Books with author Renee Hand

The Team: In this story siblings Max and Mia Holmes, along with their good friend Morris and their flamboyant Granny Holmes, are known as The Crypto-Capers. They are a group of detectives who unravel crimes by solving cryptograms that criminals leave behind. Mia is an expert puzzle solver. Max is great at deduction and reasoning. Morris is a computer genius, and Granny . . . well, Granny is the muscle of the group. Don’t let her size or age fool you―she is quite handy. The Stolen Items: An antique sock (just one) and Prada sunglasses. The Assignment: The Case of the Missing Sock leads the Crypto-Capers to Florida, where they are hired by a Mr. Dela­comb. The mystery leads the team to different locations. Clues flourish throughout the mystery. Suspects by the handful seem to pop up at every turn, but who committed the crime? Help the detectives solve the case by solving the cryptograms and puzzles. Good luck!

The elementary school at Acorn Valley holds an art fundraiser to help local animals whose homes were lost due to natural disasters. Four famous local artists--Claude Monet Mongoose, Georgia O'Giraffe, Vincent Van Goat and Pablo Picasso Peacock--have generously donated their weather-themed paintings for a charity auction. But a monkey wrench is thrown into the proceedings when distinguished Gila monster Dr. Ced E. Meant discovers, in a presentation at the Metropolitan Museum before the event, that his invaluable research has been stolen! His findings are so important that they cannot be leaked to the world at large! Meanwhile, more mysterious and fishy things are going on at the art auction, which Detectives Nut and Bill are determined to unravel. Geared for older children (and appealing enough for adults), this third entry in the series once again paints a delightful world of animal protagonists--teachers, scientists, etc.--using colorful illustrations with the lively black-and-white cartoons of Karwoski. Each of the animals--garbed like humans--has personality to spare, and they make amusing references to bills, hooves and tails. A genuinely crafty, complex mystery (including secret panels, art theft and characters who aren't as they appear) combines seamlessly with info about weather and art.

Clean and Wholesome Romance NovellaOut of all the men in the camp, why is she drawn to him?There isn't much that scares Josie Green. She can parachute into the vicinity of a forest fire and supervise a crew without missing a beat.But she doesn't trust her instincts when it comes to the new guy. She has to jump with him in order to see if he's got the stuff to join the hotshot team of firefighters.Trevor has come to the Alaskan Bush to fight wildfires. His job takes him to remote areas for long stretches of time. With no family in his life, Trevor is alone.He arrives at the new camp and doesn't know what to make of his new boss, a wisp of a woman with auburn hair. The other crew members warn him off, but he can't get her out of his mind.Slow Burn In The Wilderness is the seventh book in the Alaska Adventure Romance series. If you love sweet romance stories set in Alaska then you'll love this series by Renee Hart.Slow Burn In The Wilderness is a novella of about 100 pages. It is a standalone story with HEA and no cliffhanger.

The Team: Max, Mia, and Nellie (aka Granny) Holmes, along with their good friend Morris are known as the Crypto-Capers. They travel all around the world solving cases. Each member of the group has specific talents. Morris is the computer genius. Mia is the puzzle solver. Max is thick with logic and reasoning―a very detail-oriented fellow, while Nellie is fluent in various languages. With each case, each member’s talents unfold. The Stolen Item: The Orchid Ruby Necklace. The Assignment: The Case of Red Rock Canyon leads the team to Las Vegas, Nevada, where they are thrown into the dramatic world of theater to solve the mystery, a missing necklace. The detectives soon become ensnared in a plot that could destroy them. They sift through the clues to figure out what is truth, and what are lies. One of their lives will hang in the balance. Can they be saved? Only you can control the answer to that question. Join the Crypto-Capers on their ad­venture of self-discovery and courage. Help them by solving the cryptograms and participating in the various activities. These are not for the faint of heart, but for the bravest and most confident of souls. Can you do it? We are counting on you. Good luck!

The Crypto-Capers are off on another adventure, but this time it is because of their adversary, the Panther. Max, Mia, Granny and Morris, must rise to his challenge. If they don't, the infamous Panther will surely win. The Legend of the Golden Monkey leads the Crypto-Capers to the ancient ruins of Chichen Itza, a once flourishing Mayan city where secrets abound. Sent to the Riviera Maya on the request of a friend, the Crypto-Capers find themselves on a treasure hunt smack dab in the center of Chichen Itza's archeological park. Upon realizing the Panther's involvement, the Crypto-Capers immediately agree to find ways to sabotage his efforts of finding the treasure first. But they find more questions than answers, and more clues. Are they being led astray? Or does the truth run so deep that it cannot be believed? The Crypto-Capers must believe in themselves and have faith in their new friends to help them find the items needed to open the treasure room and finally bring closure to an archeologist's life, a man whose history is tied to the Golden Monkey. Join the Crypto-Capers on their new adventure by solving the cryptograms and participating in the various activities. Good luck!

THE ASSIGNMENT:In The Peacock Diaries, famous missing inventor, Percival Peacock, secretly leads the Crypto-Caper Team on a continuing adventure in the search of the true identity of the Panther, the notorious villain in the series. He sends them to the bowels of London where the history of Shakespeare consumes them. Then to Percival's mansion in the Lake District, filled with such horrors that the team has to work together to get through them, but can they survive with mechanical poisonous spiders chasing them? Many obstacles are thrown into their path in finding Percival's secret, but will the truth be what they expect? Or will it be just more clues to decipher? Solve the puzzles to find the truth in this interactive mystery series.

The Assignment: The Circus for Hire is a whirlwind of an adventure where the Crypto-Capers travel to Russia to save Max and Mia’s parents, Mitchem and Martha Holmes, from going to prison for a crime they didn’t commit. Finding themselves caught up in a scandal that is beyond their control, they use their skills and talents to try to outsmart the most notorious criminal of all time, but can they do that without sacrificing one of their own? Lies become intermixed with truth, yet, with the help of a new ally, the Crypto-Capers find themselves ahead of the game, but will they find the ending they’re looking for? Puzzles of varying degree of difficulty challenge the reader in this award-winning interactive mystery series.

The Assignment: The Circus for Hire is a whirlwind of an adventure where the Crypto-Capers travel to Russia to save Max and Mia’s parents, Mitchem and Martha Holmes, from going to prison for a crime they didn’t commit. Finding themselves caught up in a scandal that is beyond their control, they use their skills and talents to try to outsmart the most notorious criminal of all time, but can they do that without sacrificing one of their own? Lies become intermixed with truth, yet, with the help of a new ally, the Crypto-Capers find themselves ahead of the game, but will they find the ending they’re looking for? Puzzles of varying degree of difficulty challenge the reader in this award-winning interactive mystery series.