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The Dark Stairs
Betsy Byars
Paperback (Puffin Books, March 2, 2006)Mystery is in Herculeah Jones’s blood. How could it not be, with a father on the police force and a mother who’s a private eye? So when Herculeah notices a man hanging around the "Dead Oaks" mansion, she can’t resist doing some investigating of her own. Legend has it the old estate was the site of a murder, and now it looks like there’s something even more nefarious going on. Can Herculeah crack the case before the mystery man closes in on her?
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Death's Door
Betsy Byars
Paperback (Puffin Books, June 1, 2006)Herculeah Jones finds herself in the middle of another mystery when her best friend Meat barely escapes a hitman’s bullet. Someone must have mistaken Meat for someone else. But who? Herculeah is determined to solve the mystery, before the assassin comes after her!
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The Dark Stairs: A Herculeah Jones Mystery
Betsy Byars
Paperback (Puffin, Sept. 1, 1997)The intrepid Herculeah Jones helps her mother, a private investigator, solve a puzzling and frightening case
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Disappearing Acts
Betsy Byars
Paperback (Puffin Books, Sept. 21, 2006)When Herculeah Jones's best friend, Meat, decides to take a comedy class, he just expects to get a few laughs. But then he discovers a dead body in the bathroom, and realizes that there's nothing funny about murder. Things can't get any worse—until the body disappears! Meat needs Herculeah's help to uncover the clues, but she's busy investigating a case of her own . . . one that might just change Meat's life forever!
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The Dark Stairs
Betsy Cromer Byars
Library Binding (Perfection Learning, March 2, 2006)Now with a new look, these delightful middle-grade mysteries featuring Herculeah Jones, the daughter of a police officer and a private eye, are available once again.
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Tarot says beware
Betsy Byars
Paperback (Puffin Books, March 2, 2006)Madame Rosa, the eccentric local fortune teller, has been murdered, and the only witness is her parrot,Tarot. But he’s not talking. Herculeah Jones thinks she knows who the killer is, but she’s not the only one. . . . Someone else knows—someone who wants to make sure Herculeah won’t be around to see the future.
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Death's Door
Betsy Cromer Byars
Library Binding (Perfection Learning, June 1, 2006)"First published in the United States of America by Viking, a division of Penguin Books USA Inc., 1997"--T.p. verso.
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Dead Letter
Betsy Byars
Paperback (Puffin Books, June 1, 2006)When Herculeah discovers a mysterious letter inside the lining of a secondhand coat, she suspects it's a desperate cry for help. If so, what happened to the person who wrote it? Herculeah thinks she knows the answer. What she doesn't know is that someone is watching her-someone who will do anything to keep her quiet.
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King of Murder
Betsy Byars
Paperback (Puffin Books, Feb. 15, 2007)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?
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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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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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