Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

The Alden family rents a houseboat to drift down the river, and encounters a mystery in the little towns along the river, involving a fast black car.

Middle-schoolers Nico, Tyler, Ella, and Opal discover a hidden island in a forbidden cove that appears uninhabited, but something ancient has awakened knowing their wishes, dreams, and darkest secrets.

Leaving her sales job behind to start a new life aboard a houseboat in Kent, Genevieve finds her dreams shattered by the discovery of a body that's linked to her own secret past as a dancer at a private members' club, forcing her to recall the moment when things started to go horribly wrong.

Middle-schoolers Nico, Opal, Tyler, and Emma face a more dangerous threat and must uncover the whirlpool's origins, as well as those of that freaky "Thing in a Jar," while fending off paranormal investigators.

Priscilla is adjusting to her new life on Martha's Vineyard. She loves waking each day to the sound of waves lapping the shoreline and the scent of fresh sea breezes. Though she's still learning the culture, she no longer feels like a tourist in the community. But when a suitcase washes up on shore, Priscilla wonders if there is more in store for her at Misty Harbor than just a change of scenery. Intrigued by the luggage and its mysterious contents,...

"Bev and Mouse are learning how to remember. On a canal boat, a floating world, they're surrounded by past lives, memories, and unfinished business. It's a journey not of discovery or recovery, but of temporariness, of various, unexpected doings, a journey inwards, a journey of the imperfect, the impermanent, the incomplete. Along the way, floating between what they've left and what they hope to find, they find new meanings in the small, often overlooked...

"Priscilla's decision to take the painting above her fireplace to be cleaned reveals a startling find. Beneath the layers of paint hides a famous painting that was stolen fifty years ago. How did it end up in Priscilla's cottage? When the painting vanishes, Priscilla finds herself both a suspect and in danger from someone who might be the real thief. And her search for the truth uncovers new facts about the argument that ended the relationship between...

"Local outcast Rigby Sellers lives in squalor on a dilapidated houseboat moored on the Mississippi River. With only stolen manikins and the river to keep him company, Rigby begins to spiral from the bizarre to the threatening. As a year of drought gives way to a season of squalls, a girl is found trembling on the side of the road, claiming her boyfriend was murdered. The nearby town of Oscar turns their suspicions toward Sellers. Local Sheriff Amos...

Schoolhouse mystery : The Boxcar Children are spending the summer in a tiny, quiet New England fishing village, and the Alden's are teaching! Caboose mystery : When the Alden's spend the summer riding on a train, they get to live in a train car once again and this time, they're staying in caboose No. 777. Houseboat mystery : The Alden's are spending the summer traveling on a houseboat, but someone is watching them and wants something on the boat.