Books in series
#1
How Come the Best Clues Are Always in the Garbage?
1992
Someone has stolen nearly a thousand dollars from the Garbage Busters, an environmental group that employs Stevie's mother. Worst of all, they've stolen it right from her house! The Diamond & Kulniki Detective Agency must get right to work. Unfortunately, all of their super sleuthing leads Stevie and her partner Jesse right to their apartment building's garbage bin. Will they ever be able to get through the banana peels, ketchup packs, and rotten, smelly trash to solve the crime?
#2
How Can I Be a Detective If I Have to Baby-Sit?
1993
Stevie Diamond and partner Jesse Kulniki hope to find a mystery to solve when they visit the tree-planting camp that Stevie's dad runs in northern British Columbia.
#3
Who's Got Gertie? And How Can We Get Her Back!
1994
This Stevie Diamond Mystery is a compelling and fast-paced adventure to keep readers guessing until the very end. Stevie and Jesse are in the thick of things once again. While they're helping Gertie, their 72-year-old neighbor, prepare for her big movie, something goes missing—Gertie! The Diamond and Kulniki Detective Agency has another mystery to solve, and suddenly there are more exciting things than day camp to think about.
#4
How Can a Frozen Detective Stay Hot on the Trail?
1996
In this Stevie Diamond Mystery, Stevie and Jesse, her partner in solving crime, are hot on the trail again. This time they're in Winnipeg, Manitoba—in the dead of winter—to clear Jesse's teenage uncle, who has been accused of stealing valuable carnivorous plants. Can they crack this case before Winnipeg puts them in the deep freeze?
#5
What's a Daring Detective Like Me Doing in the Doghouse?
1997
The fifth book in the best-selling Stevie Diamond Mystery series, What's a Daring Detective Like Me Doing in the Doghouse? stars a pair of true-to-life kids who solve mysteries on their own.
Stevie and Jessie find a lost dog in Vancouver and accidentally dye it green. To their horror, they discover that the dog belongs to the visiting American president —- and that it has been stolen! Can they undo the dye job and catch the thief all in one short week? As the plot thickens with a host of suspicious characters, mystery fans are guaranteed a fast-paced, funny and compelling adventure that will keep them guessing to the end.
#6
How Can a Brilliant Detective Shine in the Dark?
1999
Even an experienced detective like Stevie Diamond can miss clues. All her life, a gigantic mystery was right there in her own family and she'd missed it, until now! How Can a Brilliant Detective Shine in the Dark? is a page-turning mix of mystery and comedy sure to capture the imaginations and tickle the funny bones of young readers everywhere. A Stevie Diamond Mystery.
#7
What's a Serious Detective Like Me Doing in Such a Silly Movie?
2002
In this Stevie Diamond Mystery, when the 13-year-old detective is given the opportunity to be an extra in a local film, she jumps at the chance. On set, Stevie and her detecting partner, Jesse, discover that a rash of accidents has the cast and crew believing the production is cursed. Now Stevie and Jesse have found themselves right in the middle of a mystery filled with lights, cameras —- and lots of action!
Authors
Linda Bailey
Author · 29 books
I was born and grew up in Winnipeg—a daydreamer with her nose in a book. In my twenties, I traveled around the world, mostly by ship. Later, I moved to Vancouver, where I earned a B.A. and M.Ed. at the University of British Columbia. Among my jobs were travel agent, college teacher, instructional designer and editor. For years, I dabbled with writing. But I didn't begin to write in earnest until I had two young daughters. My first book was published in 1992, and I have since written more than thirty others, including novels, picture books and non-fiction. I live in Vancouver, a short walk from the sea. I write full-time and still love to travel, read and daydream.
- Source Series: * Stanley * Stevie Diamond Mystery * Good Times Travel Agency Awards: Arthur Ellis Award ◊ Best Juvenile (1997): How Can a Frozen Detective Stay Hot on the Trail? ◊ Best Juvenile (2000): How Can a Brilliant Detective Shine in the Dark?
Gene Gurney
Author · 6 books
Colonel Gene Gurney was a U.S. Air Force officer and a prolific author on many different subjects. Although much of his work was concerned with aviation history, he wrote books on several other topics as well.
