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The Aldens are helping out at a doughnut shop, but when a rival store opens across town, strange events follow, and the children have a mouthwatering mystery to solve!

Zoom Ardillas pone a prueba un nuevo superpoder con la ayuda de un misterioso Misterios Lector. ¿Descubrir̀n las compąeras Ardillas quǐn es el verdadero Misterioso Lector? ¿Sabes t͠ m̀s sobre la lectura que las Ardillas? ¡Lo sabr̀s cuando termine este libro? As Zoom Squirrel and his friends try to identify the Mystery Reader, they learn about books, how the are written, and how to read--while sharing a-corny jokes.

"There's a corpse in the bathtub, wearing nothing but a pair of pince-nez spectacles. Enter Lord Peter Wimsey, the original gentleman sleuth. Urged to investigate by his mother, the Dowager Duchess of Denver, Lord Peter quickly ascertains that the sudden disappearance of a well-known financier is in some way connected to the body in the bathroom. But discovering exactly which way they're related leads the amateur detective on a merry chase"--Page...

"The #1 New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award winning authors are back with an electrifying new novel that will leave your heart racing. Kendra Michaels is reluctant to help the FBI with the most recent case they've brought to her...until she hears the details: The body was found just blocks away from Kendra's condo. The man was carrying an envelope with Kendra's name on it, and inside was an SD card with what appears to be an innocuous video...

"A gripping new mystery from the "fresh new voice in the thriller genre" (Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author) and author of The Wild Inside, set in the magnificent and brutal terrain of Glacier National Park--for fans of C.J. Box and Nevada Barr. In the darkening days of autumn, a murdered journalist's body is discovered in a remote region near the Canadian border. Before she was found, Anne Marie Johnson had been writing an article about...

Con man Max O'Brien takes a personal investigation into his own hands. Max O'Brien's nightmare has begun again. Eleven years after the tragic disappearance of his brother, an ambassador in Central America, Max's nephew, also a diplomat, is assassinated in New Delhi. Max is on the run from police, and this time the professional con man decides to find those responsible for the crime. Determined to track down the truth, he arrives in India just as the...

Sophia, Shakira, and Emma are ecstatic to learn their dance group is going to be in the Thanksgiving Day Parade, but when their special drum goes missing, they race to find it before the parade starts.

"Forced by his father's political connections to relocate to pre-Civil War New York, former Crimean War hero Jasper Lightner teams up with misfit detective Hieronymous Law to investigate a philanthropist's murder and wrongful charges targeting an innocent woman."--Publisher.

A retired detective is getting ready to go up into his attic to retrieve the Christmas tree that he had been decorating for the last eighteen years. Before he could do that, his partner from homicide, also retired, called him to see if he was willing to go out to a tree farm to cut down a live tree for Christmas. Against his better judgment, he agreed to do that. Before the day was over a corpse was discovered under a Christmas tree and the two detectives...

In each Geronimo Stilton book, another funny, cheesy adventure is always right around the corner. Each book is fast-paced, with lively full-color art and a unique format kids 7-10 will love.When my friend Petunia Pretty Paws gave me a crystal figurine of a boat as a gift, I had to accept it. After all, I have the biggest crush on Petunia! But oh, was that crystal boat ugly! So I wasn't too sad when my cousin Trap accidentally broke it, especially...