“I put on my kindest face for the poor man. I even smile a little. Marie slashes her fingers across her neck, telling me to stop with the fake grin. She must think I look creepy again. I keep smiling, though. I need to practice. I have a problem with people thinking I’m mean.” And so it goes, for Shirley Link. Brilliant, brazen and still a whole year away from her driver's permit. Sure, she’s only 14 years old and has homework to do, but she’ll put it aside for the right mystery! Shirley Link's kickoff adventure pits her against a thief who's stolen thirty thousand dollars from her school's safe. Usually, she'd wrap that kind of case up before American Idol. But there's one intriguing, frustrating detail.The half-ton safe disappeared too! Shirley must find the culprit quickly, or else her beloved principal, Mr. Reese, will lose his job. As she digs deeper, Mr. Reese looks more and more guilty. Will Shirley save him, or get him tossed in jail? "This is how it is to be Shirley Link, the best detective in the world, if I do say so myself. I can spot a lie like most people spot a zit. I see connections where they hide best. And I get in trouble every time I try to tell people what I do with my free time. Only a handful know about my talent. I prefer to keep it that way." - Shirley Link

\*The author is listed as Ben Graham at Amazon, but shows under Ben Zackheim's profile. Ben Graham doesn't have one. I have listed both authors here. Thor, Iron Man and The Hulk need some help! A perfect edition of The Avengers #1 comic book is about to be stolen by a supremely confident thief. Can the first appearance of the super-team escape his clutches? If Shirley has anything to say about it, you bet. But even with a ton of clues, she senses more is going on than a simple heist. Is her new arch-enemy after more than a valuable comic book? Shirley Link is back in 'Shirley Link & The Hot Comic'! Filled with twisting and turning action, readers will have a blast trying to keep up with the smartest detective in the world!

Shirley Link loves pirates. Well, she loves the idea of them. She wouldn't like them if they were running up the street stealing bikes. But digging for treasure and swashbuckling adventure are on the top of her to-do list. So when a clue pops up that there's a hidden pirate treasure under her hometown, Shirley gets to work. In Shirley Link & The Treasure Chest, the third volume in the critically-acclaimed Middle-Grade Mystery series, our heroine takes on her biggest challenge yet. But this time the stakes are higher than ever. If she fails to find the treasure, or if it ends up being a hoax, then Shirley's elderly neighbor, Mrs. Smiley, will lose her home to the bank.

In her fourth adventure, Shirley Link takes a walk on the dark side of her hometown. When a young man, known for making trouble, is targeted as suspect #1 in a string of robberies, Shirley works hard to find the truth. But even if she proves his innocence, can she save him from himself? Join Shirley on her most daring adventure yet!

\*The author is listed as Ben Graham at Amazon, but shows under Ben Zackheim's profile. Ben Graham doesn't have one. I have listed both authors here. Shirley Link, amateur detective, is worried about her friend, Jacob. He's been acting odd lately. Okay sure, he's usually odd, but he's also being unfriendly which isn't like him at all. When Shirley and her friends Wylie and Marie discover that Jacob's difficult cousins are in town they begin to see why he's in such a bad mood. But when police reports start to flood in about missing items, the team suspects something else may be going on in Jacob's household. Join Shirley for the most perplexing case of her career as she tries to solve the case of The Party Poopers!