Mercy the pig's love of buttered toast leads to the capture of a small thief who would rather be a cowboy.

Lawyer Jared Lynch of New York is warned he will be killed if he fails to successfully defend his client, a criminal. Lynch could ask his wife to lose--she is the prosecutor in the case--but professional pride prevents him and he says nothing.

While shopping for Shaggy's birthday present, Scooby-Doo and the gang make the acquaintance of a security robot as they work to solve a burglary in the department store.

Rhodenbarr returns in an eleventh adventure that finds him and his sidekick Carolyn Kaiser breaking into houses, apartments, and even a museum, in a madcap adventure replete with American Colonial silver, an F. Scott Fitzgerald manuscript, a priceless portrait, and a remarkable array of buttons. And there's a dead body, all stretched out on a Trent Barling carpet.

A series of burglaries in their quiet community upsets Alex's family, particularly his younger brother Benjie, but the bad guys are no match for the very protective family cat and Benjie's "spy" skills.

While investigating the ransacking of her dream bookstore, which is just about to open in her Cape Cod hometown, Ivy Bay, Mary Fisher discovers family secrets as well as clues that lead her closer to the truth about the break-in at Mary's Mystery Bookshop.

Mercy Watson fights crime: Mercy the pig's love of buttered toast leads to the capture of a small thief who would rather be a cowboy. Mercy Watson, princess in disguise: Persuaded by the word "treating" to dress up as a princess for Halloween, Mercy the pig's trick-or-treat outing has some very unexpected results.

Casi nadie conoce su nombre. Pero donde cuenta, entre sicarios, taberneros, ladrones y guardianes del orden, prefiere que la llamen Matarratas… El negocio es simple en Ciudad del Lago: vender protección en las tabernas, ofrecer retribuciones y venganzas, quitar de en medio a seres problemáticos. Matarratas vive de su astucia, su agilidad y la efectividad de sus espadas. Hasta que recibe una encomienda peculiar: encontrar y ajusticiar a un individuo...

For the first time ever, all of Bernie's short-form appearances in one complete volume - plus two new, unpublished pieces. In all of mystery fiction, there has never been a character like Bernie--and in this book, he demonstrates all the charm and wit and kleptophilic ingenuity that has made two generations of readers welcome their favourite burglar into their homes.

"A break-in at Wayne Manor. The death of a masked intruder. Amid the seething crime and corruption of Gotham City, Thomas Wayne fights to protect his family and his company from forces unknown. While detective Harvey Bullock investigates the incident as a simple burglary, Wayne discovers that the threat may come from his own dark past. Peeling back layer upon layer of secrets, this is the official prequel to the hit television series"--Page 4 of cover....