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When a family friend, Grace, opens a sailing club on Lake Champlain at the former site of the Gemstone Islands Resort, Nancy, Bess, and George are invited to enjoy a few days of boating before the club’s official grand opening. But when they arrive, they learn there have been some strange things happening on the property, from missing items to holes dug all over the yard. Is someone trying to sabotage the club, and could it have anything to do with the fire that destroyed the old resort twenty years ago?

Frank and Joe Hardy are excited to see the new mail planes landing near Bayport, until an out-of-control aircraft nearly crashes right on top of them! Their quick thinking saves their lives...but not the plane. And the angry airmail pilot, Giles Ducroy, blames the Hardy boys for his crash! Worse, the boys soon discover Ducroy has fallen in with two shady crooks, Ollie Jacobs and Newt Pipps, who are plotting something big. Their mysterious scheme might strike right at the heart of Bayport's booming airmail business.

Dear Diary... All I wanted to do was buy a new book, read, and relax. But when Bess, George, and I visited the local bookstore in Avondale, we found it in flames, and before we knew it, we were in the middle of another mystery. Or was it the middle of one of the best-selling author Lacey O'Brien's books? I know it sounds really strange, but it seemed like mysteries in her books were coming alive: first the fire; next a sinking boat; and then a missing statue. Were these innocent coincidences or chilling crimes?

Step into a London lit up by the Elemental spirits: the fiery Dragons, the airy Fumis, the watery Chads and the earthbound Magogs. A dragon is dreaming of a time when plague blighted the city, when a mysterious cauldron was used for wicked magic and what this would mean if it fell into the wrong hands now ... On a mission from the shores of the Thames, to the ghost-filled gardens of Hyde Park and the forbidding Tower of London, Marisee and Robert must use every ounce of ingenuity they possess to defeat the most villainous foe yet ... and find out some secrets about their own families.

Archie Blake thought his policeman father teaching him how to pick locks and open safes was just a bit of fun. But when a diamond necklace is stolen and his dad is arrested, Archie realises the only way to prove Dad's innocence is to go on the run and use everything he's learned to uncover the truth. But Archie soon finds himself deeply tangled in the criminal underworld, where it's hard to know who to trust and even harder to see what's right or wrong. Will Archie be able to find a way out before it's too late?

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Mabel Jones and the Forbidden City by Will Mabbit, read by Mark Heap. Mabel Jones is ready for her second unlikely adventure - another hilarious story by Will Mabbitt. What would you do if hungry vines emerged from your wardrobe...

Something is not right in Bayport. After a series of unfortunate (yet harmless) pranks, it looks like Frank and Joe have caught their suspect surprisingly early. Their classmate, Seth Diller, has taken his love of filmmaking a bit too far. But shortly after Frank and Joe confront Seth, there are fresh outbreaks of Seth-like pranks. Except these aren't as harmless. After a bit of investigating, the Hardy Boys uncover evidence of the Red Arrow - a group that will stop at nothing to bring chaos and crime to Bayport's peaceful existence.

Nancy’s boyfriend, Ned, has recently started his own podcast called NedTalks, and he just got his big break. Up and coming comedian Brady Owens has agreed to sit down for an interview. And this isn’t just any interview; it’s the first interview Brady has given since a video of him lashing out at an audience member went viral. Nancy agrees to help out with the technical stuff, so Ned can focus on the hard-hitting questions. But when they go to meet the interviewee, they find Brady’s hotel room trashed - and no comedian in sight.

There's something different about the new headteacher. Priya Mehta is going to find out what. When Mr. Badger arrives at Sycamore Lane Primary School on a Monday in September, ten-year-old Priya notices three things immediately: he predicts the rain to the exact minute, his shoes are spotless on a muddy morning, and his nose moves in a way that isn't quite human. She opens her green notebook and begins THE INVESTIGATION—DAY ONE.

Christopher Rowe is back and there are more puzzles, riddles, and secrets to uncover in this third novel of the award-winning Blackthorn Key series. Wherever Christopher Rowe goes, adventure—and murder—follows. Even a chance to meet King Charles ends in a brush with an assassin. All that’s...

No mundo da mágica, nem tudo é o que parece. Pedro sabe disso muito bem, afinal, sempre foi fascinado por ilusionismo. Só não imaginava que ia entrar para valer nesse universo por causa de um crime terrível. Depois que seu melhor amigo é vítima de um mágico sinistro, Pedro decide encontrar o culpado a qualquer custo. Assim, o garoto reúne Pipa, Analu e Miloca, seus amigos de escola, para formar o Esquadrão Zero — e juntos desvendarem o caso.

A to Z Mysteries Super Edition 1: Detective Camp Welcome to summer camp for detectives! The kids can’t wait to spend a week following clues and learning about the science of crime solving. Soon all the campers are working on a mystery. But while Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are figuring out their...

Ophelia Bottom longs for a boring life. Instead, she's stuck living in a rickety converted van and managing Bottom's Travelling Theatre, the moveable stage where her embarrassing actor parents put on occasionally disastrous plays. Every day, she wishes she lived in an ordinary house, with parents who worked ordinary, undramatic jobs. When the family gets stuck in the seaside town of Stopford, Ophelia's dream appears to be coming true: all the Stopford residents seem to have very normal lives.

A thrilling, mysterious and very, very funny new adventure from the award-winning author of EINSTEIN THE PENGUIN. Cecily Sawyer has spent the evening in the attic, training her pet mouse, Mrs Maple Syrup – an unusually intelligent mouse, in Cecily’s opinion – when her parents disappear...

Bloomsbury presents The Thames and Tide Club: The Ghost Pirates by Katya Balen, read by Salima Saxton When the mudlarking gang find a mysterious cutlass on the banks of the Thames, they immediately know that something fishy is afoot. When the cutlass vanishes, and Mrs Drummonds disappears too...

Frank and Joe are on a history club trip to New York City, and their first stop is the Prohibition Museum where they’ll hear about how smugglers building getaway vehicles led to the rise of modern stock car racing. During a tour of damp escape tunnels beneath the museum, Frank slips and breaks a wall panel with his elbow, revealing a hidden compartment containing documents from the 1920s!

Another Little Wolf story on tape – Arroooooooo!!!! READ BY GRIFF RHYS JONES Little Wolf, his cousin Yeller, baby brother Smellybreff, Stubbs Crow and Normus Bear set up the Yelloweyes Forest Detective Agency . Following the departure of their main teacher and star attraction of Haunted Hall...

Young fans of Ernie Cline's Ready Player One will love this classic video game inspired mystery filled with elements of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library and From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. What if playing video games was prepping you to solve an incredible real-world...

Thomas se hele wereld ruk tot stilstand toe sy meisie, Alex, hom uit die bloute los. Boonop lyk dit of sy beste pel, Hannes, vooraf van alles geweet het. Asof dit nie erg genoeg is nie, maak die skoolhoof, meneer Volschenk, en die twee skoolboelies, Flip en Japie, Thomas se lewe vir hom moeilik. Toe hy in skooltyd wegglip om van die hele spul weg te kom, hoor hy per ongeluk ’n geheime gesprek - twee mans beraam planne om ’n besending onwettige vuurwapens van die hawe tot in die hartjie van Kaapstad te smokkel.

The Titanic is meant to be unsinkable, but as it begins its maiden voyage, there’s plenty of danger waiting for four of its young passengers. Paddy is a stowaway, escaping a deadly past. Sophie’s mother is delivered to the ship by police - after she and Sophie have been arrested. Juliana’s father is an eccentric whose riches can barely hide his madness. And Alfie is hiding a secret that could get him kicked off the ship immediately.