Download or read book The North Hollywood Detective Club in the Case of the Hollywood Art Heist written by Mike Mains and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-07-07 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You've got to help me," Marisol cried. "My brother is innocent!" With those words, the North Hollywood Detective Club officially begins as teen super-sleuths Jeffrey Jones and Pablo Reyes set out to prove the innocence of Marisol's brother and rescue him from jail. Their search for a stolen painting leads them to a mysterious pawn shop, a glamorous television star, and a 20-year-old unsolved murder! This is the first book in a new teen and middle grade mystery series, starring a pair of 14-year-old boys who start their own detective club. If you're the type who loves origin stories, then this is the book for you. (When I was a kid reading comic books, I always wanted to read the origin stories of all my favorite super heroes!) How are YOUR detective and mystery-solving skills? Check out Amazon's Look Inside feature for this book. When their teacher's apartment is broken into and the police can't solve the crime, Jeffrey Jones and Pablo Reyes take up the challenge! Can you solve the story's first mystery before our young detectives do? REVIEWS: "This is a fantastic read for young adults, teens, or anyone who wants to look back to our teenage years looking for a good mystery to solve." - Amazon Reviewer "This is a fun exciting read!" - Amazon Reviewer A PERSONAL NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: I designed this mystery book series for teens, middle-grade and young adult readers. These are intelligent, well-written mystery and suspense stories, starring a pair of real teen heroes. The clues are laid out as challenges for the reader to solve, and each book is grounded in morality. Originally, I thought they would be good mystery books for boys, but I was pleasantly surprised to discover how much girls also liked them. I hope you enjoy reading these stories as much as I enjoyed writing them. If so, please leave a review, or shoot me an email. I always love hearing from my readers. [email protected] Book Two in this mystery and suspense series for young readers - "The Case of the Dead Man's Treasure" - is now available on Amazon. Middle grade adventure books, middle grade mystery books, teen books, teen fiction, teen mystery books, teen mystery books for boys, ya and young adult mystery books.
Download or read book The North Hollywood Detective Club Ultimate Companion Book written by Mike Mains and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stolen painting and a Hollywood star ... a graveyard at midnight, cloaked in mist and concealing an ancient treasure ... a lonely 15-year-old girl and her startling connection to a gang of vicious counterfeiters ... a treacherous double-cross that leaves two teenage fugitives framed for murder and on the run from the police ... Grab a cup of steaming hot chocolate and curl up on the couch. You're about to enter the mysterious and action-packed world of the North Hollywood Detective Club. This is your complete source book. Learn all about the teenage heroes, the dastardly villains, the page-turning plots, how the series started, and much, much more! Plus an extra bonus chapter for would-be writers. Discover for yourself why thousands of readers around the world have thrilled to these tails of mystery, action, and suspense. For sleuths and mystery book lovers of all ages. The underlying theme of these books is friendship. Friendship and loyalty and the pains of growing up. This book series combines mystery, action, suspense, and even a dash of romance into an irresistible combination for both tweens and teens. Books 1 and 2 in the series - "The Case of the Hollywood Art Heist" and "The Case of the Dead Man's Treasure" appeal to all readers. Books 3 and 4 "The Case of the Christmas Counterfeiters" and "The Case of the Deadly Double-Cross" are a bit more intense and are suitable for ages 12 and up. Teen Mystery Books, Young Adult Mystery Books, Middle Grade Mystery Books, Books for Boys, Books for Girls, The North Hollywood Detective Club
Download or read book The Case of the Christmas Counterfeiters written by Mike Mains and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-11-25 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two teen detectives. One criminal mastermind. And two billion dollars in counterfeit money. What could possibly go wrong? Teen super-sleuths Jeffrey Jones and Pablo Reyes are back in this, the third book of The North Hollywood Detective Club series. While the rest of the world prepares to celebrate Christmas, Jeffrey and Pablo uncover a plot to flood Los Angeles with billions of dollars in counterfeit currency. Their investigation leads them to a master criminal, his hoodlum son, and a mysterious 15-year-old girl who holds the key to the entire puzzle. Classic Books for Boys; Mystery Books for Kids You'll be pleased to know that the paperback version of this book isn't priced at $17 or $16 or even $15, like so many other books for boys. It's priced a fantastical $12.99 (what a bargain). What's more, this book is enrolled with the Kindle Matchbook plan. That means if you buy the paperback book, you get the Kindle book for free. I highly recommend this. Even if all you want is the Kindle version, you can give the paperback book to someone for Christmas. Books make great gifts and everyone loves getting books for Christmas! Teen Mystery Books; Young Adult Mystery Books The first mystery book for teens that I read was a decades-old Nancy Drew book that I found in the school library back in the 4th or 5th grade. It wasn't the best mystery book for kids, but it got me hooked. Since then, I've been a fan of mysteries, thrillers, and detective stories. Whether they are written specifically as books for boys is irrelevant. All I want is a good book.If you're the same way, then pour yourself a cup of hot chocolate and nestle into your favorite easy chair, or curl up in bed or in front of the fireplace, and get ready to enjoy this new mystery book. For boys, for girls, for anyone who appreciates the turn of a clue and the thrill of the chase. The North Hollywood Detective Club books are popular mystery and suspense books for young readers. Thousands of fans around the world have thrilled to these stories of detection, intrigue and danger. The Case of the Hollywood Art Heist: The first book in the North Hollywood Detective Club series. Teen detectives Jeffrey Jones and Pablo Reyes must solve the mystery of a stolen painting to free an innocent man from jail. The Case of the Dead Man's Treasure: Hired by their teacher to find the driver responsible for a hit-and-run auto accident, Jeffrey and Pablo stumble upon a search for an ancient treasure, and a ruthless treasure hunter who will stop at nothing to get his hands on the prize. Here's What Readers Are Saying: 5 Stars! My 10 year old son has enjoyed all 3 books. He just finished The Case of the Christmas Counterfeiters and loved it. He says "It is intriguing and leaves you in suspense." "When it seems that there is no hope, something cool happens!" "I highly recommend this book!" 5 Stars! I loved the action and the mystery that he used. Like how it was one mystery than the book changed and then there was another mystery. 5 Stars! My 13 year-old daughter loves this series. 5 Stars! I bought this book for my son and read a few pages just to check it out. A funny thing happened, though. I couldn't stop reading it. Every chapter is a cliff hanger and I had to keep turning the page. 5 Stars! My 12 year old read this on my old kindle & he loved it! Middle grade mystery books, teen mystery books, books for boys, books for girls, mystery books for kids, mystery books for boys, mystery books for girls, mystery books for teens, adventure books for kids!
Download or read book The Case of the Deadly Double Cross written by Mike Mains and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-14 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All Jeffrey wanted to do was help a girl find her missing father. He had no way of knowing it would lead to him and his best friend being framed for murder. On the run after a daring escape and with the police closing in, Jeffrey and Pablo are in a race against time to solve the crime and find the real killer before the police find them. Teen Mystery Books; Young Adult Mystery Books The Case of the Deadly Double-Cross is the latest book in The North Hollywood Detective Club mystery and adventure series for young readers. Thousands of readers around the world have thrilled to these tales of mystery, action and suspense. Mystery Book Lovers Chime In: Just a short note to let you know that I have assigned your book, "The North Hollywood Detective Club" as one of the textbooks at our little school, which is located right outside Paris, France. We currently have 16 students in the process of reading it. -- Mario C. I bought your three mystery books and gave them to a coworker for her son. Apparently he is not a big reader but he recently finished the first book. His mom is thrilled he is reading and he is on to the second book. He enjoyed the first book so much he thinks you should turn it into a movie. -- Dave H. Amazon Reviews 5 Stars! Utterly Fantastic!!!!! I absolutely adored this novel, as a thirteen year old girl I have found friendship, mystery and enjoyment of this book. It was such a great book that I stayed up until 1:32 am!!!! ... I could not put this book down. I followed along to the story being told and was engaged into finding out who was guilty it was like I was there being a part of the "North Hollywood Detective Club" with the four teens/tweens!! Please write more of these books cause I will not stop reading these!!!!! - Jordan 4 Stars! A complex and engaging mystery, and an easy read at the same time. The characters are all quite likable especially the "detectives" Jeffrey and Pablo. - Glenn 5 Stars! Really good books. I absolutely loved these books. They're very well thought out and a great read for anyone. I would recommend them for anyone, especially teens and young adults. - Ami Buy The Case of the Deadly Double-Cross and start your adventure today! Also by Mike Mains: The North Hollywood Detective Club series Book 1 - The Case of the Hollywood Art Heist Book 2 - The Case of the Dead Man's Treasure Book 3 - The Case of the Christmas Counterfeiters Book 4 - The Case of the Deadly Double-Cross Book 5 - The Case of the Redheaded Princess - coming soon Stand Alone Titles Monkey Jokes: A Joke Book for Kids! Bodybuilding for Boys & Young Men Mystery Adventure Detective Books - Action packed tales of mystery, suspense and intrigue! "We read to know we are not alone." Teen mystery, Young Adult Mystery, Mystery books for kids, Mystery books for boys, Mystery books for girls
Download or read book The Case Files of Dan Turner Hollywood Detective written by Robert Leslie Bellem and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2009-01-27 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A creation of Robert Leslie Bellem, Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective, appeared in hundreds of stories from 1934 to 1950 in the pulp magazines of the Culture and Trojan lines. The Dan Turner stories ran through three distinct phases: volume 1 deals with the early Spicy period, and includes the first 4 stories published. The stories in this volume range from 1934 to 1941. Each story also features the original artwork which graced the pages of the pulp magazines upon their first appearance. Features 20 complete stories and 2 articles by Bellem.
Download or read book The Sweetest Heist in History written by Octavia Spencer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hard-to-prove art heist in New York City becomes a mystery for ninja detective Randi Rhodes in this second book in a series full of humor, adventure, and heart from Academy Award–winning actress Octavia Spencer. Randi Rhodes and her fellow ninja detectives, DC and Pudge, were flying high after solving the Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit. But life in sleepy Deer Creek has begun to feel…a bit boring. There are no crimes to investigate! But a trip to New York City to visit Randi’s aunt changes that! While the ninja detective trio explores Randi’s old neighborhood in Brooklyn, they uncover an art theft. Except no one will believe them. So they’ll just have to catch the criminals in the act...
Download or read book Hollywood Hills written by Joseph Wambaugh and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2010-11-16 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legendary Hollywood Hills are home to wealth, fame, and power -- passing through the neighborhood, it's hard not to get a little greedy. LAPD veteran "Hollywood Nate" Weiss could take or leave the opulence, but he wouldn't say no to onscreen fame. He may get his shot when he catches the appreciative eye of B-list director Rudy Ressler, and his troublemaking fiancée, Leona Brueger, the older-but-still-foxy widow of a processed-meat tycoon. Nate tries to elude her crafty seductions, but consents to keep an eye on their estate in the Hollywood Hills while they're away. Also minding the mansion is Raleigh Dibble, a hapless ex-con trying to put the past behind him. Raleigh is all too happy to be set up for the job -- as butler-cum-watchdog -- by Nigel Wickland, Leona's impeccably dressed art dealer. What Raleigh doesn't realize is that under the natty clothes and posh accent, Nigel has a nefarious plan: two paintings hanging on the mansion's walls will guarantee them more money than they've ever seen. Everyone's dreams are just within reach -- the only problem is, this is Hollywood. A circle of teenage burglars that the media has dubbed The Bling Ring has taken to pillaging the homes of Hollywood celebutants like Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan, and when a pair of drug-addled young copycats stumbles upon Nigel's heist, that's just the beginning of the disaster to come. Soon Hollywood Nate, surfer cops Flotsam and Jetsam, and the rest of the team at Hollywood Station have a deadly situation on their hands. Hollywood Hills is a raucous and dangerous roller coaster ride that showcases Joseph Wambaugh in vintage form.
Download or read book The Birds of America written by John James Audubon and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition has 65 new images, making a total of 500. The original configurations were altered so that there is only one species per plate. The text is a revision of the Ornithological Biography, rearranged according to Audubon's Synopsis of the Birds of North America (1839).
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Download or read book Priceless written by Robert K. Wittman and published by Crown. This book was released on 2011-06-07 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wall Street Journal called him “a living legend.” The London Times dubbed him “the most famous art detective in the world.” In Priceless, Robert K. Wittman, the founder of the FBI’s Art Crime Team, pulls back the curtain on his remarkable career for the first time, offering a real-life international thriller to rival The Thomas Crown Affair. Rising from humble roots as the son of an antique dealer, Wittman built a twenty-year career that was nothing short of extraordinary. He went undercover, usually unarmed, to catch art thieves, scammers, and black market traders in Paris and Philadelphia, Rio and Santa Fe, Miami and Madrid. In this page-turning memoir, Wittman fascinates with the stories behind his recoveries of priceless art and antiquities: The golden armor of an ancient Peruvian warrior king. The Rodin sculpture that inspired the Impressionist movement. The headdress Geronimo wore at his final Pow-Wow. The rare Civil War battle flag carried into battle by one of the nation’s first African-American regiments. The breadth of Wittman’s exploits is unmatched: He traveled the world to rescue paintings by Rockwell and Rembrandt, Pissarro, Monet and Picasso, often working undercover overseas at the whim of foreign governments. Closer to home, he recovered an original copy of the Bill of Rights and cracked the scam that rocked the PBS series Antiques Roadshow. By the FBI’s accounting, Wittman saved hundreds of millions of dollars worth of art and antiquities. He says the statistic isn’t important. After all, who’s to say what is worth more --a Rembrandt self-portrait or an American flag carried into battle? They're both priceless. The art thieves and scammers Wittman caught run the gamut from rich to poor, smart to foolish, organized criminals to desperate loners. The smuggler who brought him a looted 6th-century treasure turned out to be a high-ranking diplomat. The appraiser who stole countless heirlooms from war heroes’ descendants was a slick, aristocratic con man. The museum janitor who made off with locks of George Washington's hair just wanted to make a few extra bucks, figuring no one would miss what he’d filched. In his final case, Wittman called on every bit of knowledge and experience in his arsenal to take on his greatest challenge: working undercover to track the vicious criminals behind what might be the most audacious art theft of all.
Download or read book Tear Me Apart written by J.T. Ellison and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2018-08-28 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The follow-up to her critically acclaimed Lie to Me, J.T. Ellison’s Tear Me Apart is the powerful story of a mother willing to do anything to protect her daughter even as their carefully constructed world unravels around them. One moment will change their lives forever… Competitive skier Mindy Wright is a superstar in the making until a spectacular downhill crash threatens not just her racing career but her life. During surgery, doctors discover she’s suffering from a severe form of leukemia, and a stem cell transplant is her only hope. But when her parents are tested, a frightening truth emerges. Mindy is not their daughter. Who knows the answers? The race to save Mindy’s life means unraveling years of lies. Was she accidentally switched at birth or is there something more sinister at play? The search for the truth will tear a family apart…and someone is going to deadly extremes to protect the family’s deepest secrets. With vivid movement through time, Tear Me Apart examines the impact layer after layer of lies and betrayal has on two families, the secrets they guard, and the desperate fight to hide the darkness within. Don’t miss It's One of Us, the next page-turning thriller from New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison!
Download or read book Daily Variety written by and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 942 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Den of Thieves written by James B. Stewart and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A #1 bestseller from coast to coast, Den of Thieves tells the full story of the insider-trading scandal that nearly destroyed Wall Street, the men who pulled it off, and the chase that finally brought them to justice. Pulitzer Prize–winner James B. Stewart shows for the first time how four of the eighties’ biggest names on Wall Street—Michael Milken, Ivan Boesky, Martin Siegel, and Dennis Levine—created the greatest insider-trading ring in financial history and almost walked away with billions, until a team of downtrodden detectives triumphed over some of America’s most expensive lawyers to bring this powerful quartet to justice. Based on secret grand jury transcripts, interviews, and actual trading records, and containing explosive new revelations about Michael Milken and Ivan Boesky, Den of Thieves weaves all the facts into an unforgettable narrative—a portrait of human nature, big business, and crime of unparalleled proportions.
Download or read book The Feather Thief written by Kirk Wallace Johnson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As heard on NPR's This American Life “Absorbing . . . Though it's non-fiction, The Feather Thief contains many of the elements of a classic thriller.” —Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air “One of the most peculiar and memorable true-crime books ever.” —Christian Science Monitor A rollicking true-crime adventure and a captivating journey into an underground world of fanatical fly-tiers and plume peddlers, for readers of The Stranger in the Woods, The Lost City of Z, and The Orchid Thief. On a cool June evening in 2009, after performing a concert at London's Royal Academy of Music, twenty-year-old American flautist Edwin Rist boarded a train for a suburban outpost of the British Museum of Natural History. Home to one of the largest ornithological collections in the world, the Tring museum was full of rare bird specimens whose gorgeous feathers were worth staggering amounts of money to the men who shared Edwin's obsession: the Victorian art of salmon fly-tying. Once inside the museum, the champion fly-tier grabbed hundreds of bird skins—some collected 150 years earlier by a contemporary of Darwin's, Alfred Russel Wallace, who'd risked everything to gather them—and escaped into the darkness. Two years later, Kirk Wallace Johnson was waist high in a river in northern New Mexico when his fly-fishing guide told him about the heist. He was soon consumed by the strange case of the feather thief. What would possess a person to steal dead birds? Had Edwin paid the price for his crime? What became of the missing skins? In his search for answers, Johnson was catapulted into a years-long, worldwide investigation. The gripping story of a bizarre and shocking crime, and one man's relentless pursuit of justice, The Feather Thief is also a fascinating exploration of obsession, and man's destructive instinct to harvest the beauty of nature.
Download or read book I Have a Bad Feeling About This written by Jeff Strand and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wilderness Survival Tip #1 Drinking your own sweat will not save your life. Somebody might have told you that, but they were trying to find out if you'd really do it. Henry Lambert would rather play video games than spend time in the great outdoors—but that doesn't make him a wuss. Skinny nerd? Fine. But wuss is a little harsh. Sadly, his dad doesn't agree. Which is why Henry is being shipped off to Strongwoods Survival Camp. Strongwoods isn't exactly as advertised. It looks like the victim of a zombie apocalypse, the "camp director" is a psycho drill sergeant, and Henry's sure he saw a sign written in blood... Wilderness Survival Tip #2 In case of an avalanche, don't despair. You're doomed, but that's a wicked cool death. Wilderness Survival Tip #3 If you're relying on this book for actual survival tips, you're dead already. Praise for Jeff Strand's A Bad Day For Voodoo: "A delightfully ludicrous read."—School Library Journal "Just the thing for teen wiseacres."—Booklist "[A] free-wheeling dark comedy that starts off running and doesn't stop until all plausibility is exhausted. Sam Raimi fans should eat it up."—Publishers Weekly
Download or read book A Crime for Christmas written by Carolyn Keene and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1991-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nancy Drew and the Hardy boys are in New York city together to investigate a pair of big-time cat burglers who are going to try to steal the spectacular crown jewels of Sarconne.
