Children’s Mysteries

The Case of the Disappearing Corpse

Can Chiana crack the case before it cracks her?

Almost-13-year-old Chiana Ryan dreams of becoming a crime writer, and when a babysitter finds a body in her garden, Cha sees her chance to solve a real-life mystery. Armed with a suspicious pink handkerchief and a disappearing corpse, she dives headfirst into the investigation—despite warnings from a skeptical local cop.

With help from her friends and a few quirky suspects (including a man claiming aliens are involved), Cha is determined to solve the case and maybe win an online writing contest in the process. But she soon realizes that the line between storybook mysteries and the real thing is dangerously thin…

The Case of the Missing Dinosaur Egg

A Chiana Ryan Mystery – Book 2

Chiana Ryan, PI (sort of) is deep in the middle of an exciting mystery, and everything is coming up eggs. First there’s the 120-million-year-old dinosaur egg that disappears from its stand at the museum. Then there’s the shed full of eggs she stumbles across while investigating crazy Professor T. Goodenough’s scary signs.

What do these eggs have in common? What are the strange creatures hatching from the eggs in Professor Goodenough’s shed? And how can Chiana find time to follow clues when the owner of Treehaven Riding School keeps her busy riding and looking after the horses?

Chiana and her friends are determined to crack the case, even when the clues bring them to the egg thieves themselves. Suddenly, it’s horses against motor bikes in a desperate race for survival.

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June’s Reviews

‘50 Shades of Fun!’
‘Kat McKinley is a the kind of heroine that stumbles into one crazy, hair-raising situation after another (“Why does this sort of thing happen to me?”). She’ll have you engrossed from the moment you meet her in a “ten-plus liplock” with Ben Taylor to the end where… well, I can’t spoil it by telling you how it all plays out, can I? Let’s just say we go full circle and you’ll close the book with a smile on your lips, looking forward to the next roller-coaster adventure.
The books remind me a bit of Dick Francis’s settings, except instead of getting a fascinating insight into the world of horse racing, it’s greyhounds. In fact, I’d have to say that this is one of the things I like best – the action of the story is woven so cleverly into the background of training and racing greyhounds. I loved the way Kat is so protective and loving towards her canine friends. I knew nothing of horses before I started reading Dick Francis, and I knew even less about greyhounds… but now I feel as though I could almost join in a conversation! (Not to mention find my way around a greyhound track.)
Read this book and laugh while you follow Kat’s zig-zagging path to finding out what happened to her hippie sister; why people would want to steal greyhounds destined for a life with families rather than the racetrack, and whether Ugly Lofty, her star performer, will be safe. And… who IS the man in the ugly purple pants?’

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Murder at Kangaroo Downs is a easy, light read set in a country town. There’s never a dull moment, and at times, it’s hysterically funny. The two vets, Emily and Maggie (nice to see some females in the starring roles) get into all sorts of trouble when they stumble across a dead body. And for the vets, it’s all downhill from there as they turn super-sleuths in an attempt to solve the mystery.

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A Greyt Read
‘I will tell you flat out, I bought this book because it has Racing Greyhounds in it…not to mention it is set in Australia- and I LOVE all things Australian!
The story was interesting from the get go- the characters seem like folks I would love to hang out with and I was rooting for our Heroine.
She is a Racing Greyhound Trainer which was very interesting. The added fact that she is active Greyhound Adoption was a lovely bonus.
The bad person was very bad, there were some scary and sad things happening. The fact that I am a Graduate of The Dick Francis School of Mystery Reading gave a leg up on figuring out who was naughty, but it had some nice difficulty to it.
Dog Lovers and Greyhound Folks will enjoy the story.
I DID fall in love with “The Bodyguard” and hope to see him in future adventures!
So, for a fun, entertaining story, please check Ms. Whyte’s Tails (er, Tales) out!’

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