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Books in Sebastian Barth Mysteries series

  • Eat Your Poison, Dear

    James Howe

    Paperback (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Sept. 1, 1995)
    Cafeteria food may be hazardous to your health. Poor Milo Groot -- he's sprawled on the cafeteria floor, his cracked glasses inches away from his white face. Could it be the apple chili dogs? Could it be poison? Kids at the middle school are dropping like flies, and Sebastian Barth suspects there's something fishier than tuna dreamboats behind the epidemic. The trouble is, too many cooks have had the chance to spoil the stew. Sebastian finds out. At least he thinks he does, but he soon discovers that whipping up a dramatic disclosure without all the ingredients is a recipe for disaster.
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  • Stage Fright

    James Howe

    Paperback (Aladdin, Aug. 1, 1995)
    First there were mysterious messages. Someone who knows a lot about movie star Michaele Caraway's past is sending her unsigned notes. At first they appear to be innocent fan letters, but then they turn threatening. Next the accidents started happening. To someone as superstitious as Michaele, it seems as if her new play is jinxed. But Sebastian Barth knows the backstage mishaps aren't accidents at all. Who's out to get the movie star? Sebastian has to find the answer, or opening night may mean the final curtain for the star.
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  • Eat Your Poison, Dear

    James Howe

    Hardcover (Atheneum, Oct. 1, 1986)
    Sebastian Barth and his friends Alex and David investigate the poisoning of the much-disliked Milo Groot and uncover a host of suspects, including the trio of Biker, Breeze, and Harley
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  • What Eric Knew

    James Howe

    Paperback (Aladdin, Aug. 1, 1995)
    Who pushed Eric down the stairs? Right before he moved away, Sebastian Barth's friend Eric had an unfortunate accident. Now he's sending Sebastian mysterious notes hinting it wasn't an accident at all. Was it the ghost in the cemetery? Was Eric's accident linked to the ghost that' haunting the cemetary? Sebastian doesn't really believe in ghosts, but he's seen the shadowy figure in black and heard her moan and cries. What did Eric know? If Sebastian and his friends can decode Eric's strange notes, maybe they can solve the mystery of the ghost. But before Sebastian discovers what Eric knew, he must face a modern day evil more dangerous than any ghost from the past.
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  • Stage Fright

    James Howe

    Hardcover (Atheneum, Nov. 30, 1990)
    While the famous movie star Michaele Caraway is rehearsing for a summer stock play, mysterious accidents begin to occur that the young sleuth, Sebastian Barth, and his two friends eagerly investigate
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  • What Eric Knew

    James Howe

    Hardcover (Atheneum, Nov. 30, 1990)
    After Eric moves away he sends cryptic notes to Sebastian and David, who attempt to make sense of them by investigating a mysterious death.
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  • What Eric Knew

    James Howe

    Paperback (Avon Books, Feb. 1, 1991)
    After Eric moves away he sends cryptic notes to Sebastian and David, who follow them to investigate a mysterious death
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  • Dew Drop Dead

    James Howe

    Hardcover (Atheneum, April 30, 1990)
    Snooping around the mysteriously abandoned Dew Drop Inn, Sebastian Barth and his best friends, David Lepinsky and Corrie Wingate, are startled to come upon what they are certain is a dead body. Sebastian is the first to put into words what they all believe: A murder has been committed. When they return with the police, however, the body is gone! "A homeless man sleeping off a drink," is the police chief's explanation. But Sebastian and his friends are not ready to believe that. They are sure the body they saw was dead, not unconscious. As the three undertake their own further investigation, more and more questions arise: Who was the man? Was he alone? And most important of all, is there a connection between the man they saw and one or more of the homeless people Corrie's father, a minister, is trying to help? The answers to the questions do not come until the three have made a number of discoveries, some of them more horrifying than they had expected. Dew Drop Dead is the fourth mystery in the Sebastian Barth series. Using rural Connecticut as a background, this tension-filled story is told with a unique blend of humor and seriousness, as it unravels a challenging puzzle and explores a difficult social problem.
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  • WHAT ERIC KNEW

    Howe

    Hardcover (Atheneum, Sept. 1, 1985)
    After Eric moves away he sends cryptic notes to Sebastian and David, who attempt to make sense of them by investigating a mysterious death.
  • When Gods Die

    C. S. Harris

    Hardcover (Thorndike Pr, April 18, 2007)
    Brighton, England, 1811. The beautiful wife of an aging Marquis is found dead in the arms of the Prince Regent. Draped around her neck lies an ancient necklace with mythic origins-and mysterious ties to Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin. Haunted by his past, Sebastian investigates both the Marchioness's death and his own possible connection to it-and discovers a complex pattern of lies and subterfuge. With the aid of his lover, Kat Boleyn, and a former street urchin now under his protection, Sebastian edges closer to the killer. And when one murder follows another, he confronts a conspiracy that threatens his own identity...and imperils the monarchy itself.
  • Where Serpents Sleep

    C. S. Harris

    Hardcover (Thorndike Pr, April 15, 2009)
    Hero Jarvis, reform-minded daughter of the Prince Regent?s cousin, enlists Sebastian St. Cyr?s help in investigating the brutal murders of eight prostitutes. Following a trail of clues from London?s seedy East End to the Mayfair mansions of a noble family, the two must race against time to stop a killer whose ominous plot threatens to shake the nation to its very core?
  • Eat Your Poison, Dear: A Sebastian Barty Mystery

    James Howe

    Paperback (Camelot, April 1, 1991)
    Sebastian Barth and his friends Alex and David investigate the poisoning of the much-disliked Milo Groot and uncover a host of suspects, including the trio of Biker, Breeze, and Harley
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