157 results for "Detective"

The Windsor caper

Klein, Gerda Weissmann
When two American girls, Alysa and Julie, visit London's Windsor Castle, the day turns into a much bigger adventure than expected - they find themselves locked in for the night. Taking refuge in the royal bedchamber, the girls meet some famous (and not-so-famous) figures from English history and get a crash course in heraldry. Then things turn nasty as they come face-to-face with a pair of thieves . . . This delightful, gentle and magical story by Gerda Weissmann Klein brings alive the fascinating pageantry of English history.
Martin Good 2013-08 247 pages

Young Cam Jansen and the Zoo Note Mystery

David A. Adler
Cam and Eric's class is going on a field trip to the zoo. But Eric can't find his permission slip, and without it, he can't go on the field trip. Where did it go? Did he drop it somewhere? Was it stolen? Will Cam Jansen's amazing memory help to find Eric's permission slip in time? Or will he have to sit in the principal's office all day while the other children go to the zoo? Hurry, Cam, time's running out!
Penguin 2004-11-18 32 pages

Young Cam Jansen and the Library Mystery

David A. Adler
When Cam Jansen, her father, and her friend Eric go to the library, Cam finds a mystery to read. But soon, she has a mystery to solve. Her father's shopping list has disappeared. Cam decides to use her amazing skills to investigate, and with a click, she puts her photographic memory into action. Where was the list seen last? And where can it possibly be? The Young Cam Jansen books are "appealing mini-mysteries [that] will find a ready audience." ( Booklist )
Penguin 2002-11-11 32 pages

Curse of the Missing Puppet Head A Novel

Kinky Friedman
At the most outrageously inopportune moment, the little Negro puppethead - Kinky Friedman's keyholder, talisman and surrogate Pinocchio-like son - goes missing, and the Curse of the Missing Puppethead takes effect. In a desperate effort to find the missing puppethead, Kinky mounts his most intense and entertaining investigation ever. Anyone and everyone is a suspect in Yorick's disappearance, even the Village Irregulars. When Lexie, a beautiful and exotic escapee from Winnie Katz's Lesbian Dance Class, enters Kinky's life, the curse takes a dramatic and hilarious turn for the worse. Kinky discovers that, until he find his big puppethead, his little puppethead will also be missing in action. As Kinky's personal and professional lives begin to spiral downward, he leaves no rock unturned and no clue unpursued in a furious effort to recover the puppethead. Just when it appears that he may have found the first real clue to Yorick's whereabouts the Curse of the Missing Puppethead shifts into high gear, and Kinky's college friend, Nick "Chinga" Chavin, is falsely charged with the hit-and-run murder of a child. And not just any child, but the young son of Big Jim Gravotta, the Butcher of Staten Island. Curse of the Missing Puppethead is crime solving, mystery writing, romantic encounters, friendship and a unique philosophy of life bundled into a wildly entertaining novel by an original and unique talent.
Vandam Press 2003 227 pages