Darby Piper is in shock. Samantha Porter, her mentor and business partner at Two Girls Detective Agency, has died in a car crash, and it doesn't look like an accident. In fact, evidence is pointing toward Darby. Darby had expected to inherit Samantha's half of the agency, but Samantha had recently changed the will to leave it to Tate Porter, her nephew, who returns to town. Tate is no P.I. He's a veteran, a world traveler, and something of a mystery...

School's out, sixth grade's over, and best friends Mary Ann Page and Kolleen Kelly are looking forward to the perfect summer job: baby-sitting. When they're each hired to look after a young boy, the girls are thrilled at the opportunity to spend the summer together, baby-sitting in the park. But their enthusiasm turns to apprehension when Kolleen notices a man in a van watching the boys as they play each day, especially Andy, the boy in her care....

To celebrate their engagement, DCI Arthur St. Just and Portia De'Ath visit the quiet village of Maidsfell in Cornwall. Upon arriving they find the villagers in an uproar over plans to redevelop the local seafront. The fishermen want to build a new slipway to aid their business, but many residents worry it will spoil the view for the tourists who help drive the economy. After a heated village meeting on the issue, St. Just overhears an argument involving...

Life in the small town of Pine Bend, Minnesota, is normally calm, quiet, and carefree. But the tranquility is shattered when a string of bizarre small burglaries begin. As staffers on the school newspaper, best friends Kolleen Kelly and Mary Ann Page are encouraged to use their interviewing and investigative skills to find out more about the crimes. And when Kolleen's bike falls victim to the crime wave, the search becomes personal, as well. Kolleen...

Lord Rosemorran has purchased a wax figure of a beautiful reclining woman and asks Stoker to incorporate a clockwork mechanism to give the Rosemorran Collection its own Sleeping Beauty in the style of Madame Tussaud's. But when Stoker goes to cut the mannequin open to insert the mechanism, he makes a gruesome discovery: this is no wax figure. The mannequin is the beautifully preserved body of a young woman who was once very much alive. But who would...

When a joint FBI-Seattle Police investigation into an international child pornography ring gets too close to powerful enemies, sex-crimes detective Livia Lone becomes the target of a hit that barely goes awry, and suspects that the FBI itself was behind it. When a joint FBI-Seattle Police investigation of an international child pornography ring gets too close to certain powerful people, sex-crimes detective Livia Lone becomes the target of a hit...

"A casual outing to the Crystal Palace in London takes a mysterious and murderous turn in the latest mystery in Carola Dunn's beloved Daisy Dalrymple series. April 1928: Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher is visited in London by her young cousins. On the list of must-see sites is the Crystal Palace. Discovering that her children's nanny, Nanny Gilpin, has never seen the Palace, Daisy decides to make a day of it--bringing her cousins, her 3-year-old twins, her...

After former client Julian Rhodes tried to kill his wife, he blamed her "accident" on the home renovation company's craftsmanship. Now the family business-known for bringing magic into homes through hidden doors, floating staircases, and architectural puzzle walls-is at a breaking point. No amount of Scottish and Indian meals from her grandfather can distract Tempest from the truth: they're being framed. When Tempest receives an urgent midnight phone...

Best friends Mary Ann Page and Kolleen Kelly are nervous and excited as their sixth-grade year slowly draws to a close. What will seventh grade at Hubert H. Humphrey Junior High School be like? How will the kids dress? How will they behave? What will the teachers be like? Mary Ann and Kolleen are looking forward to a visit from Mr. Dodge, the junior high principal, during which all their questions will be answered. But Mr. Dodge's visit to Pine Bend...

Mary Ann and her best friend Kolleen love a mystery, so when Mary Ann's dog sniffs out foul play at the bottom of a muddy pit, the hunt for clues is on. Their search for answers brings Mary Ann and Kolleen into contact with three girls whose parents are part of a group of migrant workers who come to Minnesota each summer to help harvest sugar beets. Little is known about the migrant workers, so Mary Ann and Kolleen's parents caution them to be on...