Stefan Petrucha

Adopted by famous Pinkerton Agency Detective Hawking in 1895 New York, fourteen-year-old Carver Young hopes to find his birth father, but when he becomes involved in the pursuit of notorious killer Jack the Ripper, Carver discovers that finding the truth can be worse than ignorance.

Nancy's car is stolen! A rare copy of Edgar Allen Poe's first story has vanished! A girl has been kidnapped! All before this story even begins! To set things right and satisfy a crazed Poe fan, Nancy Drew must solve a sixty-year-old mystery that's daunted millions and discover the true identity of the person who visits Poe's grave every year, toasting the writer and leaving three roses. Fortunately, she has plenty of help as her two new pals,...

"Join Nancy Drew, along with Bess and George, as they search for missing student filmmakers and discover the deadly secret behind the local urban myth know as "The Demon of River Heights""--P. [4] of cover.

Fourteen-year-old Jaiden has been raised by NECorp since his parents were killed when he was a baby, so when he discovers that the corporation has been lying about producing illegal levels of mercury emissions, he and his two friends decide to try to do something about it.

"Take a swing through Spider-Man's past in a novel based on a classic tale - with an all-new story for the present day! Broke - again - and running out of excuses for girlfriend Gwen Stacy, Peter Parker goes looking for trouble, hoping to snag some rent-paying photos of his alter ego in action. But trouble comes to him when the Kingpin and the Maggia converge in a battle for a mysterious tablet! When the fight spills over to Empire State University,...

During Nostalgia Week in River Heights, the dolls in Emma Blavatsky's antique dollhouse start depicting strange crimes that soon become true. When Nancy investigates, she witnesses her own murder being foretold by the dollhouse.

"Nancy stars in a horror movie about a monstrous River Heights urban legend -- but is it really an urban legend? And will Nancy, Bess, and George live long enough to find out? Read all about it in "The Demon of River Heights!" Plus, it's double trouble for the world's greatest teen super sleuth in "Writ in Stone!" A sweet young boy Nancy has often babysat has gone missing, and while Nancy picks up the trail, a historic stone marker that may prove...

"Nancy Drew travels to Turkey with her father, attorney Carson Drew, who plans to negotiate the sale of an ancestral estate belonging to one of his clients. When Nancy finds that mysterious artifacts have been disappearing from the estate, she turns her suspicions to Harland Severino, a rich man who desperately wants to purchase it. Nancy does some sleuthing that leads her beneath the property into an environment no one could've guessed what lay there:...

"Someone has shoved Nancy Drew off a cliff during a search for a rare plant. So, the question is--whodunit?!"--Cover verso.

"Even when Nancy Drew is hanging out with BFFs Bess and George, the world-famous girl detective can't avoid trouble! It's like she's a danger magnet! This time she attracts a crook with a million dollars of stolen cash and Chief McGinnis in hot pursuit! So, it's only natural that the thief decides to escape in Nancy's hot air balloon -- except he doesn't want Nancy tagging along! Let's hope that 'What Goes Up ...' can also come down ... alive!" --...