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Mike & Riel
Series · 5 books · 2003-2014

Books in series

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#1

Hit and Run

2003

Fifteen-year-old Mike McGill has lived with his Uncle Billy since his mother's death. Only ten years older than Mike, Billy loves to party, and he doesn't pay much attention when Mike starts getting in trouble. But nothing gets by Mike's history teacher, an ex-cop named Riel especially not long-hidden information about Mike's mother. Her death might not have been an accident after all!
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#2

Truth and Lies

2014

Mike's lies are spinning out of control and now he's the prime suspect in a murder. He can't explain his bruised and skinned knuckles, and he can't explain why he was seen near the park where Robbie was killed. But he insists he's not a murderer. Still, if Mike really is innocent, why doesn't his alibi check out, and why are the police so sure that he's guilty?
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#3

Dead and Gone

2014

Mike gets involved with a girl whose mother was murdered years ago and ends up helping to solve an old murder case—the very one in which Riel's partner was killed and Riel injured. Some outside the bounds sleuthing by Mike and Riel lets them both flush out the real killer this time—but not before the accused murderer almost kills them both.
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#4

Seeing and Believing

2014

Vin swears he had nothing to do with the robbery—or the two people who were shot. But Sal saw Vin running from the scene. Even after Vin is arrested, Mike isn't sure who to believe. He's caught between his two friends—and believing one might mean losing the other . . .
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#5

Dead Silence

2014

After Mike skips out on meeting his friend Sal, he is stunned to find out that Sal has been stabbed to death near his high school. Even though there were lots of kids nearby, nobody will come forward to say what they really saw. So Mike starts asking some questions of his own and finds out that Sal was hanging around a girl who recently left a gang. Are they responsible for killing Sal? How can Mike find out the truth when nobody will talk?

Author

Norah McClintock
Norah McClintock
Author · 54 books

Norah McClintock’s fascinating mysteries are hard to put down. Her Chloe & Levesque series, Mike & Riel series, and Robyn Hunter series, all published by Scholastic Canada, have been popular with readers in many countries. Norah has also written several crime novels for reluctant readers in the Orca Soundings series from Orca Book Publishers, Norah is a five-time winner of the Crime Writers of Canada's Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile Crime Novel. Read Mistaken Identity, The Body in the Basement, Sins of the Father, Scared to Death, and Break and Enter to find out why! Norah's books have been translated into more than a dozen languages, and she has won numerous awards. Awards: Arthur Ellis Award - Juvenile o 1996 – Mistaken Identity – Winner o 1998 – The Body in the Basement – Winner o 1999 – Sins of the Father – Winner o 2002 – Scared to Death – Winner o 2003 – Break and Enter – Winner Red Maple Award o 2004 – Hit and Run – Winner

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