Joan Lowery Nixon
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
For fans of Gillian Flynn, Caroline Cooney, and R.L. Stine comes Whispers from the Dead from four-time Edgar Allen Poe Young Adult Mystery Award winner Joan Lowery Nixon.
Only Sarah senses the horror.
The minute she steps through the doorway of her family’s new home, Sarah feels a smothering cold mist, and hears the echo of a scream and a heartbreaking whisper...
Only Sarah senses the horror.
The minute she steps through the doorway of her family’s new home, Sarah feels a smothering cold mist, and hears the echo of a scream and a heartbreaking whisper...
3) The haunting
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her mother inherits an old plantation house in the Louisiana countryside, fifteen-year-old Lia seeks to rid it of the evil spirit that haunts it.
4) The stalker
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her best friend is accused of murder, seventeen-year-old Jennifer is determined to prove her innocence by finding the real culprit.
8) Shadowmaker
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Soon after she and her mother come to the small Texas town of Kluney and experience a series of menacing events, Katie begins to suspect that there is something sinister going on.
12) Haunted Island
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
On an island in the Mississippi River, a ghost and his dog stand guard When their aunt buys an old, run-down inn on the banks of the Mississippi, Chris and Amy Holt go south to help her fix up the place. They lend helping hands during the day, but at night, they wonder about the island in the middle of the rivera mysterious place where the townsfolk will not set foot. The island was created by an earthquake which shook the ground so fiercely that...
Author
Series
Casebusters ; 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Charles Collier thinks that he can see eyes that peer out from the walls of his new house, so he comes to the Casebusters to see if they can find out if his new house is really haunted.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
While on vacation in Oregon, Chris and Sean encounter a meat-locker mystery. Piney Point is one of the most beautiful places Sean and Brian Quinn have ever seen, but as far as Brian is concerned, it's not half as pretty as Jennifer Hicks. And getting to know the hotel manager's daughter while his younger brother goofs off in the pool sounds like the perfect vacation. But when a string of thefts upset Brian's new friend, vacation is over, and the Casebusters...
Author
Series
Casebusters ; 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Casebusters investigate accidents at an abandoned theaterwhere a ghost is the chief suspect! Ever since the new mall opened on the other side of Redoaks, the area around the historic Culbertson Theater has been abandoned. But when a local developer wants to bulldoze the area and turn it into a shopping center, someone inside the theater decides to take matters into his own handshands that may be alive or dead. After a sandbag falls on a building...
Author
Series
Casebusters ; 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
The sons of a private detective investigate a crazy art museum caperand try to avoid a spooky statue! Ever since they were very young, Brian and Sean Quinn have helped their father solve mysteries. Even though their dad is a professional detective, he always likes to hear his kids' opinions. Sometimes they even help him catch a crook! But when a pair of priceless Leonardo da Vinci drawings disappears from the local art museum, their father is stumped,...
17) Keeping secrets
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1863, eleven-year-old Peg Kelly is drawn into the dangerous activities of a mysterious young woman who had come to her home in Missouri after fleeing the raid of William Quantrill and his raiders on Lawrence, Kansas.
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
For fans of Gillian Flynn, Caroline Cooney, and R.L. Stine comes Murdered, My Sweet from four-time Edgar Allen Poe Young Adult Mystery Award winner Joan Lowery Nixon.
Jenny Jakes and her mother, a famous mystery writer, travel to San Antonio to see their cousin, Arnold Harmony, who’s made his fortune in the chocolate business. Harmony, an eccentric millionaire, wants his will read publicly...
Jenny Jakes and her mother, a famous mystery writer, travel to San Antonio to see their cousin, Arnold Harmony, who’s made his fortune in the chocolate business. Harmony, an eccentric millionaire, wants his will read publicly...