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Books in Herculeah Jones Mystery series

  • Dead Letter

    Betsy Cromer Byars

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, June 1, 2006)
    Two classic cases investigated by female sleuth Herculeah Jones are back in these newly repackaged editions.
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  • 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.
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  • 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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  • King Of Murder

    Betsy Byars

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Feb. 15, 2007)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. When the rumors abound that Mathias King is involved in a local unsolved stabbing, Herculeah decides to look into the case and see if she can set the record straight, but when her helpful sidekick, Meat, becomes overly involved with his new girlfriend, Herculeah wonders if she will be able to get to the bottom of it all on her own.
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  • Disappearing Acts

    Betsy Cromer Byars

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, Sept. 21, 2006)
    When Herculeah Jones's best friend, Meat, decides to take a comedy class, he just expects to get a few laughs. Then he discovers a dead body in the bathroom, and realizes that there's nothing funny about murder.
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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.
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  • Tarot Says Beware

    Betsy Cromer Byars

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, March 2, 2006)
    Original publication and copyright date: 1995.
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  • Rugby & Rosie

    Nan Parson Rossiter

    Library Binding (Sagebrush Education Resources, Sept. 15, 1997)
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  • 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.
  • Dead Letter

    Betsy Cromer Byars

    School & Library Binding (Topeka Bindery, April 6, 1998)
    None
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  • Death's Door

    Betsy Cromer Byars

    Hardcover (Perfection Learning, Jan. 1, 1999)
    None
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  • Disappearing Acts

    Betsy Cromer Byars

    School & Library Binding (Rebound by Sagebrush, April 1, 2000)
    None
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