THE CASE OF THE MISSING MESSAGE
The Kangeroos have escaped! This secret code message spells trouble
for Brains Benton and Jimmy Carson and leads them down a trail that
involves a circus clown, a real live performing elephant, a
fortune-teller, a tightrope walker, and a very pesky parrot. All clues
seem to point toward a secret message which could bring the boys' new
friend Skeets Fenton into his proper inheritance, and unmask the villains
as well!
THE CASE OF THE COUNTERFEIT COIN
The ingenious teenage sleuths, Barclay "Brains" Benton and Jimmy
"Operative Three" Carson match wits with a ring of rare-coin
counterfeiters and track them to their secret hideout in the woods. The
result: a swiftly-paced tale, packed with chills, chuckles, and suspense.
THE CASE OF THE STOLEN DUMMY
Young Brains Benton and his pal Jimmy Carson take on a case that has
baffled the police. Five thousand dollars, collected in the community to
build a summer camp for youngsters, have disappeared without a trace.
Before Brains and Jimmy solve the crime, they are plunged into a whirlwind
of excitement and suspense, climaxed by a wild chase in a racing car.
THE CASE OF THE ROVING ROLLS
When a snow-white vintage Rolls-Royce chases Jimmy Carson down the
driveway of the Willoughby estate all by itself - well, as Jimmy
would say, "Creeps!" But that's only the
beginning: a strange hit-and-run accident, two quarts of sour cream and a
missing moustache start the incomparable Brains and his partner Jimmy off
on a truly international mystery as a kingdom hangs in the balance.
THE CASE OF THE WALTZING MOUSE
Gustave von Maltzbenden's pet mouse Xenophon can waltz. This is not
strange because Gustave is an animal trainer. What does seem
strange to Brains Benton and Jimmy Carson is that Gustave, and Xenophon,
have disappeared, leaving behind a trailerful of hungry animals, a fortune
in bills where only a skindiver could find it, and enough clues to seend
the members of Benton and Carson International Detective Agency on the
wildest boat ride of their young lives.
THE CASE OF THE PAINTED DRAGON
A moving statue, a suddenly empty swimming pool, a terrifying painted
dragon -- all clues proclaim this the most difficult and dangerous case
Barclay "Brains" Benton and Jimmy "Operative Three"
Carson have ever handled. The young detectives and their friend Mikko soon
discover that the villains are the deadly variety, who will stop at
nothing to get what they want.