Thirteen-year-old Lemony Snicket begins his apprenticeship with S. Theodora Markson of the secretive V.F.D. in the tiny dot of a town called Stain'd By The Sea, where he helps investigate the theft of a statue.

Investigative reporter Dirk Bones sets out to discover who is stealing books in the town of Ghostly.

"He's Faced Countless Perils on the Battlefield, but Nothing so Dangerous as Falling in Love. Luke Davenport has been fighting all his life--for respect, for country, and for those unable to fight for themselves. But now that his Horsemen brothers are domesticated, he's left alone to battle the wildness within. When an opportunity arises to take a job on his own, tracking down a group of rustlers, he jumps at the chance. Damaris Baxter has mastered...

Plotting to invite their neighbors to a fancy tea party so that they can rob their vacated house, Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam share a comical misadventure.

Someone has stolen Squirrel's hazelnuts and he is determined to find out who.

Eva's teacher, Miss Featherbottom, is getting married, but when her special necklace disappears, Eva and her friends set out to track down the thief and return the necklace before the wedding.

Danny Dragonbreath and his friends investigate a really weird mystery involving mutants, toxic sludge and giant missing dentures as they try to help the senior reptiles of Sunny Acres find a lost item.

As a superhero with catlike powers, Kitty and her cat Pumpkin must recover a stolen golden tiger statue and return it to the local museum.

"Harry Booth started stealing at nine to keep a roof over his ailing mother's head, slipping into luxurious, empty homes at night to find items he could trade for precious cash. When his mother finally succumbed to cancer, he left Chicago--but kept up his nightwork. Wandering from the Outer Banks to Savannah to New Orleans, he dons new identities and stays careful, observant, distant. He can't afford to attract attention--or get attached. Still, he...