While the rest of the world prepares to celebrate Christmas, Jeffrey and his friends discover a plot to flood Los Angeles with billions of dollars in counterfeit currency. Their investigation leads them to a master criminal, his hoodlum son, and a mysterious 15-year-old girl who holds the key to the entire puzzle. With time running out and Jeffrey's heart falling for the secretive girl, will he and his friends foil the ingenious plot or be swept away into a life of crime?

Book 3 in this mystery series for teens and tweens is the most action-packed one of them all, as our young heroes find themselves caught in one dangerous trap after another. It's the favorite book of readers who have read the whole series, with some calling it a minor masterpiece.

Exciting Mystery Books for Smart Boys and Clever Girls

Grab your magnifying glass and curl up on the couch. You're about to enter the mysterious and action-packed world of the North Hollywood Detective Club. A world of secret staircases, dangerous double-crosses, and graveyards at midnight, cloaked in mist and concealing hidden treasure. A page-turning world of teenage detectives uncovering clues and matching wits with blond blackmailers, cunning counterfeiters, and fifteen-year-old femme fatales.

Young Adult Mystery Books for Teens & Tweens

Teens and tweens love these exciting and easy-to-read mystery books. The riveting and twisting mystery stories keep them guessing and turning every page as our teenage heroes find themselves in one tough scrape after another, each predicament more dangerous and seemingly inescapable than the last. As one young reader so eloquently put it, "Just when you think there's no hope, something cool happens."

New Friends & New Adventures!

Do you remember the last time a new book swept you away and kept you reading late into the night (perhaps under the covers)? Would you like to feel that excitement once again, or pass it along to a young adult reader in your life? Here's your chance to do just that. Imagine yourself immersed in a world of adventure and exciting new friends you love to be around. They're waiting for you now, the moment you buy this book.

5 Stars! “My 12yo son loved all three books in this series.”—Amazon Reviewer

5 Stars “My 10 year old son has enjoyed all three books. He just finished The Case of the Christmas Counterfeiters and loved it. He says ‘It is intriguing and leaves you in suspense. When it seems that there is no hope, something cool happens! I highly recommend this book!’ ”—Amazon Reviewer

5 Stars! "Utterly Fantastic!!!!! I absolutely adored this novel (The Case of the Hollywood Art Heist), as a thirteen year old girl I have found friendship, mystery and enjoyment of this book. It was such a great book that I stayed up until 1:32 am!!!! ... I could not put this book down. I followed along to the story being told and was engaged into finding out who was guilty it was like I was there being a part of the "North Hollywood Detective Club" with the four teens/tweens!! Please write more of these books cause I will not stop reading these!!!!!"—Jordan, Amazon Reviewer

A Book is a Friend that Will Never Leave You

Book 1: The Case of the Hollywood Art Heist
Book 2: The Case of the Dead Man's Treasure
Book 3: The Case of the Christmas Counterfeiters
Book 4: The Case of the Deadly Double-Cross
Book 5: The Case of the Jilted Juliet
Book 6: The Case of the Redheaded Princess - coming in 2024

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