Every official mystery we have published, newest first. Each one takes about five minutes, and your first attempt at it earns points toward the Top Sleuths.
Karen Sheldon had loved Easter egg hunts ever since she was a little girl. That is why she eagerly volunteered to assist with this year’s Hunt for the children at her…
It's a fun day -- Easter Sunday. Mary loved to greet that one day! In the sunshine, she felt happy and her bright new shoes looked snappy. For her church she'd proudly…
“Barney, you may be wondering why you are in a boxcar on a moving train. This is a payback from everyone in your life on whom you have played April Fool’s jokes over…
Margie found herself sitting on a couch all alone in her darkened living room. She knew that she was a snooze hound who had a habit of falling asleep at the drop of the…
One night when his little nephew and niece were too excited to sleep, Uncle Robert told them a story about a past adventure he’d encountered on the police force. He…
“Quartermaster!” Captain Robert’s bellow was usually loud enough to be heard in the maintop, even in a three-reef gale. Today, with the Jackdaw becalmed and wallowing…
Lt. Commander Cecelia Holman was jolted awake by the screech of the security siren. She leapt out of her bunk, donned her skinsuit, dashed down the corridor and was in…
Larry and Zach agreed about one thing that the military reported a gigantic hot-air balloon that crashed into the desert in 1947, filled with top-secret research…
My first experience of war was in April 1775. Revolutionaries had just taken control of each of the British North American colonies and set up the Second Continental…
“Yes honey?” “Are you okay?” It was on the tip of his tongue to respond with a hearty “yes,” but she studied him with such earnestness that he couldn't. “Not really…
Anyway, the thief only took one thing: a string of green pearls that was going on display during our town's St. Patrick's Day celebration. The mayor asked us if we…
I muttered to myself as my beeper went off. My double shift was almost over and I was drinking my sixth cup of coffee at the all night coffee shop down the street from…
Andersonville Military Prison, deep in the heart of Dixieland Georgia, was the most dreaded of Confederate prisoner-of-war camps. It was such a grim place that the…
For years since returning to the NFL, the Browns had struggled against all teams. This year was different though as suddenly the Browns were playing well. But in the…
The crime was simple enough. The new experimental long-range cannon, developed and cast in France, was shipped topside because of ease of loading and removal. Sometime…
Diane had to hurry if she wanted to catch the sunrise before going to blow revelry over the loudspeakers to awaken the camp. Blasting everyone out of bed each morning…
"Abigail," he might say, "It's America's first day." Before fireworks could burst, one fourth of July came first. Newly-free men gave a cheer and we celebrate each…
Cannons fired in Maryland, as 45,000 Confederate soldiers crossed the Potomac River, approaching Washington, D.C. But far away in Illinois, a lonely Union sergeant…
TJ was up at the crack of dawn the following morning, anxious to see the new ice on the new rink. He listened to the sportscast on the radio as he threw on his clothes…
Highway 59 and Groven Road was rural bus driver Ed Tuttle’s last stop to pick up kids before he entered the city. As usual, five middle-years students were waiting for…
Who did this? I asked myself, not believing what was in front of me. I had arrived at my psychology office at ten this morning, as usual. Then, I walked across the road…
The old graveyard out on the edge of town was a favorite meeting point for Tommy Allen and his friends. You may say that this was a strange place for young men to get…
Corporal James Prescott of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police leaned back in his chair and looked out the window of his tiny office, located in the rear of the small…
Steve Clairborne stretched his long arms up over his head and yawned. Another morning of tedious audit work had at last gone by the wayside. “How ‘bout lunch, guys?”…
“I wanna ride your new bike!” Mark whined. Matthew didn’t even bother glancing away from the video game he was playing with his friend, String, to look at his little…
