Monkey Mystery

When Detective Douvita Bennett discovers a bizarre calling card—a plastic monkey lodged in a murder victim's ear canal—she's thrust into a deadly game with a vigilante targeting witnesses who refused to testify. As more bodies appear, each marked with a monkey posed in the ancient "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" warning, Bennett uncovers a chilling pattern: five victims, five monkeys, five witnesses who chose silence. The investigation leads to someone with a disturbing connection to Bennett's past.

Two mysteries set in seventh-century China featuring Judge Dee, "a great detective in the noblest tradition . . . perceptive [and] ever fascinating."—The New York Times The Monkey and The Tiger includes two detective stories, "The Morning of the Monkey" and "The Night of the Tiger," based on a...

Meet Elvis Cole, L.A. private eye.... He quotes Jiminy Cricket and carries a .38. He's a literate, wisecracking Vietnam vet who is determined never to grow up.

Mike Walsh and his cousin Kate Hopkins are excited to spend a summer night at Angel Stadium in Anaheim. Before the game, they explore a special exhibit about Gene Autry, the famous singing cowboy and original owner of the Los Angeles Angels. One display features a priceless gold record of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.” But in the ninth inning, disaster strikes when the Angels give up a crushing grand slam. Fans wave their fuzzy “Rumble Monkeys” to spark a rally, until chaos erupts when a real monkey races onto the field, dodging players and even stealing a bat.

The #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. Named one of the best books of the year by The Boston Globe and National Geographic. An acclaimed journalist takes readers on a true adventure deep into the Honduran rainforest in this riveting narrative about the discovery of a lost...

Meet Elvis Cole, L.A. private eye.... He quotes Jiminy Cricket and carries a .38. He's a literate, wisecracking Vietnam vet who is determined never to grow up.

Charlie Swift just pumped three .38-caliber bullets into a dead polar bear in his taxidermist girlfriend’s garage. But he’s a gun monkey, and no one can blame him for having an itchy trigger finger. Ever since he drove down the Florida Turnpike with a headless body in the trunk of a Chrysler, then took down four cops, Charlie’s been running hard through the sprawling sleaze of central Florida. And to make matters worse, he’s holding on to some crooked paperwork that a lot of people would like to take off his hands. Now, with his boss disappeared and his friends dropping like flies, Charlie has got his work cut out just to survive.

Slithering Secrets, Scaly Suspects, and a Killer on the Loose! London, 1898: Chaos strikes the London Zoo when a giant cobra escapes its cage, killing a rhesus monkey and throwing the staff into a frenzy. Dr. Watson’s old schoolmate—a trailblazing anti-venom researcher—is thrust into the scandal. With his reputation on the line and suspicions mounting, Sherlock Holmes and Lucy James are called in to untangle the mystery. But the case takes a deadly twist when Lucy discovers the escaped cobra lurking in the researcher’s office—next to the lifeless body of the man who reported the ...

Mrs. Holmes Sock Monkey Mystery 10: Santa, Shocking, Sentient A seemingly harmless sock monkey stuffed animal toy gains sentience (comes to live) and starts causing trouble. This cheeky sock monkey loves playing pranks such as giving elves at Santa's workshop a shocking jolt with his toy hand shockers. Santa needs help and hires the clever Mrs. Holmes and her eager sidekick, Young Watson. Can Mrs. Holmes and Young Watson stop the tricky sock monkey before his silly pranks escalate to danger, turn the North Pole upside down and ruin the holiday season? Is the sock monkey really a ...

Three complete stories in one collection! Includes Monkey Trouble, The Zombie Project, and The Great Turkey Heist.

When Addie and Bennett Pajakowski learn that their father, the fearsome Bonecrusher Brannigan, is accused of murdering one of his fellow professional wrestlers, they seek the help of Sebastian Winthrop, the world’s greatest detective. So, imagine their surprise when they discover that the reclusive Sebastian is a talking chimp. Monkey Flip chronicles Sebastian’s investigation into the death of Mitch Mayhem, the heavyweight champion of a local independent wrestling federation.

It all began when pretty Gladys Doyle lost her way and was forced to spend the night in a remote cabin. The next morning she discovered her handsome host gone and a stranger in his place - dead as the proverbial herring.

The new full-tilt, unstoppably hilarious and entertaining novel from the best-selling author of Skinny Dip and Bad Monkey When Lane Coolman's car is bashed from behind on the road to the Florida Keys, what appears to be an ordinary accident is anything but (this is Hiaasen!). Behind the wheel of...

When Roma discovers a golden leaf-eating monkey in her school grounds, she can't believe it. Not only is it the rarest monkey in all of India, but its home is hundreds of miles away. What is it doing here? If Roma can return the monkey to Darjeeling and discover its secret habitat, she can prove once and for all that she is an exceptional scientist and worthy of a place at medical school. But as she sets off on her quest, Roma gets swept into a daring jungle adventure featuring bandits, two English children, tigers and a mysterious magical jewel called the Snakestone.

The head of ranch security and his first lieutenant, Drover, are finishing up an exhausting morning of patrols when a mysterious caravan of trucks rumbles past headquarters. Going in for a closer look, Hank the Cowdog apprehends a large red box bearing a mysterious label: "WARNING! MONKEY! DO NOT OPEN THIS BOX!"

Film lover Barbara Marr is a typical suburban mom living the typical suburban life in her sleepy little town of Rustic Woods, Virginia. Typical, that is until she sets out to find the missing link between a bizarre monkey sighting in her yard and the bone chilling middle-of-the-night fright fest at the strangely vacant house next door. When Barb talks her two friends into some seemingly innocent Charlie's Angels-like sleuthing, they stumble upon way more than they bargained for and uncover a piece of neighborhood history that certain people would kill to keep on the cutting room floor.

NOW A MAJOR TELEVISION EVENT FROM NBC, STARRING RUSSELL HORNSBY, ARIELLE KEBBEL, AND MICHAEL IMPERIOLI This follow-up to Jeffery Deaver’s massive bestseller The Bone Collector (also a feature film starring Angelina Jolie and Denzel Washington) is a “simply outstanding” (San Jose Mercury...

Hank learns about a tool thief on the loose who uses a monkey to help him do his dirty work. And before long, Hank finds himself face-to-face with the pilfering primate! Can Hank help to stop the criminals in their tracks, or will the crooks make a monkey out of the Head of Ranch Security?

It’s spring, and all the baby animals are being born—a perfect time to visit the zoo. The Aldens and their friends are taking pictures there for a photo contest. But when cameras go missing and a girl is accused of cheating, the Boxcar Children must find out just who is monkeying with the contest!

In The Monkey House, Sarajevo is a city besieged by the atrocities of war. Stadium walls that once shook with the roar of Olympic crowds have since collapsed under the screams of artillery. Police Superintendent Rosso and the ragtag remains of his Sarajevo police force, however, remain dedicated to preserving what is left of the city's civil order.