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The Complete Adventures of Feluda, Vol. 2 by Satyajit Ray
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis second volume shows Feluda at the peak of his sleuthing career. He is at his inimitable best as he tracks down the last known letter of Napoleon, or investigates a sinister crime that has to do with Tintoretto's painting of Jesus...Categorized as:
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![Firewalk by L.T. Ryan, Brian Christopher Shea]()
Firewalk by L.T. Ryan, Brian Christopher Shea
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsStarting over is never easy.For Hatch nothing ever is.Seeking a connection to her past,Hatch crosses paths with a girl in need.And she'll risk everything to save her.In the most intense novel to date, ex-military police officer Rachel Hatch faces off with a criminal enterprise trafficking girls. Hatch can't look the other way and is called by her code of justice to seek resolution... -
![Damned by Jana Deleon]()
Damned by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen young priest Nicolas Chatry took his vows, he thought the hardest thing he’d have to deal with was accomplishing his duties from a wheelchair. Until a murderer steps into the confessional. Unable to recognize the voice or maneuver quickly enough to get a look at the killer, Nicolas has no way of identifying who admitted to such a horrific deed... -
![The Girl and the Black Christmas by A.J. Rivers]()
The Girl and the Black Christmas by A.J. Rivers
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen a mysterious package containing a severed hand is left at FBI agent Emma Griffin’s doorstep, Emma is suddenly pulled into one of the buried mysteries of her past.Emma is looking forward to spending the holidays with the family she’s built around herself... -
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![Dark Highway by Lisa Gray, Amy Landon]()
Dark Highway by Lisa Gray, Amy Landon
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn isolated highway in the middle of the desert - the perfect place to hide a secret.LA-based artist Laurie Simmonds disappeared two months ago, her camper-van abandoned on the isolated Twentynine Palms Highway, miles from anything - or anyone. With the police investigation stalled, her parents put all their faith in private investigator Jessica Shaw to find out the truth of what happened... -
![The Watcher by Linsey Lanier]()
The Watcher by Linsey Lanier
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Another wonderful book with great story and characters." Amazon reviewerHigh in the mountains of southeastern Brazil a killer lurks.An old friend calls.She’s getting death threats.Once again PI Miranda Steele feels the call of her destiny.When she and Parker get to Brazil and discover grisly human remains near a mountain resort, she knows those threats are very real... -
![Missing Persons by James Patterson, Adam Hamdy]()
Missing Persons by James Patterson, Adam Hamdy
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIn Afghanistan, a US Special Forces pilot is shot down during a covert mission.In New York, a mother is forced to flee with her two young children.A wealthy businessman approaches Jack Morgan, head of Private - the world's largest investigation agency - with a desperate plea to track down his daughter and grandchildren, who have disappeared without a trace...Categorized as:
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![Phoenix Burning by Isabella Maldonado]()
Phoenix Burning by Isabella Maldonado
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe battle between Veranda Cruz and the Villalobos cartel turns Phoenix into a war zone.Homicide Detective Veranda Cruz will stop at nothing to take down the Villalobos cartel. But when a wave of violence in the city escalates, she fears that the secrets of her past will take her down instead.Adolfo Villalobos is a crime boss who's determined to stake his claim...Categorized as:
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![ARCADIA: A Case For Willows And Lane by Peter Grainger]()
ARCADIA: A Case For Willows And Lane by Peter Grainger
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSir Roger Parkes is a man of some influence in the West Country. When he loses touch with his youngest daughter, he has a word with the Assistant Chief Constable of the local force. It’s not a police matter, he is told, but if Sir Roger wants to pursue it privately, there is a lady who might be able to help – two of them, actually... -
![সাবাস প্রোফেসর শঙ্কু by Satyajit Ray]()
সাবাস প্রোফেসর শঙ্কু by Satyajit Ray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsপ্রফেসর শঙ্কু সিরিজের তৃতীয় এই বইটিতে রয়েছে ৫টি গল্প -১. আশ্চর্য প্রাণী (প্রথম প্রকাশিত হয় সন্দেশ পত্রিকার ১৯৭১ সনের শারদীয় সংখ্যায়)২.স্বপ্নদ্বীপ (প্রথম প্রকাশিত হয় সন্দেশ পত্রিকার ১৯৭১ সনের মে-জুন সংখ্যায়)২.মরু রহস্য (প্রথম প্রকাশিত হয় সন্দেশ পত্রিকার ১৯৭২ সনের মে-জুন সংখ্যায়)৪. কর্ভাস (প্রথম প্রকাশিত হয় সন্দেশ পত্রিকার ১৯৭২ সনের শারদীয় সংখ্যায়)৫... -
![A Deadly Affair by Carla Simpson]()
A Deadly Affair by Carla Simpson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLondon 1889 — Murder, mystery, and two people in a most unlikely partnership.She's an unconventional lady who has traveled the world, practices the art of self defense most excellently, and has an interesting tattoo in, ahem... a very unusual place...Categorized as:
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![The Blind Trust by Colin Conway]()
The Blind Trust by Colin Conway
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA quiet death in a small town. A double homicide in the big city. Only a murderer knows they’re connected. Whitman County Sheriff Tom Jessup wants a nice, safe county. Unfortunately, things are about to get deadly. A seemingly normal death points Jessup north where he finds Detectives Quinn Delaney and Marci Burkett investigating a double murder... -
![Dark Lava by Toby Neal]()
Dark Lava by Toby Neal
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsParadise is threatened by a fight for sacred artifacts.She just wants to disarm the IED.Newly assigned to the bomb squad, Detective Lei Texeira struggles with skills that may be dangerously out of reach, even as a heinous crime strikes close to home and catches her husband in the crossfire.The woman is his. And if he can’t have her, she’ll have to die...Categorized as:
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![Cold as Ice by Allison Brennan]()
Cold as Ice by Allison Brennan
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn New York Times bestseller Allison Brennan’s Cold as Ice, FBI Agent Lucy Kincaid must get into the head of a psychopath to save her family, and herselfTwo years ago, FBI Agent Lucy Kincaid put psychopath Elise Hansen Hunt in juvenile detention for her role in an organized crime syndicate... -
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![Only the Brave by Mel Sherratt, Anne Flosnik]()
Only the Brave by Mel Sherratt, Anne Flosnik
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen one of the notorious Johnson brothers is murdered and a bag of money goes missing, a deadly game of cat and mouse is set in motion.DS Allie Shenton and her team are called in to catch the killer, but the suspects are double-crossing each other and Allie has little time to untangle the web of lies... -
![The Creek Killer by Dominika Best]()
The Creek Killer by Dominika Best
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsHow would you prove you weren’t dead? Jane Smith has been running from danger her whole life. That danger followed her everywhere, leaving a trail of death in its wake. When the mummified bodies of six girls are discovered in the wetlands of Los Angeles, Jane is surprised to learn one of the dead girls bears her name—the name she abandoned twenty-five years ago to go into hiding...Categorized as:
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![A Fine and Bitter Snow by Dana Stabenow]()
A Fine and Bitter Snow by Dana Stabenow
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsChange never comes easy so when the news breaks that the new administration oil might be drilling for oil soon in a wildlife preserve in southeastern Alaska, home to P.I. Kate Shugak, battle lines are quickly drawn across the community... -
![No Fixed Line by Dana Stabenow]()
No Fixed Line by Dana Stabenow
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt is New Year’s Eve, nearly six weeks into an off-and-on blizzard that has locked Alaska down, effectively cutting it off from the outside world. But now there are reports of a plane down in the Quilak mountains... -
![Ana Rocha: Shadows of Justice by Ammar Habib, Glenda Mendoza]()
Ana Rocha: Shadows of Justice by Ammar Habib, Glenda Mendoza
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAvailable in paperback, Kindle, and Kindle Unlimited!#1 Bestseller in Crime Thrillers!Co-written by award-winning author Ammar Habib and an accomplished police detective comes this riveting crime novel!Ana Rocha is a woman on fire. Being talented and from a well-off family, Ana could have become anything. But driven by her sister's murder, Ana chose the path of an undercover narcotics officer... -
![The Gypsy: An Adam Cain Thriller by T.J. Jones]()
The Gypsy: An Adam Cain Thriller by T.J. Jones
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"The Gypsy stood suddenly and I blinked up at her through the red haze that was clouding my vision. Standing, and straddling my broken body with a well-muscled leg on either side of me, she looked like an ethereal giant: a beautiful Amazon, impossible tall, and equally invincible... -
![Geronimo Stilton - The Hunt for the Golden Book by Geronimo Stilton]()
Geronimo Stilton - The Hunt for the Golden Book by Geronimo Stilton
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGeronimo is on the hunt in this special edition adventure!Grandfather William was throwing me, Geronimo Stilton, a party -- it had been 10 years since I published my first book! He wanted me to write a new book especially for the occasion. Then my laptop was stolen right from under my snout... -
![Death by the Book by Beth Byers]()
Death by the Book by Beth Byers
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsInspired by classic fiction and Miss Buncle's Book. Death by the Book questions what happens when you throw a murder into idyllic small town England.July 1936When Georgette Dorothy Marsh’s dividends fall along with the banks, she decides to write a book. Her only hope is to bring her account out of overdraft and possibly buy some hens... -
![A Taint In The Blood by Dana Stabenow]()
A Taint In The Blood by Dana Stabenow
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThirty-one years ago in Anchorage, Alaska, Victoria Pilz Bannister Muravieff was convicted of murdering her seventeen-year-old son William. The jury returned a quick verdict of guilty, believing the prosecutor's claims that she had set fire to her own home with both her sons inside; William died and the other, Oliver, narrowly escaped... -
![The Dead Tracks by Tim Weaver]()
The Dead Tracks by Tim Weaver
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"The Dead Tracks" is the second in the David Raker series from Tim Weaver. A serial killer more terrifying than you could ever imagine...Seventeen-year-old Megan Carver was an unlikely runaway. A straight - a student from a happy home, she studied hard and rarely got into trouble. Six months on, she's never been found. Missing persons investigator David Raker knows what it's like to grieve... -
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![The Vanishing of Dr Winter by L.B. Hathaway]()
The Vanishing of Dr Winter by L.B. Hathaway
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCan the past really come back to haunt you?Cambridge, Christmas 1922Posie Parker has cleared a space in her hectic schedule to try to unravel a tragedy in her own family. But Posie’s past is hiding around every turn in the old University town, and she finds herself taking on a new case which is positively teeming with ghosts, shadows and secrets, where nothing is quite what it seems...Categorized as:
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![We Last Saw Jane by Stacy M. Jones]()
We Last Saw Jane by Stacy M. Jones
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA senator’s missing daughter. The suspicious death of a teacher. The prestigious all-girls boarding school that holds the secrets to it all. In the days leading up to her wedding, PI Riley Sullivan is supposed to be taking a break at her mother’s home in upstate New York...Categorized as:
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![Diamond King by Stacy M. Jones]()
Diamond King by Stacy M. Jones
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn international art thief. A mysterious series of thefts and murders. An FBI agent’s career hangs in the balance.FBI Agent Kate Walsh has been called to Washington D.C. to testify before Congress about her actions in a previous case. The accusations could be career ending and she has much to prove. When the international art thief known as the Phantom is thought to have struck in D.C...Categorized as:
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![Cast the First Stone by K.J. Emrick, S.J. Wells]()
Cast the First Stone by K.J. Emrick, S.J. Wells
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsImagine seeing your future... in 3-second intervals... Introducing Sidney Stone — Private Investigator - She's smart, she's tough and she never gives up! Sidney Stone isn't rich, if she doesn't work she doesn't get paid. A private investigator's life can be tough in the motor city of Detroit. But she has a few tricks up her sleeve... Like being able to see into her immediate future...Categorized as:
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![Double Play / Perfect Victim by Kelley Armstrong]()
Double Play / Perfect Victim by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKindle compilation of two novellas in the Nadia Stafford crime series.Double PlayLife is good for Nadia and Jack. Their wilderness lodge business is booming, and they’re building a new home together, complete with a couple of dogs. It’s as close to normal as life gets…especially for a pair of contract killers.But for Jack, semi-retirement is a dangerous proposition... -
![Time Thief by Carolyn Keene]()
Time Thief by Carolyn Keene
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA mystery for the history books! River Heights Elementary School has been waiting a generation for this day to come. All the kids in Mrs. Ramirez's class, including Nancy Drew and her friends Bess and George, have gathered to watch Principal Newman dig up the time capsule that was buried over 30 years ago. But, when it's unearthed, a very important vintage doll is missing from the capsule...Categorized as:
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![Smoke over Owl Creek by Caren Hahn]()
Smoke over Owl Creek by Caren Hahn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsValerie Fisher came to Owl Creek looking for a fresh beginning. What she finds could tear the small town apart.After her husband's tragic death, Val returns to her childhood home with her seven-year old daughter, hoping to pick up the pieces of her shattered life. But the sleepy logging community isn't as safe as it once was... -
![Day and Night by Kaylie Hunter]()
Day and Night by Kaylie Hunter
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKelsey Harrison is back in business, battling the bad guys while healing old wounds that keep her from having the normal life she seeks. Put to the test, she must find a way to juggle a kidnapping case, stop a pair of assassins, confront her evil mother, and survive an unexpected visit from her nana. Oh boy... It's time to strap on a pair of black heeled boots and kick some serious backside... -
![Dead Man's Cove by Lauren St. John]()
Dead Man's Cove by Lauren St. John
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen orphaned Laura Marlin moves from a children's home to live with her uncle in Cornwall, she longs for an exciting life just like the characters in her favourite detective novels. A real life adventure is on hand as she is deposited at her uncle's spooky house...Categorized as:
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![Plymouth Undercover by Pamela M. Kelley]()
Plymouth Undercover by Pamela M. Kelley
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEmma McCarthy, is a thirty year old failed actress who moves home to Plymouth, MA when she and her mother, Cindy, inherit a private detective agency. The agency comes with a part-time employee, Mickey, an 80 year old retired detective. They expect cheating spouses or workman’s comp cases, but quickly learn that the agency has a reputation for solving murders... -
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![Blink of an Eye by Iris Johansen, Roy Johansen]()
Blink of an Eye by Iris Johansen, Roy Johansen
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA #1 New York Times bestselling author and an Edgar Award winner team up to deliver this gripping new novel featuring investigator Kendra Michaels—whose observational skills are worthy of a modern-day Sherlock Holmes... -
![The Tomb of the Honey Bee by L.B. Hathaway, Clare Wille]()
The Tomb of the Honey Bee by L.B. Hathaway, Clare Wille
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen Posie is asked to find a world-famous explorer who has gone missing, she finds herself in murky waters yet again: an aristocratic family torn apart by hatred, a bizarre murder at an English country house, and a cryptic clue left behind by the explorer which is sweet as honey, but deadlier than poison... -
![Her Last Wish by Blake Pierce]()
Her Last Wish by Blake Pierce
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFBI Agent Rachel Gift, 33, unparalleled for her ability to enter the minds of serial killers, is a rising star in the Behavioral Crimes Unit—until a routine doctor visit reveals she has but a few months left to live.Not wishing to burden others with her pain, Rachel decides, agonizing as it is, not to tell anyone—not even her boss, her partner, her husband, or her seven-year-old daughter... -
![Abandoned by Allison Brennan]()
Abandoned by Allison Brennan
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 17 ratings13 hours, 45 minutes New York Times best-selling author Allison Brennan weaves the intimate, unpausable story of an investigator confronting the most important - and most dangerous - mystery of her career, in Abandoned Investigative reporter Max Revere has cracked many cases, but the one investigation she's never attempted is the mystery from her own past... -
![The Happy Hollisters and the Castle Rock Mystery by Jerry West]()
The Happy Hollisters and the Castle Rock Mystery by Jerry West
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn abandoned rock quarry, mysterious flying objects, and a valuable deposit of titanium lead the five Hollister children -- Pete, Pam, Ricky, Holly, and Sue -- into their latest thrilling adventure. When a package of instruments from a weather balloon is parachuted onto their front lawn, the Hollisters are baffled and very excited...Categorized as:
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![A Floof to a Kill by B.G. Wood]()
A Floof to a Kill by B.G. Wood
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“An Oregon adventure that combines Harry Potter vibes with Miss Marple–type murders and a champion alpaca! A brisk, fun read!” —Kirkus ReviewsWelcome to Maidenwell. Come for the alpaca show. Stay for the murder. The first book in a brand-new series perfect for Richard Osman readers and all fans of utterly delightful and page-turning whodunnits... -
![Blessed are Those Who Weep by Kristi Belcamino]()
Blessed are Those Who Weep by Kristi Belcamino
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSan Francisco Bay Area reporter Gabriella Giovanni stumbles onto a horrific crime scene with only one survivor—a baby girl found crawling between the dead bodies of her family members. Reeling from the slaughter, Gabriella clings to the infant. When Social Services pries the little girl from her arms, the enormity of the tragedy hits home... -
![Unicorn Uproar by Carolyn Keene]()
Unicorn Uproar by Carolyn Keene
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Great Unicorn Caper!Sparkle the unicorn has gone missing from the town's medieval festival. Did third-grade diva Destiny Delgado or the mischievous Toby Leo steal Sparkle? Or did the wand Nancy bought from the fortune-teller make Sparkle disappear? Once again it's up to Nancy, Bess, and George to look for clues and find the culprit...Categorized as:
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![Mall Madness by Carolyn Keene]()
Mall Madness by Carolyn Keene
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBack-to-school shopping spree!The Clue Crew is headed to the mall! They are ready to shop till they drop for new school supplies. First the Pencil Box for glittery notebooks. But right away it looks like the girls have a back-to-school mystery on their hands. Money is missing from the Pencil Box's cash register, and all fingers point to the clerk, Rodger...Categorized as:
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![Dance Off by Carolyn Keene]()
Dance Off by Carolyn Keene
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDance fever has hit River Heights! Kids Can Dance, the famous reality tv show, is holding auditions at River Heights Elementary. Nancy and her friends are eager to try out, and meet the famous host, Bryce Brown...Categorized as:
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![Princess Mix-up Mystery by Carolyn Keene, Macky Pamintuan]()
Princess Mix-up Mystery by Carolyn Keene, Macky Pamintuan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn Princess Mix-up Mystery , Nancy Drew and her friends must uncover a stinky plot at the local princess makeover beauty parlor...Categorized as:
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![Babysitting Bandit by Carolyn Keene, Carolyn Keene]()
Babysitting Bandit by Carolyn Keene, Carolyn Keene
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhoa, baby!When a neighbor hires Nancy, Bess, and George to take care of her eighteen-month-old identical twins, the girls are happy to help. After all, the Clue Crew has stopped would-be thieves, uncovered scams, and recovered stolen objects -- how hard can watching a couple of babies be?But being a mother's helper is trickier than they thought, especially when the twins' toys start disappearing...Categorized as:
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![Wedding Day Disaster by Carolyn Keene]()
Wedding Day Disaster by Carolyn Keene
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPiece of cake! Nancy's cousin is getting married, and Nancy is the flower girl. She can't wait to see the butter crème de le crème wedding cake! Bess and George have the special job of rolling out the cake. But a wedding day disaster strikes when Bess and George bring out the cake and Nancy notices that a slice is missing...Categorized as:
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![Cat Burglar Caper by Carolyn Keene]()
Cat Burglar Caper by Carolyn Keene
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn Cat Burglar Caper, someone is stealing kittens from the local pet store! Fortunately for the cats, Nancy and her friends are on the case...Categorized as:
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![Secret Identity by Carolyn Keene]()
Secret Identity by Carolyn Keene
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEveryone knows about the online group BetterLife. But what starts out as a fun virtual reality site turns into a living nightmare for Bess's twelve-year-old sister and her friends when one of them becomes a target of cyberbullying!I create my own BetterLife profile to investigate how the program works and find out who could be targeting the girl and why...Categorized as:
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![Double Take by Carolyn Keene]()
Double Take by Carolyn Keene
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn Treasure Trouble, Nancy, George, and Bess are headed to Barnacle Beach for a pirate-themed birthday party. But when the treasure chest filled with party favors disappears, playtime is over. With the help of a mysterious treasure map, the Clue Crew needs to reclaim the missing loot before the party’s completely ruined...Categorized as:
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