Penny Parker Mystery Stories Books in Order

Penny Parker investigates a séance establishment while trying to help a friend whose doll shop is in difficulty. A sinister doll troubling an actress connects the cases, giving Penny and Louise another mystery to pursue.

Helping a friend apply for work leads Penny and Louise to a boarding house associated with unexplained disappearances. Meanwhile, a family's stolen houseboat presents another mystery, drawing Penny into troubles on both land and the river.

At a ski resort, Penny investigates efforts to drive a small lodge out of business while her father's newspaper faces damaging accusations. A rival hotel's restricted room and coded messages suggest a connection she must uncover.

Covering a wedding at an estate surrounded by a moat, Penny Parker finds a story far stranger than a society celebration. The groom fails to appear, and a missing tax evader gives her a second disappearance to investigate.

A curious silk ladder in a curio shop catches Penny Parker's attention just as a friend's inheritance raises new questions. Car trouble and unexpected debt complicate her efforts to investigate the shadowy people connected with the unusual clue.

On a riverboat outing, Penny and Louise notice suspicious passengers and a young woman's stolen purse. A discarded package offers further clues, pulling Penny toward a mystery while she pursues her ambitions as a newspaper reporter.

A town clock strikes thirteen, catching Penny Parker's attention on a late-night trip from her father's newsroom. Strange telegrams criticizing the newspaper and a farm fire give the young reporter reason to suspect more than a faulty mechanism.

Penny and her friends explore the old Marborough mansion and its wishing well, bringing a lonely classmate along. The outing opens questions about the estate's past, suspicious visitors and the connections linking their new friend to its mysteries.

After a car accident, Penny's father is supposedly taken to a hospital but never arrives. She takes responsibility for his newspaper while searching for him, and a clue at an abandoned mansion offers a troubling lead.

Penny and Louise's river outing turns dangerous when their boat capsizes as they try to retrieve a bottle. News of a dynamited bridge draws Penny into a sabotage investigation, while a man preparing for a flood presents another puzzle.

A reward notice sends Penny and Louise to investigate a supposed Headless Horseman in Red Valley. Strange residents and trouble surrounding a wealthy property owner turn her search for a newspaper story into a mystery of community secrets.

Penny's camping holiday is complicated by a widow who has charmed her father and joined their trip. A mysterious radio broadcast suggests criminal activity, leaving Penny to untangle genuine danger from her suspicions about the unwanted companion.

Visiting Shadow Island with her father, Penny Parker learns of thefts at an airplane factory. A sailing rivalry and a stormy excursion complicate her stay as she searches for the truth behind the losses affecting their host.

Penny takes a holiday job at her father's understaffed newspaper, facing interference from a jealous reporter. Covering a steel plant explosion, she loses a crucial camera and must recover it while investigating a gang's fraudulent explosive device.

Penny Parker investigates after a bank president disappears and a large sum of money goes missing. A drawing of a plumed serpent leads her toward his interest in ancient cults and a case with conflicting clues.

Penny and Louise go searching for flowers in a swamp, where Louise's dog disappears. Their outing becomes entangled with a hunt for an escaped convict and an illegal still hidden in the marsh.

Strange noises interrupt a nighttime ski outing for Penny, Louise, and Jerry. A secretive religious group occupies a nearby monastery, and a missing woman's interest in cults gives Penny reason to investigate its leader.