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The Red Bend Bank Robbery

The Red Bend Bank Robbery

David Drake

Independently Published
2017
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The second book in the Doc and Johnny's Old West Mystery series. A carnival and rodeo run by Gypsies come to Red Bend and Johnny becomes friends with an orphan boy traveling with them. Johnny and Doc find they have two mysteries to solve: First, finding the boy's mother for him and trying to get them back together. Second, figuring out how a bank can be robbed when nobody enters the bank and yet all the money has somehow been taken. (Third, of course is who robbed the bank.) Johnny solves all three along with running a fake tonic salesman out of town, entering an important horse race with Diablo (his horse), and spending time with his special girlfriend.
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Secrets of the Hidden Valley

Secrets of the Hidden Valley

David Drake

Independently Published
2017
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A twelve year old boy suddenly finds himself parentless and stranded alone in a lost valley filled with Native American mysteries and magic. Two most unlikely companions join him, one ten and one fourteen. Magically transformed into Native American lads when they don their stunning buckskins, they mount their beautiful Palominos ponies and race off into one 'day-saving' adventure after another. The story demonstrates how positive values and dedication to helpfulness can build a happy and successful life.
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Tommy Powers and the Mutant Stranger

Tommy Powers and the Mutant Stranger

David Drake

Independently Published
2017
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In Book Two, a new problem arises for Tommy. Some body is out to kill him His new assailant, The Mutant Stranger, makes no attempt to hide himself or what he's about. He also has super powers (including lethal laser vision) and has pledged his allegiance to Antipathy, Tommy's evil adversary from the first book. How will Tommy be able to change such a single-minded bad guy into one of the good guys - or will he?
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Disaster at Disappearing Creek

Disaster at Disappearing Creek

David Drake

Independently Published
2017
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Two teenage boys - from opposite sides of the track - in the midst of a fist fight over a girl, become trapped together in a deep, slick-walled, dark cave. The only escape is through a tiny, seemingly unreachable hole in the roof a hundred feet above. As they work toward their common goals - survival and escape - they grow to understand and appreciate each other. The story demonstrates the growth of positive values, mutual understand and appreciation.
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Replacement Kid

Replacement Kid

David Drake

Independently Published
2017
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One dark, cold, November night, twelve-year old Zach is dumped, kicking and screaming, into the county orphanage. With his mother suddenly gone, he begins testing a relationship with the wise, old, white-bearded handyman. Rocky at first, it develops into a loving friendship. Zach systematically undermines the attempts to place him into foster and adoptive homes. A final crisis when his old friend is seriously injured near Christmas, helps the boy set his life straight. The story is fun, touching, and rewarding reading for all ages.
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Kevin Kress - teen detective

Kevin Kress - teen detective

David Drake

Independently Published
2017
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Kevin Kress isn't a nerd, but can talk tech with the best of them. Kevin isn't a jock but holds his own in a footrace. Kevin isn't Mr. Popularity yet everyone likes him. What Kevin is, is a top notch teen detective. He and his friend, Anna, take on all challenges. In this book, Kevin relates in the first person his first 6 big cases. There are ghosts that have the kids in a panic, a robbery planned to take down the local bank, a suspicious stranger comes to town some think is there for no good, a picture of a young girl starts a major search for answers about one of his old friends, a series of code messages like spies use arrive in his mailbox, and a very old piece of jewelry holds fascinating secrets from the World War II past. Although Kevin is not always in danger, it happens often enough that his parents really don't want to know what he's doing.
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The Pony Express Rides Again

The Pony Express Rides Again

David Drake

Independently Published
2017
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Book Three: Doc and Johnny's Old West Mysteries. Johnny uncovers a mystery involving the disappearance of a Pony Express rider some twenty years before. He smells foul play and investigates with his new 15 year old friend, Jericho. He helped nurse Jerry back to health after he had been attacked and badly hurt by a coyote while handling the horses on a cattle drive. They explore one of the original Pony Express Station Buildings, spend a night in a cave to escape a dangerous blizzard, find the skeleton of the young rider, and eventually put the clues together and bring to justice the outlaws who did harm to the boy. Johnny is held captive by the worst of the bad guys and has to use his quick thinking to try to handle the life threatening situation. There is, excitement, mystery, and a really great growing friendship between two very different yet very similar boys. Johnny writes an exciting Pony Express story.
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Kidnapped!

Kidnapped!

David Drake

Independently Published
2017
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Book Four: 10 to 15 year old readers. Kidnapped: Johnny's Aunt Bea and the banker's wife are kidnapped for a large ransom during the week in early spring when Abbot comes to visit. Johnny, Jerry and Abbot take the lead in solving the mysteries of who is behind the abduction and where they are being held. Johnny refuses to pay the ransom so they have to find ways of pushing back deadlines to give them more time. They encounter problems with an old man and a rifle, an old mine that is prone to collapsing, and a long abandoned mill. There is action, mystery, excitement, and the developing friendship among the three boys who call themselves the tres amigos inteligente (the three smart friends).
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The Mystery of the Crimson Bandit

The Mystery of the Crimson Bandit

David Drake

Independently Published
2017
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Book Five for 10 to 14 year olds: With Abbot and Jerry gone for the summer, Johnny has some time on his hands (never a good thing for the sanity of those around him ). A new mystery surfaces in which a lone bandit, wearing crimson boots and shirt, with black pants, gloves, hat and mask covering his face, goes on a rampage, holding up dozens of people within fifty miles of Red Bend. Those people all have one thing in common and discovering that will help Johnny solve the case. Doc's expertise is also required again in this one. So, there is a bandit, stealing from others, but Johnny is sad to think he will have to go to jail. Huhh
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The Baffling Stagecoach Robberies

The Baffling Stagecoach Robberies

David Drake

Independently Published
2017
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In the sixth book in the series, Johnny and Jerry reunite to solve the baffling mystery of a set of stagecoach robberies in which no robber ever showed up, but the lockbox was still somehow emptied during the stage run. Each boy has a life or death encounter with a pair of bad guys. There is an abundance of gadgets that play an important part in solving the case. Again, there is lots of good conversation, and enjoyable time on horseback and in the swimming hole. And, can you believe it, Johnny gets even more money forced on him (Maybe the series should have been titled, "The Young Frontier Milionaire".)
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The Boy Who Could See Into the Past

The Boy Who Could See Into the Past

David Drake

Independently Published
2017
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Book 1: The Orvie Mystery Series - The story takes place in the present. Orvie (short for Orville), one of the two main characters, is twelve years old, of course he had been born just a few years after the end of the Civil War. How could that be? (One way to find out ) He and his friend Ben discover a criminal plot among the leaders of the county and work to bring them to justice. They face extreme danger and experience excitement and terror, fun and laughter, and express their confusion at some of the mysteries of changing from boys to adolescents. They find themselves riding out a severe tornado in a tree house, and being chased through a dark woods at night by a dozen bad guys who have orders to see that they never return. There are a couple of girls as well. And, oh yes, Orvie has the power to sense if people are telling the truth or lying about things in their past - hence the book's title.
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The Mystery of the Disappearing Pine Trees: Featuring Orvie, the boy who could see into the past

The Mystery of the Disappearing Pine Trees: Featuring Orvie, the boy who could see into the past

David Drake

Independently Published
2017
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BOOK TWO: The Orvie Mystery Series - The book features forever twelve year old Orvie, the boy who could see into the past. In this outing he is tramping the meadows and forests of northwest Minnesota, revisiting the area in which he had grown up 125 years before. He meets a set of identical twin boys and together they work to solve a mystery in which a gang of thieves are stealing trees from their father's pine forest and selling them as logs for a huge profit. The boys have lots of fun together, share great danger, and in the end escape by the skin of their teeth.
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Tommy Powers and the Sorcerer of Akmindo Teeki

Tommy Powers and the Sorcerer of Akmindo Teeki

David Drake

Independently Published
2017
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Tommy welcomes an unlikely new partner in his fight against evil. This time his foe is a brilliant magician who uses mind control methods to force people all over the world to live according to the will of the Society of the Enlightened - a group of powerful monks whose home is high in the remote mountains of Tibet. They believe they know the only TRUTH and therefore have the right to force it on people everywhere. Along the way comes Tommy's fourteenth birthday, the one time he will be allowed to be with his biological parents. He's note sure he wants to meet them. Tommy teaches the readers one of his super powers - REALLY
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The Mystery of the Treasure on Doubloon Island

The Mystery of the Treasure on Doubloon Island

David Drake

Independently Published
2017
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The Fifth in the Series: Orvie assists a 12 year old boy and his older brother as they struggle against unknown bad guys who are trying to ruin their tour business in southern Florida. They encounter hand grenades, dynamite explosions, and other dangers as they work to protect themselves and find a hidden treasure on the boys' private island - Doubloon Island. An underwater cave filled with dangers again plays a part as Orvie explores it to discover the secrets it holds.
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The Mystery of Gallagher's Ghost

The Mystery of Gallagher's Ghost

David Drake

Independently Published
2017
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In Book Six of the series, Orvie finds himself in the Ozark Mountains helping a new friend - Joey - solve a mystery involving the haunting of Joey's big old house by a long departed relative who wants Joey and his mother to leave. The ghost - Gallagher - appears at various places in the house and on the lawn. It eventually becomes destructive and kidnaps the boys. The mystery is much more than it seems and they work to solve it and save the house from being burned to the ground. They find that a 'ghost' may sometimes not be a ghost. Even the FBI becomes involved.
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Mystery of the Vanished Parents

Mystery of the Vanished Parents

David Drake

Independently Published
2017
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A short novel for 10 to 15 year olds: Tommy (11) and his brother Gary (15) begin to doubt the story that their parents died 9 years before in a plane accident and set out to solve the mystery - one the police and highly paid lawyers apparently weren't able to solve. They travel from the mansion where they live with their wealthy grandfather into the slums, the dangerous area of docks and freighters, and the unsavory bar district of their city as they search for the man with the limp who they call Scarface. He holds the key. "He'd as soon stick a knife in your belly as shake your hand," one of his acquaintances warns the boys. Late at night in a dirty dark alley they have to dodge bullets as Gary clings to an old iron fourth floor fire escape as it gradually bends further and further away from the wall.
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The Mystery of the Ghost Ship of Windsor Island

The Mystery of the Ghost Ship of Windsor Island

David Drake

Independently Published
2017
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BOOK FOUR: Orvie visits an isolated island in the southern section of Lake Michigan, intrigued by rumors of a ghost ship that sails in close to shore, fires volleys of cannon balls at the island and then turns and disappears into thin air. He befriends the twelve year old nephew of the owner of the Hotel on the island - Windsor Island - and the two boys work to solve the mystery of the ship and discover who is behind an attempt to buy all the property on it. They explore caves, dive deep into the lake to discover clues and manage to have a whole lot of fun in and around day after day of mystery, excitement and danger.
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The Puzzling Code

The Puzzling Code

David Drake

Independently Published
2017
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10 to 15 year olds. Adam Martin, a thirteen year old boy on crutches, lived with his grandfather in a rundown part of a city. Even so, he maintained a happy outlook on life. He was smarter than most of us and used his powerful brain to solve mysteries that kept popping up around him. He loved those that had puzzles or secret codes associated with them. In Book One - the Puzzling Code - he and his grandfather take on a team of foreign agents who are trying to keep them from finding a valuable stash of loot hidden one hundred years earlier and only recently made known to them in a secret code discovered in one of his grandfather's old books. Lots of good conversations between Adam and his grandfather in and among action, danger, and adventure.
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