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Hoofbeats on the Turnpike is a thrilling young-adult mystery featuring teen sleuth Penny Parker. Drawn to a remote hill community by tales of a headless horseman, Penny and her friend Louise uncover a web of deception, sabotage, and hidden dangers threatening the town.

The Missing Formula is a thrilling young-adult mystery about orphan Anne Fairaday, who must uncover her father’s missing scientific formula before it falls into the wrong hands. With the help of her brave friend Madge Sterling, she embarks on a race against time filled with danger and deception.

In Swamp Island, teen detective Penny Parker finds herself in the middle of a mystery involving an escaped embezzler, a vengeful criminal, and a missing fortune. As she navigates through danger and deception, Penny must use her sharp instincts to crack the case. A thrilling, fast-paced entry in the Penny Parker mystery series!

Penny’s father is a newspaper owner being sued for libel in his home base of New York. He sends her on a western ski vacation in order to avoid the legalities, but she manages to gain entrance to a room with a mysterious Green Door, an entrance to an illegal fur importation racket from Canada. The culprits turn out to be those pursuing the libel situation back east. She is threatened with possible death, but not only solves the fur racket but winds up scooping a rival reporter.

Penny Parker’s father is a car accident victim and is taken to a hospital by another driver. However, they never arrive and the widowed father, Anthony Parker, is struck by brain damage with memory loss. At one point he cannot remember his own name nor recognize Penny as his daughter. He is owner and publisher of The Riverview Star newspaper and is pursuing information concerning a car-theft gang. Fortunately, the time element is overcome for his recovery and this leads to thwarting the plans of the unscrupulous gang.