False Notes
Authors: Carolyn Keene
Tags: #Juvenile Fiction, #Mysteries & Detective Stories, #General, #Girls & Women, #Action & Adventure
I’m always up for a good mystery, but when the big question is what I should get Dad for his birthday, I don’t have a clue! And then another mystery comes my way—one that involves Heather Simmons, a leading candidate in the upcoming election for mayor of River Heights. My friends and I are pretty sure that her daughter, Leslie, musician extraordinaire, has been kidnapped. But the thing is, nobody is saying a word about it!
It’s hard to crack a case like this when no one will even admit that one exists. But I won’t let a little thing like that stop me when I smell trouble.…
Catch my next case:
High Risk
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Cover photograph copyright © 2004 by Michael Frost
Cover designed by Debra Sfetsios
Ages 8–12
0304
Striking a chord…
Mrs. Simmons looked a little confused at my abrupt farewell, but she didn’t seem eager to change my mind about leaving. As soon as the door clicked shut behind me, I sprinted for Bess’s car. I flung the door open and jumped inside.
“I was right,” I said breathlessly. “I just saw something in there that confirms what I was thinking: Leslie Simmons has been kidnapped!”
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#1 Without a Trace
#2 A Race Against Time
#3 False Notes
#4 High Risk
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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
First Aladdin Paperbacks edition March 2004
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Library of Congress Control Number 2003109056
ISBN-13: 978-0-689-86568-8
ISBN-10: 0-689-86568-6
ISBN-13: 978-1-4391-1353-0 (eBook)
Questions Without Answers
O
kay, Miss Drew. What
is it this time? Did you stumble upon a crime ring? Witness a dognapping? Solve a few murders I didn’t know about?”
I looked over at the man who was speaking to me and immediately recognized Chief McGinnis, the head of the River Heights Police Department. He was standing on the sidewalk with his arms folded across his chest, one bushy, grayish brown eyebrow raised.
I’d wandered right past the police station without realizing it. I couldn’t really blame the chief for seeming wary of my approach. I have sort of a reputation around town for solving puzzles, crimes, and mysteries in general—often before the police can figure them out. And that doesn’t always make me the chief’s favorite person.
“Don’t worry, Chief McGinnis,” I said with a smile. “The only mystery on my plate right now is figuring out what to get my dad for his birthday.”
“Oh!” The chief’s expression suddenly changed from slightly sour suspicion to genuine interest. “Carson has a birthday coming up, does he?”
I sometimes think the only reason Chief McGinnis puts up with my amateur detecting at all is because he respects my father so much. Everyone in town does. Dad is the most successful attorney in River Heights, and possibly in the entire midwestern U.S., but that’s only part of the reason. The other part is that he’s just as honest and smart and caring as he is successful.