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  • Disappearing Acts

    Betsy Cromer Byars

    Library Binding (Paw Prints 2008-05-09, May 9, 2008)
    None
    S

  • The Dark Stairs

    Betsy Cromer Byars

    Library Binding (Paw Prints 2008-08-11, Aug. 11, 2008)
    None
    V

  • Death's Door

    Betsy Byars

    Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, March 1, 1997)
    Herculeah Jones finds herself involved in a very dangerous mystery after her friend, Meat, almost gets shot by an assassin, and, determined to solve the case, she follows the trail of clues that leads her to a hired gunman, a cowboy, and an old bookstore.
    V

  • Dead Letter

    Betsy Byars

    Paperback (Puffin, April 1, 1998)
    Herculeah Jones and her best friend Meat set out to crack the case of the mysterious note which she finds in the lining of a second-hand coat
    S

  • King of Murder

    Betsy Cromer Byars

    Library Binding
    Together with her best friend and reluctant sidekick, Meat, Herculeah Jones meets a famous mystery author, Mathias King, aka the Murder King. King?s novels mirror gruesome, real-life murders, particularly A Slash of Life, which is about an unsolved local stabbing. Some people believe Mathias King isn?t making up the details?could he actually be responsible for the crime? Herculeah?s sure she can find out. But Meat seems too busy with his new girlfriend to give Herculeah much of a hand. Can Herculeah solve this mystery on her own, or will Meat?s dating be this sleuth?s downfall?

  • Tarot Says Beware: A Herculeah Jones Mystery

    Betsy Cromer Byars

    Library Binding
    None

  • Disappearing Acts: A Herculeah Jones Mystery

    Betsy Byars

    Paperback (Puffin, April 1, 2000)
    Having discovered the body of a dead woman, Meat reports it to the officials, yet upon their return, it is missing and Meat is called a liar, thus he turns to his friend Herculeah Jones to help him solve the mystery and clear his good name once and for all. Reprint.
    S

  • Tarot Says Beware

    Betsy Byars

    Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, Sept. 1, 1995)
    With her sidekick, Meat, Herculeah Jones investigates an empty house, and the two discover that Herculeah's friend Madame Rosa, a fortune teller, may have predicted her own murder. By the author of Cracker Jackson.
    R

  • Black Tower

    Betsy Byars

    Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, Sept. 21, 2006)
    While reading aloud to Lionus Hunt, an elderly stroke victim who can only communicate by blinking his eyes, Herculeah stumbles upon a mystery involving a centuries-old murder, a strange old lady, and a nurse with a dangerous agenda.
    S

  • Dead Letter: A Herculeah Jones Mystery

    Betsy Byars

    Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, Aug. 1, 1996)
    Young sleuth Herculeah Jones finds a cryptic letter stuffed in the lining of an old jacket that leads her into a dangerous, mystery-solving adventure in which she investigates an unsolved, tragic death that had previously happened at the now abandoned Cole mansion.
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  • Disappearing Acts: A Herculeah Jones Mystery

    Betsy Byars

    Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, April 1, 1998)
    Herculeah Jones uncovers the mystery to the disappearance of her best friend's dad after buying a second-hand camera, but the road leading to a reunion is not as easy as they had expected as Herculeah and Meat are faced with a killer along the way.
    S

  • The Black Tower

    Betsy Cromer Byars

    Library Binding
    At the eerie Hunt mansion, Herculeah Jones has been reading aloud to Lionus Hunt, an elderly stroke victim who can only communicate by blinking his eyes (once for yes, twice for no). Mr. Hunt seems to be trying to tell Herculeah something, but his gruff nurse won?t allow her to ask any questions. What is Mr. Hunt trying to say? Is it related to a murder that took place in the mansion?s black tower years ago? And who is the creepy old lady who lives in the mansion? Herculeah?s friend Meat thinks she may be asking for trouble, but Herculeah Jones won?t quit until she gets to the bottom of this mystery.