by Lois Gladys Leppard (2002)
Mandie's reading book is missing. Her good friend Joe carries her books to and from school, but he doesn't have it. She doesn't dare tell her parents, and there is no bookstore in Charley Gap. The search is on. Will Mandie's book turn up, and where? Includes a craft project for young readers.
Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Halls, Lancasters, Talbots, Wellingtons, and Daltons--five close-knit and well-to-do families living on exclusive Crescent Place--retreat into terrified paranoia when first old Mrs. Lancaster is found hacked to death with an axe and then other victims are discovered
Elmore Leonard
Psycho mama"s boy Teddy Magyk has a serious jones for the Miami cop who put him away--but he wants to hit Vincent Mora where it really hurts before killing him. So when a beautiful Puerto Rican hooker takes a swan dive from an Atlantic City high-rise, and Vincent naturally shows up to investigate the questionable death of his "special friend," Teddy figures he's got his prey just where he wants him.
[by Natalie Shaw
"Busytown's famous detective, Huckle Cat, is going under the magnifying glass in an interview with Goldbug! Who is Huckle? It's time to meet the mysterious and loveable cat behind the whiskers!"--P. [4] of cover.
Erle Stanley Gardner
A suspicious personal ad conceals nefarious intent--and eventually lands in the lap of Perry Mason. It appears that Marilyn Marlow inherited a small fortune from her mother, who got the sum from her wealthy employer. But now the old man's relatives are contesting the will. Whoever sways Rose Keeling, the key witness to the signing of the will, is sure to be the victor. Enter the personal ad. Marilyn intends to find Rose a Mr. Right--in order to get the goods on her. But when Rose is murdered, Perry Mason sets out to find a gentleman caller who had a date with death.