Fossil fakers are blackmailing Anning; to get her dog back, she must authenticate fake dinosaur bones at the British Museum within three days. With Ada orchestrating the case, clues come together with word games, logic puzzles, sinister doll-like minions, Charles Dickens, smoke bombs, and rollicking action. The book includes short character biographies. Readers who missed the first two books in this mystery series will want to catch up while awaiting the release of the fourth book.
Twelve-year-old Matthew Corbin Goldfish Boy is a different sort of sleuth. He spends his days peering out his bedroom window, watching the activity in the cul-de-sac neighborhood. When a toddler next door goes missing, Matthew investigates. Taking an everyone-is-a-suspect approach, and with two neighbor kids doing the legwork, he strives to solve the case of the disappearing child that has baffled the police. The Impossible Clue.
Sarah Rubin. Seventh-grade math whiz Alice Jones is recruited to find Dr. Learner, a scientist who disappeared from a locked room while working on a top-secret invisibility suit.
Using keen observation, logic, and common sense, Alice assisted by classmates Sammy and Kevin searches for clues to this seemingly insolvable mystery. Alice soon realizes she is not the only one looking for Dr. With screeching car tires and danger around each corner, Alice knows mysterious men are hot on her trail.
This middle-grade mystery invites inquisitive readers to search for answers alongside these three young sleuths. Robin Stevens. Soon after boarding, they sense that the other passengers have something to hide. During dinner, a scream is heard coming from one of the compartments in the Calais-Simplon-Istanbul Carriage. When the locked door is knocked down, Mrs. Vampires on the Run Quinnie Boyd Mystery 2.
Why else would they avoid sunlight and cover mirrors? Quinnie, Ella, Ben a sailing expert , and Dominic a technology surveillance geek decide to investigate, leading to two stolen boats and a high-speed chase. These fearless teens could end up grounded for the summer, or much worse.
This adventurous, spooky, funny mystery is an engaging read for middle-grade readers. Her only regret will be leaving the wilderness that she loves and where she spends much of her time to escape her abusive, alcoholic father. When she rescues Lennon Bishop, a stranger who has been attacked in the woods, she learns that he is trying to find out what happened to a missing friend.
The FBI was notified and responded because bank robbery is a federal crime and falls under the jurisdiction of the FBI. Quick Fact: The federal bank robbery act of , 18 U.
Code , made it a federal offense for someone to take or attempt to take by force and violence, or by intimidation, anything of value from a bank.
In order for a special agent to investigate and charge someone with a federal crime, the crime has to have what is called a federal nexus. The term nexus means a connection or link between things. In the case of a bank robbery, the federal nexus would relate to the federally insured funds that were stolen.
That is another noticeable difference between being a special agent and a detective. Detectives have to be much more resourceful and make due with what they have. For instance, a detective at a small local agency might not have access to an intelligence analyst or the additional manpower that federal agencies have. Local detectives gain experience very quickly and investigate anything from traffic accidents to murder and everything in between. Typically, every U. For instance, federal agencies also employ forensic accountants , legal experts , intelligence analysts , etc.
The list goes on and on and a special agent will have access to any of those resources to further their case. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The only variable is where they are located. But because serious crimes- including drug and financial crime- are law enforcement matters, they fall outside the remit of spy agencies.
These might include anarchist and fascist groups, but also protest groups that use direct- or militant- action like some radical animal rights groups. The tactics have not been without controversy, and there is currently an inquiry taking place into how undercover police officers have spied on some legitimate campaign groups.
Covert police units generally act separately to CID, the skills they use being more spy-like than detective-like. Indeed, in the mids it was briefly thought that the intelligence agency, MI5, might take on the role of gathering criminal intelligence in addition to its national security work, infiltrating organised crime groups as they do terrorist cells. The plans for MI5 did not go so far as to give agents the power to arrest suspects as some FBI agents can.
That power remained with the police whose job it was to request intelligence assistance from MI5 when needed. The experiment did not last long, however. All Posts. Recent Posts See All. Remember, remember Post not marked as liked 1. Face to face with heroes.
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