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Mystery Genre
Books in the Mystery genre:
Tintin in America (1979)
The Man From the Sky (1980)
Author(s):
Avi
Illustrator(s):
David Wiesner
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1980)
Edwin Drood disappears on the day he breaks off his engagement.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Leon Garfield
Illustrator(s):
Antony Maitland
Black Magic at Brillstone (1981)
Author(s):
Florence Parry Heide
Roxanne Heide Pierce
Illustrator(s):
Joe Krush
Wodehouse on Crime (1981)
A collection of short stories involving crime.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Edgar Blakeney
The Mystery of the Stolen Blue Paint (1982)
Belinda’s can of blue paint is missing and she is sure somebody took it.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
The Blue Lotus (1983)
The Illustrated J.S. Le Fanu (1988)
This anthology includes five illustrations by Ardizzone.
Author(s):
Sheridan Le Fanu
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Et al
Sniff the Detective (1988)
An early reader about the dog detective.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Tintin in the Congo (1991)
Tintin visits the Belgian Congo and has many adventures, including a run-in with a diamond smuggling gang run by Al Capone. The original album was severely criticized and underwent several revisions.
Jocasta Carr: Movie Star (1992)
Jocasta Carr sets out in her seaplane to rescue her dog Belle who has been stolen by an unscrupulous film producer.
Author(s):
Roy Gerrard
Illustrator(s):
Roy Gerrard
The Adventures of Tintin (1993)
With One White Wing: Puzzles in Poems and Pictures (1995)
A collection of clever original riddles in rhyme.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Spires
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
T-Model Tommy (2000)
Tommy Ballard has his way to make in the Depression, but with the help of his sturdy Model-T, he’s well on his way.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
Where’s Wallace? (2000)
Wallace the orangutan likes to mingle with a crowd. Can you spot him?
This edition has an introduction by Judith Viorst.
Author(s):
Hilary Knight
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Kate Culhane: A Ghost Story (2001)
A traditional Irish ghost story translated from the Gaelic.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Jeremiah Curtin
Michael Hague
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
The Freddy Anniversary Collection (2002)
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Tintin in the Congo (2002)
Tintin visits the Belgian Congo and has many adventures, including a run-in with a diamond smuggling gang run by Al Capone. This is a facsimile of the original black and white version.
Tintin in America (2004)
Tintin visits the USA and meet Al Capone before heading west where he encounters a tribe of Blackfeet. This is a facsimile of the original black and white version.
King Ottokar’s Sceptre (2005)
In this Ruritanian adventure Tintin saves King Muskar XII from a coup and meets Bianca Castafiore for the first time. This is the facsimile of the first black and white edition. The cover image is from the true French first edition.