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Mystery and detective stories
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Mystery fiction is a genre of fiction usually involving a mysterious death or a crime to be solved. Often with a closed circle of suspects, each suspect is usually provided with a credible motive and a reasonable opportunity for committing the crime. The central character oftentimes will be a detective who eventually solves the mystery by logical deduction from facts presented to the reader.
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Jordi Sierra i Fabra, Author ; Pablo Núñez, Illustrator | Madrid (Spain) : Anaya | El duende verde | 2000Adela, Luc y Nico es que no pueden con las matemáticas. Su profesor, Felipe, intenta convencerles de que la asignatura puede ser muy divertida: les enseña juegos, acertijos, trucos para dejar pasmados a los amigos, pero ni por esas. Cuando catea[...]
Toda la vida del mítico detective Penta estuvo marcada por el número 5. Pero si el mítico detective Penta acabó siendo mítico fue por haber resuelto el quinto y último caso de su tan corta como asombrosa carrera detectivesca.
¡Continúan las aventuras del murciélago detective Bat Pat y los hermanos Silver: Leo, Martin y Rebecca! ¡¡¡HOLA!!! SOY BAT PAT.OS VOY A CONTAR UNA HISTORIA QUE OS PONDRÁ LOS PELOS DE PUNTA...¿ESTÁIS PREPARADOS? Leo ha ganado un premio por comer [...]
Montserrat del Amo, Author ; Manuel Artigot Ramos, Author ; Marina Seoane, Illustrator | Barcelona (Spain) : Bruño | Altamar | 1995Antonio y Carlos Manuel, al haber sido premiado su proyecto, pueden visitar Egipto, conocer una civilización diferente, entablar amistad con Nut, Gaad y el viejo Haken y deslizarse mil kilómetros en piragua por el largo y misterioso Nilo. Incluy[...]
; Grades 3-6 ; DRA 28-30 ; Mystery and detective stories ; Kidnapping -- Fiction ; Authors -- FictionDink Duncan and his two friends investigate the apparent kidnapping of famous mystery author Wallis Wallace. A is for author ... Dink writes to his favorite author, mystery writer Wallis Wallace, and invites him to visit Green Lawn. To Dink's am[...]
En el museo de Fogville se acaba de inaugurar una exposición sobre la civilización egipcia. A Bat Pat le fascina el tema, así que convence a los hermanos Silver para que le acompañen a verla. Lo que no sabe es que la momia de una famosa reina es[...]
; Grades 5-10 ; Mystery and detective stories ; Private investigators ; Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character) -- FictionIn the more than 100 years since Doyle created the immortal Sherlock Holmes and his assistant, Dr. Watson, no other mystery writer has come close to eclipsing him as the standard-bearer in crime fiction. A brilliant London-based consulting d[...]
Librivox recording of the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his famous detective. They were originally published in the Strand Magazine from Jul[...]New
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; United States ; Fiction ; Mystery and detective stories ; Native speakers ; Above 13 years ; Grades 10-12Events of the hijacking of a bus of children by terrorists seeking the return of their homeland are described from the perspectives of a hostage, a terrorist, an Army general involved in the rescue operation, and his son, chosen as the go-between.
Still reeling from the tragic death of their much-loved colleague, Skinner's men are about to discover that a disturbed serial killer is still at large and very close to home. It's the second week of July Trades Holiday in Edinburgh when Deputy [...]
Egipto, Valle de los Reyes. Un grupo de arqueólogos está a punto de sacar a la luz la tumba de un misterioso faraón. Podría resultar un descubrimiento revolucionario... Lástima que hayan robado la preciosa tablilla que contiene las indicaciones [...]
La fabulosa perla de Bengala ha sido robada del templo de la diosa Kali, y el guardián de la preciosa joya parece haberse desvanecido en la nada. Los primos Mistery hacen las maletas y suben al primer avión hacia la India. Allí los esperan su ex[...]
