Mystery Literature Circle

Kit contains 6 copies of each book.

LOCATION: St. Jerome

LANTHIER, JENNIFER

THE MYSTERY OF THE MARTELLO TOWER

Hazel and Ned are home for summer vacation and looking forward to long, lazy days of sleeping late, shooting hoops, building stink bombs, and spending time with their art-dealer father. But when he disappears without saying good-bye, their summer plunges into chaos. The babysitter leaves town, their apartment is burgled, and two menacing thugs start turning up everywhere. Ned and Hazel try escaping to an island castle belonging to long-lost relatives, only to find there's no escaping this adventure. As the siblings work to untangle the threads that ensnare their father, they learn of a second, darker secret—one that surrounds their mother's death years ago. Only by solving both mysteries can they bring their father home.

SPALDING, ANDREA THE LOST SKETCH

While Rich and Willow are at summer camp in Ontario, they find an old boxcar in the middle of the woods. Inside is a mysterious painting. Rick thinks it's worthless but Willow has a hunch that it might be valuable. They meet an art forger and race against time to find out if the art was created by one of the Group of Seven.

SPALDING, ANDREA SILVER BOULDER

Sister and brother sleuths Willow and Rick are back! This time they're searching for a lost boulder full of silver, as big as a truck. Everyone they meet in Kaslo, B.C., seems to have a secret. Why is a young woman spying on them? Where is the other half of the treasure map? And is there really a ghost on the SS Moyie? As they hunt deeper and deeper, the discover disturbing things about the past and try to find a way to help new friends regain what they lost.

WILSON, ERIC VAMPIRES OF OTTAWA

Liz Austen wants to know what terrifies Baron Nicolai Zaba, who is being secretly threatened. As she roams the gloomy estate, Liz discovers an underground vault and the inscription "In Evil Memory" on a wall. Vampires of Ottawa is a Liz Austen Mystery, part of Eric Wilson’s popular series for young people.

WALTERS, ERIC THE MONEY PIT

An intelligent, action-packed mystery, featuring a puzzling treasure hunt based on the real-life, mysterious Money Pit on Nova Scotia's Oak Island. It also features the discovery of a human skull -- and then of an entire body and at the same time skillfully and sensitively portrays an 11-year-old boy and his 13-year-old sister as they come to terms with their grandfather's failing mental health. No one should be surprised. Eric Walters has carved out his own successful niche in a very competitive field.