The London Eye Mystery
By Siobhan Dowd
When Ted and Kat’s cousin Salim
disappears from the London Eye Ferris wheel,
the two siblings must work together to try to
solve the mystery of what happened to Salim.
Salim was on the Ferris wheel when it left,
but was not on it when it returned!
Down A Dark Hall
By Lois Duncan
Why does the exclusive boarding
school Blackwood have only four
students?
Other books by Lois Duncan books
available in our library:
Don’t Look Behind You
I Know What You Did Last Summer,
Locked in Time, Ransom
Stranger With My Face, Summer of
Fear, The Third Eye &
The Twisted Window
Kit is being taken to a boarding school because
her Mom and new husband are going on a
honeymoon in Europe. She wants her friend
Tracy to go too, but she was not accepted.
“It couldn’t have looked like this in the brochure,”
Kit said. “It just couldn’t have. It’s in the middle
of nowhere. There isn’t even a movie theatre.”
As Kit, her Mom and Dan approach the school,
Kit shivers with a creepy feeling. “I don’t want to
stay here,” Kit said.
“I’ll never be at home here?” Kit cried. “Can’t
you feel it, Mom? There’s something about the
place – something . . . evil.”
As Kit walks the dark halls, she is terrified. Read
to find out what terror is in store for Kit.
Don’t Look Behind You
By Lois Duncan
April Corrigan has a popular boyfriend, an
upcoming prom, and tennis lessons to enjoy. Life
seems too good to be true until her father’s
testimony convicts a notorious drug dealer.
April’s whole family must enter the Federal
Witness Security Program. April’s name changes,
as well as her entire way of life. She realizes that
she can never go home again to see her boyfriend
or her other friends. They will kill her if they find
her.
TMS Library MEDIA CENTER
I Spy . . .
Some Great Mysteries!
The Old Willis Place:
A Ghost Story
By Mary Downing Hahn
Other books by Mary Downing
Hahn are available in our library:
All the Lovely Bad Ones
As ever, Gordy
Closed for the Season
Daphne’s Book
Deep and Dark and Dangerous
Look for Me By Moonlight
Stepping on the Cracks
Twelve-year-old Diana ignores her brother’s
warnings and befriends the daughter of the new
caretaker of the old Willis place. A series of
events then lead to the release of the spirit of an
evil, crazy woman who once ruled the old house.
This story has just the right mix of
chill and thrill!
39 Clues: Vespers Rising
The eleven books in this series
are in our library.
Read the 11 books to follow Amy and Dan
Cahill around the world as they hunt for the 39
clues that will lead them to the source of their
family’s power. They are offered a million dollars
to walk away or to get the first clue. They take
the first clue and begin a very dangerous race.
39 Clues Part 2:
(Cahills vs. Vespers)
A new enemy presents an even deadlier
challenge for Amy and Dan Cahill.
Nightmare
By Joan Lowery Nixon
Other books by Joan Lowery Nixon
are available in our library:
A Candidate for Murder
Don’t Scream, The Haunting
Playing for Keep
Murdered, My Sweet
Spirit Seeker
Emily has never fit in with her overachieving
family. Her parents enroll her in a summer camp
called Camp Excel. She doesn’t want to go
because of a nightmare that she has had since
she was a child.
Emily makes two new friends at Camp Excel
and they help her realize that the nightmare is
not just in her head. There is a secret at Camp
Excel and the person who is trying to hide it will
do anything, even kill, to keep Emily from
discovering the truth.
Sammy Keyes and
the Wild Things
By Wendelin Van Draanen
Other Sammy Keyes mysteries
are available in our library.
Page-turning, cliffhanger
mysteries
Sammy Keyes is a thirteen-year-old detective.
While on her first hiking and camping trip, she
tries to solve a mystery involving endangered
condors. Sammy traded in her high-tops for
hiking boots. This is not the summer camping trip
of Sammy’s dreams.
When an injured condor is found, Sammy and
two other girls stray to track down a clue. They
end up lost in the middle of a canyon with two
boys, one tent and six billion biting flies.
The Cat Who Smelled a Rat
By Lilian Jackson Braun
Other Lilian Jackson Braun
mysteries, with the adorable
Siamese cat team detectives
Koko and Yum Yum, are
available in our library.
When a series of suspicious fires at a local
historic mine site is followed by a mysterious
explosion and a blood-chilling murder, Jim
Qwilleran prays for snow and answers. Some
people blame the fires on the weather, but Jim
things its arson. He investigates the mystery with
a little help from his feline friends, Siamese cats
Koko and Yum Yum.
Minerva Clark Gets a Clue
By Karen Karbo
Other Minerva Clark books
available in our library:
Minerva Clark
Goes to the Dogs
&
Minerva Clark
Gives up the Ghost
Minerva Clark hates her hair. She hates her
legs. She isn’t particularly good at standing up for
herself until she gets electrocuted. With a single
jolt, Minerva loses all self-doubt and uses her
newfound courage to solve a murder mystery.
She is a brand-new girl who is bolder than anyone
she knews, including her three older brothers.
A local bookstore clerk is found murdered so
Minerva and her pet ferret set out to add up the
clues. This funny mystery will keep you guessing
up to the very end.
Floors
by Patrick Carman
There’s mystery and adventure on
every floor of this wacky hotel!
There’s no place on Earth like the Whippet
Hotel. Every floor has its own wacky design
and its own secrets. Ducks are everywhere
and the guests are either crazy or mysterious.
The janitor’s son, Leo, gets four cryptic boxes
left for him that lead him to hidden floors,
strange puzzles, and unexpected friends.
When the hotel starts to fall apart, can Leo
save it?
The Mystery at Jamestown:
First Permanent Colony in
America!
By Carole Marsh
Other Carole Marsh Mysteries
are available in our library.
They involve real kids and real places.
Christina, Grant, Mimi, and Papa travel to
Jamestown, Virginia and become involved in a
mystery leading them from Jamestown to
Williamsburg to Yorktown. When Joe the
archaeologist is accused of stealing priceless
“skeletal remains” the kids go on a chase and end
up meeting Pocahontas and Capt. John Smith.
They get an adorable pet who becomes part of
their team.
Chasing Vermeer
By Blue Balliett
When bizarre events start to happen and a
precious Vermeer painting disappears, eleven-
year-olds Petra and Calder use their talents to
solve an international art scandal.
The Wright 3
By Blue Balliett
Sequel to Chasing Vermeer
Supersleuths Petra and Calder, along with
Calder’s old friend, Tommy, are drawn into
another art mystery. This one involves a Frank
Lloyd Wright architectural masterpiece, the Robie
House.
As the kids’ sixth-grade class tries to save the
Hyde Park landmark from demolition eerie things
happen! Voices float out from within, shadows
shift behind the art-glass windows, and the roof
even moves.
