Author: Veda Boyd Jones
Publisher: Barbour Publishing
ISBN: 1628362243
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
Time Period: 1903 When her parents died, young Maureen O'Callaghan was sent from Ireland to the United States to begin a new life in the Stevenson family. At age eleven, she's ready to become a U.S. citizen-just as soon as she can solve the case of who's stealing artwork from her employer's mansion. Maureen the Detective is an exciting mystery and an intriguing look at what drew, and continues to draw, so many people to the shores of America. Using actual historical events to tell a compelling fictional story, the Sisters in Time series is perfect for personal reading, church libraries, or home schooling.
A Race Against Time
Author: Carolyn Keene
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0689865678
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Another Nancy Drew mystery.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0689865678
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Another Nancy Drew mystery.
Maureen the Detective
Author: Veda Boyd Jones
Publisher: Barbour Publishing
ISBN: 1628362243
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
Time Period: 1903 When her parents died, young Maureen O'Callaghan was sent from Ireland to the United States to begin a new life in the Stevenson family. At age eleven, she's ready to become a U.S. citizen-just as soon as she can solve the case of who's stealing artwork from her employer's mansion. Maureen the Detective is an exciting mystery and an intriguing look at what drew, and continues to draw, so many people to the shores of America. Using actual historical events to tell a compelling fictional story, the Sisters in Time series is perfect for personal reading, church libraries, or home schooling.
Publisher: Barbour Publishing
ISBN: 1628362243
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
Time Period: 1903 When her parents died, young Maureen O'Callaghan was sent from Ireland to the United States to begin a new life in the Stevenson family. At age eleven, she's ready to become a U.S. citizen-just as soon as she can solve the case of who's stealing artwork from her employer's mansion. Maureen the Detective is an exciting mystery and an intriguing look at what drew, and continues to draw, so many people to the shores of America. Using actual historical events to tell a compelling fictional story, the Sisters in Time series is perfect for personal reading, church libraries, or home schooling.
The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit
Author: Octavia Spencer
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442476834
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Meet Randi Rhodes, the world’s first ninja detective! Mystery abounds in this “assured, entertaining whodunit” (Publishers Weekly), a 2014 IndieNext pick and the first in a new middle grade series from Academy Award–winning actress Octavia Spencer. Deer Creek is a small town whose only hope for survival is the success of their Founder’s Day Festival. But the festival’s main attraction, a time capsule that many people believe hold the town’s treasure, has gone missing. Twelve-year-old Randi Rhodes and her best friend, D.C., are Bruce Lee–inspired ninjas and local detectives determined to solve the case. Even if it means investigating a haunted cabin and facing mean old Angus McCarthy, prime suspect. They have three days to find the treasure…the future of their whole town is at stake! Will these kids be able to save the day?
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442476834
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Meet Randi Rhodes, the world’s first ninja detective! Mystery abounds in this “assured, entertaining whodunit” (Publishers Weekly), a 2014 IndieNext pick and the first in a new middle grade series from Academy Award–winning actress Octavia Spencer. Deer Creek is a small town whose only hope for survival is the success of their Founder’s Day Festival. But the festival’s main attraction, a time capsule that many people believe hold the town’s treasure, has gone missing. Twelve-year-old Randi Rhodes and her best friend, D.C., are Bruce Lee–inspired ninjas and local detectives determined to solve the case. Even if it means investigating a haunted cabin and facing mean old Angus McCarthy, prime suspect. They have three days to find the treasure…the future of their whole town is at stake! Will these kids be able to save the day?
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Author: Douglas Adams
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476782997
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
"Now a BBC America TV series event"--Cover.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476782997
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
"Now a BBC America TV series event"--Cover.
All-Time Favorite Detective Stories
Author: Rochelle Kronzek
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486119157
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Chosen by Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine as the best detective stories of 1950, these 12 classics include Edgar Allan Poe's "The Purloined Letter," Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Red-Headed League," Dorothy L. Sayers' "Suspicion," and more.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486119157
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Chosen by Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine as the best detective stories of 1950, these 12 classics include Edgar Allan Poe's "The Purloined Letter," Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Red-Headed League," Dorothy L. Sayers' "Suspicion," and more.
Who in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
Author: Rebecca Tinker
Publisher: Clarion Books
ISBN: 1328495299
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
Carmen Sandiego, the world's foremost thief, goes on a mysterious mission where ACME and Interpol is close on her heels.
Publisher: Clarion Books
ISBN: 1328495299
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
Carmen Sandiego, the world's foremost thief, goes on a mysterious mission where ACME and Interpol is close on her heels.
The Detective in the Dooryard
Author: Timothy Cotton
Publisher: Down East Books
ISBN: 1608937437
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Tim Cotton has been a police officer for more than thirty years. The writer in him has always been drawn to the stories of the people he has met along the way. Dealing with the standard issue ne’er-do-wells as a patrol officer, homicide detective, polygraph examiner, and later as the lieutenant in charge of the criminal investigation division certainly provides an interesting backdrop—but more often he writes about the regular folks he encounters, people who need his help, or those who just want to share a joke or even a sad story. The Detective in the Dooryard is composed of stories about the people, places, and things of Maine. There are sad stories, big events, and even the very mundane, all told from the perspective of a seasoned police office and in the wry voice of a lifelong Mainer. Many of the stories will leave you chuckling, some will invariably bring tears to your eyes, but all will leave you with a profound sense of hope and positivity.
Publisher: Down East Books
ISBN: 1608937437
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Tim Cotton has been a police officer for more than thirty years. The writer in him has always been drawn to the stories of the people he has met along the way. Dealing with the standard issue ne’er-do-wells as a patrol officer, homicide detective, polygraph examiner, and later as the lieutenant in charge of the criminal investigation division certainly provides an interesting backdrop—but more often he writes about the regular folks he encounters, people who need his help, or those who just want to share a joke or even a sad story. The Detective in the Dooryard is composed of stories about the people, places, and things of Maine. There are sad stories, big events, and even the very mundane, all told from the perspective of a seasoned police office and in the wry voice of a lifelong Mainer. Many of the stories will leave you chuckling, some will invariably bring tears to your eyes, but all will leave you with a profound sense of hope and positivity.
The Daughter of Time
Author: Josephine Tey
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 009953682X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard, recuperating from a broken leg, becomes fascinated with a contemporary portrait of Richard III that bears no resemblance to the Wicked Uncle of history. Could such a sensitive, noble face actually belong to one of the world's most heinous villains, a venomous hunchback who may have killed his brother's children to make his crown secure? Or could Richard have been the victim, turned into a monster by the usurpers of England's throne? Grant determines to find out once and for all, with the help of the British Museum and an American scholar, what kind of man Richard Plantagenet really was and who killed the Princes in the Tower.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 009953682X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard, recuperating from a broken leg, becomes fascinated with a contemporary portrait of Richard III that bears no resemblance to the Wicked Uncle of history. Could such a sensitive, noble face actually belong to one of the world's most heinous villains, a venomous hunchback who may have killed his brother's children to make his crown secure? Or could Richard have been the victim, turned into a monster by the usurpers of England's throne? Grant determines to find out once and for all, with the help of the British Museum and an American scholar, what kind of man Richard Plantagenet really was and who killed the Princes in the Tower.
Time Killer
Author: Todd M. Thiede
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1475972350
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
In the small city of Rockton, Illinois, someone is tired of waiting. He's tired of standing in line at the grocery store and tired of waiting at the drive-through line. Now he's doing something about it. the first murder rocks the city. the entire Bjornson family--except the father, Stephen--has been brutally murdered, and the killer has left a message behind, written in the victim's blood: Don't Waste People's Time. It's a grizzly start for two young detectives who've just become partners. But Max Larkin and Jesse Fairlane put their personal distaste for each other aside and start concentrating on how to find the killer from striking again. As they investigate the scene of the crime and interview Stephen at the hospital, the clues slowly begin to add up. Could this be a deranged killer who struck ten years ago and has now returned to the area? Before they can answer that question, another murder is reported, and Max and Jesse suddenly realize they have a serial killer on the loose. But as they get closer to the truth, a past memory begins to haunt Max, one that might lead to a break in the case--or the end of his career.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1475972350
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
In the small city of Rockton, Illinois, someone is tired of waiting. He's tired of standing in line at the grocery store and tired of waiting at the drive-through line. Now he's doing something about it. the first murder rocks the city. the entire Bjornson family--except the father, Stephen--has been brutally murdered, and the killer has left a message behind, written in the victim's blood: Don't Waste People's Time. It's a grizzly start for two young detectives who've just become partners. But Max Larkin and Jesse Fairlane put their personal distaste for each other aside and start concentrating on how to find the killer from striking again. As they investigate the scene of the crime and interview Stephen at the hospital, the clues slowly begin to add up. Could this be a deranged killer who struck ten years ago and has now returned to the area? Before they can answer that question, another murder is reported, and Max and Jesse suddenly realize they have a serial killer on the loose. But as they get closer to the truth, a past memory begins to haunt Max, one that might lead to a break in the case--or the end of his career.
The Data Detective
Author: Tim Harford
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593084675
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
From “one of the great (greatest?) contemporary popular writers on economics” (Tyler Cowen) comes a smart, lively, and encouraging rethinking of how to use statistics. Today we think statistics are the enemy, numbers used to mislead and confuse us. That’s a mistake, Tim Harford says in The Data Detective. We shouldn’t be suspicious of statistics—we need to understand what they mean and how they can improve our lives: they are, at heart, human behavior seen through the prism of numbers and are often “the only way of grasping much of what is going on around us.” If we can toss aside our fears and learn to approach them clearly—understanding how our own preconceptions lead us astray—statistics can point to ways we can live better and work smarter. As “perhaps the best popular economics writer in the world” (New Statesman), Tim Harford is an expert at taking complicated ideas and untangling them for millions of readers. In The Data Detective, he uses new research in science and psychology to set out ten strategies for using statistics to erase our biases and replace them with new ideas that use virtues like patience, curiosity, and good sense to better understand ourselves and the world. As a result, The Data Detective is a big-idea book about statistics and human behavior that is fresh, unexpected, and insightful.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593084675
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
From “one of the great (greatest?) contemporary popular writers on economics” (Tyler Cowen) comes a smart, lively, and encouraging rethinking of how to use statistics. Today we think statistics are the enemy, numbers used to mislead and confuse us. That’s a mistake, Tim Harford says in The Data Detective. We shouldn’t be suspicious of statistics—we need to understand what they mean and how they can improve our lives: they are, at heart, human behavior seen through the prism of numbers and are often “the only way of grasping much of what is going on around us.” If we can toss aside our fears and learn to approach them clearly—understanding how our own preconceptions lead us astray—statistics can point to ways we can live better and work smarter. As “perhaps the best popular economics writer in the world” (New Statesman), Tim Harford is an expert at taking complicated ideas and untangling them for millions of readers. In The Data Detective, he uses new research in science and psychology to set out ten strategies for using statistics to erase our biases and replace them with new ideas that use virtues like patience, curiosity, and good sense to better understand ourselves and the world. As a result, The Data Detective is a big-idea book about statistics and human behavior that is fresh, unexpected, and insightful.