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Books in A McGurk mystery series

  • The Case of the Felon's Fiddle: A McGurk Mystery

    E. W. Hildick, Lisl Weil

    Hardcover (Atheneum, Nov. 1, 1982)
    Finding a note hidden in an old violin starts the McGurk Detective Organization searching for a cache of uncut diamonds.
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  • The Case of the Treetop Treasure

    E. W. Hildick, Lisl Weil

    Hardcover (Atheneum, Jan. 1, 1980)
    Members of the McGurk Detective Agency--a group of juvenile sleuths--attempt to unravel the mystery surrounding a treetop "treasure" cache they discover when rescuing a treed cat
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  • The Great Rabbit Rip-Off

    Edmund Wallace Hildick

    Hardcover (Atheneum, Feb. 15, 1977)
    The McGurk Organization's four young detectives swing into action when one of them is accused of defacing and then stealing all the ornamental clay rabbits in the neighborhood.
  • Deadline for McGurk

    E. W. Hildick, Lisl Weil

    Library Binding (Atheneum, July 1, 1975)
    McGurk's Detective Organization faces a serious threat when they receive an ultimatum that they must solve the case of the kidnapped dolls by noon Friday or publicly admit defeat to prevent destruction of the dolls.
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  • The Case of the Muttering Mummy

    E. W. Hildick, Blanche Sims

    Paperback (Troll Communications Llc, Nov. 1, 1989)
    McGurk and his friends are called in to investigate a devious scheme to counterfeit ancient Egyptian artifacts and a mysterious Egyptian curse involving the appearance of a strange mummy-like creature.
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  • The Case of the Nervous Newsboy

    E. W. Hildick, Lisl Weil

    Library Binding (Atheneum, April 1, 1976)
    Ten-year-old Jack McGurk and his fellow detectives match wits with the local police as they track down a runaway newsboy
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  • The Case of the Snowbound Spy

    E. W. Hildick, Lisl Weil

    Library Binding (Atheneum, Sept. 1, 1980)
    The McGurk sleuths accept a job from a stranger in town, only to find they are assisting in high-level industrial espionage.
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  • The Case of the Invisible Dog

    E. W. Hildick, Lisl Weil

    Hardcover (Atheneum, Sept. 1, 1977)
    The famous McGurk Organization, investigating an invisible dog hoax, opens a real crime lab and adds a new member to its crime-busting outfit
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  • The Case of the Bashful Bank Robber

    E. W. Hildick, Lisl Weil

    Hardcover (Atheneum, March 1, 1981)
    An imaginatively funny account of the McGurk detectives as they devise an ingenious plan to catch a bashful bank robber who is threatening the banks of their community
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  • The Case of the Phantom Frog

    E. W. Hildick, Lisl Weil

    Hardcover (Atheneum, April 1, 1979)
    The five young McGurk detectives set out to pinpoint the source of the unearthly sounds that seem to emanate from Mrs. Krantz's seven-year-old nephew, Bela
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  • The Case of the Condemned Cat

    E. W. Hildick, Lisl Weil

    Library Binding (Atheneum, Nov. 1, 1975)
    A cat accused of murdering a neighbor's pet dove is condemned to be sent to the pound. The McGurk Organization tries to save him.
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  • The case of the invisible dog

    E. W Hildick

    Hardcover (Hodder and Stoughton, March 15, 1977)
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