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Guillermo Barea, un adolescente ciego con una gran personalidad, se convertirá en un detective espontáneo a raíz de un extraño suceso. Todo comienza cuando Rodrigo, un vecino de Guillermo, periodista y amigo de la familia, es hallado muerto en su piso. Debido al afecto que los unía, Guillermo se siente obligado a esclarecer lo ocurrido. Junto a su amigo Zebra y a su vecina Carlota, que vive pared con pared y a la que acaba de conocer, Guillermo forma un equipo improvisado con el objetivo de averiguar la verdad.

Guillermo Barea, un adolescente ciego con una gran personalidad, se convertirá en un detective espontáneo a raíz de un extraño suceso. Todo comienza cuando Rodrigo, un vecino de Guillermo, periodista y amigo de la familia, es hallado muerto en su piso. Debido al afecto que los unía, Guillermo se siente obligado a esclarecer lo ocurrido. Junto a su amigo Zebra y a su vecina Carlota, que vive pared con pared y a la que acaba de conocer, Guillermo forma un equipo improvisado con el objetivo de averiguar la verdad.

Jonathan Grisby is the newest arrival at the Slabhenge Reformatory School for Troubled Boys - an ancient, crumbling fortress of gray stone rising up from the ocean. It is dark, damp, and dismal. And it is just the place Jonathan figures he deserves. Because Jonathan has done something terrible. And he's willing to accept whatever punishment he has coming. Just as he's getting used to his new situation, however, a freak accident leaves the troubled boys of Slabhenge without any adult supervision.

The many tenants in the building, along with the endless possibilities of adventures in the city itself, are the perfect setting for the young detective as he sets out to solve every case he can get his hands on. RJ and Joey look forward to pizza night at Tony's every week. Imagine their disappointment when pizza service is halted due to a cheese thief in the neighborhood. Who would steal cheese? RJ and Joey are on the case and it's lookin to be one of the most dangerous off all the mysteries that they've ever solved.

Lady Candling holder meget af katte - og især af meget kostbare siameserkatte. En dag bliver hendes allerdyreste kat, "Nattens dronning", stjålet! Børnene Larry, Daisy, Pip, Tykke og Bets beslutter sig for at finde den skyldige. Ikke mindst fordi deres gode ven, gartnerdrengen Lukas, bliver anklaget for tyveriet. Men der venter dem mange overraskelser, før det lykkes dem at komme på det rette spor ... I børnekrimiserien om "De 5 detektiver og sporhunden" følger vi Larry, Daisy, Pip, Tykke, Bets og den lille skottehund Buster, som sammen løser en masse mystiske sager.

When an earthquake causes a breach at a super-secret Pharos prison, Kensy and Max must join an urgent assignment to Queenstown, New Zealand. Time is of the essence—the escaped prisoners are two highly dangerous men out for revenge against both Pharos and the Spencer family. The twins head into the wilderness in pursuit. But the mountains are dangerous, and instability brought on by the earthquake is only making things worse. Meanwhile, strange things are happening back in London as one Pharos agent is attacked and another disappears.

As a pizza detective, Colin Kingsley, a.k.a. Mark Anchovy, has survived murderous criminals, bloodthirsty henchmen and some questionable modes of transport. He now has a much more worrying problem: his younger sister is working as his apprentice. Coaching seven-year-old Alicia for her exams to join the Golden Spatula League would be challenging enough. But the siblings must head to Japan to track down the missing English eccentric Lord Bobo - former host of the hit '90s gameshow Battered by the Butler - before he winds up dead.

Maisie is convinced her summer holiday is going to be as boring as ever - until a bungled raid on her family’s car sees her snatched by the Robbersons, a bunch of bandits with an insatiable appetite for sweets! Soon Maisie realises that life on the open road with the Robbersons is the adventure she’s always longed for. They’ve even started to see her as one of the gang! So when she discovers that the police and her parents are hot on their trail, Maisie decides she isn’t quite ready to be rescued.

Someone's run off with Junie B.'s new black furry mittens and didn't return them to the Lost and Found! So when Junie B. finds a wonderful pen, she should be allowed to keep it, too. Right?

De fem detektivbørn Larry, Daisy, Pip, Tykke og Bets er chokerede, da en eller anden begynder at sende anonyme, hadefulde breve til flere af indbyggerne i deres lille by Peterswood. Det rammer også Pip og Bets familie, da deres unge stuepige Gladys modtager et af brevene, som afslører en hemmelighed. Børnene beslutter, at de er nødt til at finde ud af, hvem der står bag. Men deres ærkerival, politimanden hr. Goon, er også på sagen, så de må skynde sig, hvis de vil løse mysteriet før ham.

Officer Jack is in Hamilton Township airport when a woman screams, “Help Me! My baby’s not breathing! Somebody, help me!” His partner, Officer Kate, knows how to help, but a scanner system blocks her path to the frantic mother. Can she get there in time to save the baby?

When 11-year-old Annie first started lying to her social worker, she had been taught by an expert: Gran. "If you’re going to do something, make sure you do it with excellence," Gran would say. That was when Gran was feeling talkative, and not brooding for days in her room - as she did after telling Annie and her little brother, Rew, the one thing they know about their father: that he was killed in a fight with an angry man who was sent away.

Do you need something? Mac can get it for you. It's what he does—he and his best friend and business manager, Vince. Their methods might sometimes run afoul of the law, or at least the school code of conduct, but if you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can pay him, Mac is on your side. His office is located in the East Wing boys' bathroom, fourth stall from the high window. And business is booming.

Frannie doesn't know what to make of the poem she's reading in school. She hasn't thought much about hope. There are so many other things to think about. Each day, her friend Samantha seems a bit more "holy". And there is a new boy in class everyone is calling the Jesus Boy.

Taking from the rich and giving to the poor, Robin Hood and loyal followers fight for the oppressed against the evil Sheriff of Nottingham.

Frank and Joe Hardy, sons of the world famous detective Fenton Hardy, tackle their first case as budding detectives themselves. Although still in High School, the boys experience exciting chases, hold ups, robberies, clues, and false accusations; they winnow through mounds of evidence and conflicting stories, get some assistance from their famous father, and search and climb till they find the answer to the mystery of The Tower Treasure!

From Leslie Connor, the critically acclaimed author of Waiting for Normal and All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook, comes a deeply poignant and beautifully crafted story about self-reliance, redemption, and hope. Mason Buttle is the biggest, sweatiest kid in his grade, and everyone knows he can barely read or write. Mason’s learning disabilities are compounded by grief. Fifteen months ago, Mason’s best friend, Benny Kilmartin, turned up dead in the Buttle family’s orchard.

Twelve-year-old Mizzy dreams of being a detective and she won't let anything stand in her way — not her reputation for tall tales, or her embarrassing fear of escalators, and definitely not her Down Syndrome. Dumped for the summer with cousins who've outgrown her, Mizzy feels even more sidelined than usual. But when she discovers Great Aunt Jane's diaries in a locked wardrobe in their spare room, and realises her aunt didn't die in her sleep but under suspicious circumstances, everything changes. What's more … someone in the family appears to have been involved.

Suspense organique en milieu contrôléVictor pose un geste terrible qui l’oblige à fuir loin de chez lui. Il trouve refuge en forêt dans une curieuse communauté composée d’adolescents dysfonctionnels, souvent cruels. Mais qui sont ces jeunes? Qu’est-ce qui les unit? Et surtout, pourquoi Victor fait-il ces rêves étranges et si réels depuis qu’il est arrivé? Petit à petit, l’adolescent obtient des réponses… et souhaite aussitôt ne jamais avoir posé de questions.

A Collerotondo la vita scorre tranquilla - troppo tranquilla - direbbe subito Zoe, mescolando disgusto e sarcasmo sul suo volto di quattordicenne che ha fretta di crescere. Poche case, molti vecchietti, e come sola attrattiva un ristorante stellato, La lupa e la luna, che suo fratello Achille, undici anni e un (presunto) futuro da chef, ha subito dichiarato di dover assolutamente provare. Quando però il proprietario del ristorante viene trovato morto, ucciso con un colpo di pistola, il noioso paese di provincia diventa il teatro di un mistero.