-and-Found is...lost! Luckily Mack and Redd are on the job--
Author
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
76 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Description
"When Awesome Possum notices yet another sock has gone missing in the wash, his suspicions are raised. He senses foul play. If they aren't in the laundry... who could be taking them? Feels like the perfect case for Dino Detective and Awesome Possum Private Eyes!" --
Author
Publisher
Montena
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
154 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
Invictor es el mejor héroe de la ciudad: ningún caso se le resiste, Por eso, cuando lo avisan para atrapar al ladrón de un banco, todos confían en él. Lo que nadie se imaginaba era que el ladrón se le escaparía... y mucho menos que el caso estaría relacionado con algo mucho más grande que un robo: ¡EL SECUESTRO DE LOS COMPAS! ¿CONSEGUIRÁ RESOLVER EL CASO Y SALVAR A SUS AMIGOS? RESUELVE EL MISTERIO MÁS ALUCINANTE DE Invictor detective....
14) Zero to hero
Author
Series
Timmy Failure volume Prequel
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
276 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 22 cm.
Description
"Timmy Failure is not just any detective-he is the greatest detective in his town, perhaps the nation. He is so famous that there have been seven books written about his life. Plus a movie. And so he has agreed to provide the world with his extraordinary origin story, as dictated to his biographer and best friend, Charles "Rollo" Tookus. New York Times best-selling author Stephan Pastis is back with the hilariously heartwarming tale of how it all...
Author
Series
Fox investigates volume 3
Publisher
RBA
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
127 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
From New York to a lost village in the Amazon Jungle, Willy Fox is on the trail of missing millionaire Simon Sheep. A scam artist is impersonating him and is about to con the family out of its sizeable fortune. Will Fox be able to solve this case before it's too late?
Author
Series
Solve your own mystery volume 1
Publisher
Molino
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
202 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
La máquina tejemonstruos del Dr. Frankestufo ha desaparecido y, tú, con la ayuda de tu jefe, el detective Klaus Solstaag, deberás descubrir quién se la ha llevado. ¿Cómo lo harás? ¿Seguirás el rastro de Bramido Stoker, el espeluznante vampiro, o de los traviesos mellizos Duendila y Duendilón? ¿O confiarás en una pista que apunta a las astutas brujas? Pero ¿y si investigar a Monstri, el hijo del doctor, te lleva hasta la persona o las...
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Series
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Description
Paddington has warmed the hearts of generations of readers with his earnest good intentions and humorous misadventures. This brand-new digital edition of the classic novel contains the original text by Michael Bond and illustrations by Peggy Fortnum.
What other bear but Paddington could find himself sent home on his first day of school? Or questioned as a prime witness in court? Or taking a crash course in water-skiing? Trust Paddington to follow...
18) The zoo crew
Author
Series
Nancy Drew and the clue crew volume 14
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
89 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
Nancy, George and Bess are attending a three-day overnight camp at the local zoo. When the toys that the girls make by day disappear at night, everyone becomes a suspect!
Author
Series
Timmy Failure volume 7
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
330 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
Though I, Timmy Failure, have solved many notorious crimes and now wish to enjoy my retirement, my fans have begged me to turn my memoirs into a movie, an ode to my greatness. I am, however, beset by enemies, the worst of whom is Tom John John, the buffoonish movie director. What's more, my father is in town, working at a bar, which is obviously just a cover for our father-son crime-fighting partnership. And my dim-witted polar bear business partner,...
20) Ghostly echoes
Author
Series
Jackaby volume 3
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Description
"The highly anticipated third volume of the paranormal detective series perfect for "readers who enjoy Doctor Who, Supernatural, Grimm...and of course, Sherlock Holmes stories, and who are ready to say up into the wee hours." Jenny Cavanaugh, the ghostly landlord of 926 Augur Lane, has enlisted the services of her detective-agency tenants to solve a decade-old murder--her own. Abigail Rook and her eccentric employer, R. F. Jackaby, dive into the cold...
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