Brains Benton Mystery Books in Order

Jimmy Carson spots a frightened boy at the old Madden house while selling newspaper subscriptions. With Brains Benton, he investigates a missing message that could restore Skeets Fenton’s circus inheritance and expose the people threatening him.

An apparently ancient Greek coin turns up among Jimmy Carson’s newspaper payments. When Brains suspects a forgery and an innocent dealer comes under suspicion, the young detectives trace the counterfeiters while strangers try to recover the coin.

Brains Benton and Jimmy Carson meet an orphaned Japanese schoolmate whose mysterious pursuers make them fear for his safety. A search for missing pearls leads the boys into a conspiracy involving dangerous criminals and puzzling clues.

A seemingly driverless Rolls-Royce chases Jimmy Carson, opening a case involving a suspicious hit-and-run and an endangered prince. Brains and Jimmy follow eccentric clues into an international intrigue where the future of a kingdom is at stake.

At eerie Boiling Lake, Brains Benton and Jimmy Carson discover a submerged car with what appears to be a body inside. Their investigation pulls the young detectives into a pursuit of criminals and a dangerous nighttime car chase.

Animal trainer Gustave von Maltzbenden disappears with his remarkable dancing mouse, leaving hungry animals and hidden money behind. Brains Benton and Jimmy Carson investigate the vanished performer through diving expeditions and a hazardous chase across the lake.

A decades-old burglary at a millionaire’s mansion left more than a quarter-million dollars unaccounted for. When an old deed suggests where the stolen fortune might be concealed, Brains Benton and Jimmy Carson investigate, encountering danger along the trail.

A bicycle ride leads Brains Benton and Jimmy Carson to an injured homing pigeon whose message has vanished. The boys turn the discovery into a new investigation for their detective agency, uncovering trouble behind the missing communication.

While collecting discarded soda bottles, Jimmy Carson discovers diamonds hidden inside one. He and Brains Benton search for the jewel thieves, but their investigation brings dangerous encounters with a gang of young delinquents and unexpected complications.

A police car outside a classmate’s house interrupts Brains and Jimmy’s quiet holiday after sledding. Investigating a break-in uncovers concealed clues and sends the young detectives from Crestwood to Washington, D.C., in an increasingly dangerous mystery.

Unexplained nighttime explosions send Brains Benton and Jimmy Carson to investigate the Crestwood Fair. There they discover a scheme to rob the First National Bank and must match their investigative skills against a magician using deception to conceal his plans.

Jimmy’s sister Ann is accused of stealing examination answers and selling them to her sorority. Brains and Jimmy investigate the suspicious evidence against her, uncovering a conspiracy linked to someone pursuing power within the college community.

Years after dissolving his detective agency, Brains heads a bionics laboratory at SwiftTech. When his reporter girlfriend is injured while investigating baffling bank robberies, he reunites with Jimmy to pursue a renegade scientist and a dangerous device.

Brains and Jimmy’s housekeeper asks them to protect her sister from blackmail. The case expands to include a strange cat, missing pearls, a rival detective agency, and a scientist whose scheme tests their ability to identify the mastermind.

A scientist’s death at SwiftTech brings Brains Benton and Jimmy Carson back into an investigation involving inventor Tom Swift. Their inquiries lead to the mysterious CEM/Anahuac corporation and its ruthless leader, Sun Erato Ohm.

Jimmy accidentally overhears two men discussing a sinister plan on the telephone. Though the details remain unclear, he and Brains begin investigating, discovering that a criminal group has designs on an approaching election and its outcome.

Six short mysteries follow Brains Benton and Jimmy Carson, including their first meeting when Jimmy investigates school vandalism. Other adventures involve a missing dog and suspicious events at a church during a snowy Christmas Eve in Crestwood.

After days of heavy rain, Brains Benton and Jimmy Carson rescue a woman caught in a raging flood. Their intervention draws the detective agency into a new case involving aviation, intrigue, and dangers beyond the initial emergency.

Someone breaks into Crestwood Junior-Senior High School and steals the French Club’s money. Brains Benton and Jimmy Carson take on the theft, using their detective agency to investigate the missing funds as the case puts them in danger.

A series of strange incidents disrupts life for Brains Benton and Jimmy Carson, culminating in an arson accusation against them. The partners must investigate the setup and track down a particularly dangerous criminal while trying to clear their names.

A wave of car thefts claims familiar vehicles, including a prized vintage Rolls-Royce. Brains and Jimmy follow a promising clue to a deserted town, where the hunt for the thieves introduces unsettling dangers and an apparent vampire.

A supposedly haunted house is burglarized, yet nothing appears to have been stolen. Brains Benton and Jimmy Carson investigate what the intruders wanted, using their new hydrofoil and venturing beneath a mountain in pursuit of answers.