Nancy Drew Meets CSI!
The Madonna Ghost by Linda Maria Frank.
Annie Tillery Mysteries Book 1. Reading Age 7-12.
Seventeen-year-old Annie Tillery and her Aunt Jill set off for Long Island’s Fire Island for a vacation of surf, sun, and sailing. Annie is happy to leave behind the stress of her relationship with her parents.
Aunt Jill, who is an NYPD detective, is mixing her vacation with a case she must keep secret from Annie, who is suspicious nevertheless. Annie finds romance and intrigue when she meets Ty Egan, the nephew of their host on the island. They find themselves in the middle of an eerie adventure when she and Ty investigate the tragic and perplexing story of a local ghost.
Annie becomes increasingly uneasy and the investigation turns sinister when Aunt Jill goes missing, the ghost appears, and the troublesome neighbors in the cottage next door become hostile. When they find one of Aunt Jill’s special earrings on the neighbor’s porch, they begin to wonder what she was doing there.
Will they find Aunt Jill before it’s too late?
In the breathless conclusion to their investigation, Annie and Ty narrowly escape death solving the mystery of The Madonna Ghost.
5 Stars From Readers:
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Product Details:
Paperback: 132 Pages
Publisher: iUniverse (January 20, 2010)
Language: English
Mysteries (Tween, Teens, and YA)
Mysteries (Detective)
Grade Level: 5th-10th
Reading Level: 9-15 Years
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The Madonna Ghost by Linda Maria Frank
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The Madonna Ghost and Girl With Pencil Drawing
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La Madonna Fantasma (Spanish Edition) by Linda Maria Frank.
Reading Age 7-12.
Annie Tillery, de diecisiete años, y su tía Jill parten hacia Fire Island, en Long Island, para pasar unas vacaciones de surf, sol y navegación. Annie está feliz de dejar atrás el estrés de la relación con sus padres. La tía Jill, que es detective de la policía de Nueva York, está combinando sus vacaciones con un caso que debe mantener en secreto para Annie, quien de todos modos sospecha. Annie encuentra romance e intriga cuando conoce a Ty Egan, el sobrino de su anfitrión en la isla. Se encuentran en medio de una espeluznante aventura cuando ella y Ty investigan la trágica y desconcertante historia de un fantasma local.
Annie se siente cada vez más incómoda y la investigación se vuelve siniestra cuando la tía Jill desaparece, aparece el fantasma y los problemáticos vecinos de la cabaña de al lado se vuelven hostiles. Cuando encuentran uno de los aretes de la tía Jill en el porche del vecino, comienzan a preguntarse por qué estaba allí. ¿Encontrarán a la tía Jill antes de que sea demasiado tarde? En la impresionante conclusión de su investigación, Annie y Ty escapan por poco de la muerte resolviendo el misterio de la Madonna Fantasma.
Linda Maria Frank hizo su carrera profesional enseñando ciencias en la escuela secundaria y la universidad. A partir de casos de estudio que ella misma creó para los estudiantes de sus clases de ciencias forenses, creó historias de misterio para los lectores jóvenes. Ha vivido en la ciudad de Nueva York y actualmente reside en Long Island.
Product Details:
Paperback: 250 Pages
Publisher: Annie Tillery Mysteries (May 17, 2024)
Marianne Savage (Illustrator)
Language: Spanish
Reading Age: 11 – 18 Years
Girl With Pencil, Drawing by Linda Maria Frank.
Annie Tillery Mysteries Book 2. Reading Age 7-12.
Seventeen-year-old amateur detective Annie Tillery is at it again.
After she wins a series of art lessons at a prestigious art gallery, Annie shows up for her first lesson to find her instructor, Francesca Gabrielli, in a volatile argument with John DiCristiani, the art gallery’s director. He is demanding that she illegally copy art masterpieces. Unwittingly, Annie is about to be drawn into the illicit, treacherous, and unpredictable world of art forgery. When DiCristiani is found murdered in cold blood, Francesca becomes the prime suspect.
She calls upon Annie to help solve the crime along with her NYPD detective aunt, Jill Tillery. They must brave the dangers of an international art fraud ring in an attempt to clear Francesca’s name. They discover that the key to solving the case revolves around a mysterious brownstone in Brooklyn whose inhabitants present tantalizing and elusive clues. As Annie and company attempt to stay one step ahead of DiCristiani’s murderer, they escape one deadly trap after another. The stakes are high in the glamorous yet dangerous world of illegal art trafficking. Annie must solve the crime to save her life and that of her friends.
Awarded 5 Stars By The Editor At Book Marketing Global Network. Spectacular Read for Students and Young Adults!
Annie Tillery Mysteries book two Girl with Pencil, Drawing is a spectacular read for students and young adults of all ages. Each book in the Annie Tiller Mystery Series is unique and stands alone with no need to read in a particular sequence.
The story line in ‘Girl with Pencil, Drawing’ by Author Linda Maria Frank draws the young reader into an adventure where young Annie Tillery goes for her first art lesson at a prestigious Art Gallery. With youthful exuberance and an eagerness to advance her drawing skills Annie arrives early. When she enters the studio, she overhears a heated argument between two people who turn out to be her Art Instructor Francesca Gabrielli and the Art Gallery Director John DiCristiani.
Annie’s empathy for others and her sleuth personally draws her into a murder mystery when John DiCristiani turns up dead and Francesca Gabrielli is the prime suspect, Annie enlists the help of her Aunt Jill who is a NYPD Detective to help clear her new-found friend and art mentor’s name.
With strong characters, flowing dialog and layers of mystery, soon everyone is caught up in a real who-dun-it that involves a long list of suspects and hidden clues. Twists and turns with all the dangers that come into play when an International Art Fraud has been perpetrated.
I invite you to go beyond this headline: “Manhattan Business-Man Found Slain in Chelsea. John DiCristiani, a wealthy business man, whose financial interests reached as far as Hong Kong and Istanbul, was found shot to death in his posh apartment overlooking the Hudson River. Mr. DiCristiani’s body was found by an employee from his Soho gallery. The police questioned the employee, Ms. Francesca Gabrielli, at headquarters, but subsequently released her. Police would only confide that the murder weapon was found at the scene and that all other leads were being investigated. Mr. DiCristiani is survived by a son, Mark, twenty-five, a law student at New York University.”
Learn the ins and out of the art world that include how scientists’ tests for authenticity in original paintings by world renown artist like Renoir and the lucrative forgeries that make this underworld as treacherous as any international mob association.
Follow the clues, wait for the DNA evidence and sift through the ashes left by an arsonist. Inspire a young reader to discover the innate detective skills of Annie Tillery who is fast becoming the next Nancy Drew. This series should be placed on our schools’ summer reading list.
5 Star Reviews From Readers:
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Product Details:
Paperback: 190 Pages
Publisher: iUniverse: Illustrated edition (November 4, 2013)
Language: English
Mysteries (Tween, Teens, and YA)
Mysteries (Detective)
Grade Level: 5th-10th
Reading Level: 9-15 Years
Amazon Hardcover Print:
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Girl With Pencil, Drawing by Linda Maria Frank
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Secrets In The Fairy Chimneys by Linda Maria Frank.
Annie Tillery Mysteries Book 3. Reading Age 7-12.
Amateur sleuth Annie Tillery has been warned to stay away from Nevshehir, Turkey, where she is heading to meet her boyfriend, Ty Egan, and Cedric Zeeks, Ty’s best friend. Intent on helping the two excavate an archeological site where they hope to link human remains to the first African ancestors, Annie does her best to shakes her foreboding feelings as her plane lands in Istanbul and she prepares to embark on her next adventure.
But when a stranger claims he is there to pick her up and then disappears once he sees Ty, Annie is immediately thrown back into worry mode—especially after Ty tells her there is unexplained tension surrounding the dig and she receives a threatening note at the hotel. Still, as the three head to Nevshehir, Annie is buoyed by the excitement surrounding ancient Turkey and the possibility of uncovering secrets. The dig is plagued by accidents and theft, however, and the three friends, assisted by the head archeologist’s twins, must search the ancient city of Istanbul and the caves of fantastic Cappadocia to find who is sabotaging their work.
In this young adult thriller, detective Annie Tillery must once again walk on a dangerous path in an attempt to unravel a complicated mystery and solve the secrets in the fairy chimneys.
Awarded 5 Stars By The Editor At Book Marketing Global Network. Indiana Jones Meets Nancy Drew With The skills And Precision Of CSI.
Annie Tillery Mysteries book three ‘Secrets In The Fairy Chimneys’ can be summed up as Indiana Jones meets Nancy Drew with the skills and precision of CSI. A mystery unfolds amidst a mix of ancient history and modern innovation, in an ageless Eastern country where time moves at a camel’s pace.
Dedicated research by author Linda Maria Frank leaves no stone unturned while great description text transports the reader to the streets of Turkey with it mosques and minarets, towers and modern buildings. One of my favorite quotes from the book is “Water droplets plunked into the pool from the vaulted ceiling. After the heat of the bazaar and the street chase, it was deliciously cool. Ornate columns with carved capitals supported the ceiling. The bases were decorated with animal and human figures. There were a few visitors, but the enormity of the space muffled their conversations.”
Strong characters with great dialog bring us to dusty archeological site in one of the oldest towns in human history called Catalhoyuk. Nothing can explain it better than this quote: “We were in a valley of shapes I couldn’t believe were not made by humans, humans with a fabulous imagination. Conical formations called fairy chimneys in various sizes spread away from us in every direction. The color of bleached bones, they sat majestically among the gray-green brush and white clay-like soil. The air shimmered from the heat. I could smell the odor of clay mixed with a faint herbal scent that must have come from the brush.”
Cosponsors from Vermont University are looking for a DNA connection between residents of Catalhoyuk and our original nomadic ancestors in Africa. Annie Tillery and her team go to work excavating this archeological site, with all the inherit dangers and a mystery brings out the detective in Annie.
From the spell of a Ouija board to a magical balloon ride in the sky nothing is lost as this time and space makes all their senses come alive with amazing black and white graphics that bring the main characters to life.
Students and young adults of all ages will enjoy Annie Tillery Mysteries. Although a series each book is unique and stands alone with no need to read in a particular sequence.
5 Star Reviews From Readers:
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Product Details:
Paperback: 294 Pages
Publisher: Archway Publishing; Illustrated edition (February 28, 2014)
Language: English
Mysteries (Tween, Teens, and YA)
Mysteries (Detective)
Grade Level: 5th-10th
Reading Level: 9-15 Years
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Secrets In The Fairy Chimney’s Prologue by Linda Maria Frank
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Secrets In The Fairy Chimneys by Linda Maria Frank
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The Mystery Of The Lost Avenger by Linda Maria Frank.
Annie Tillery Mysteries Book 4. Reading Age 7-12.
The wreckage of a World War II plane is found in the mountains of Appalachia. It mysteriously crashed in 1943 on its way to a naval base. Inside the plane is a note, written by Annie Tillery’s great-grandmother, Charlotte, who was in love with a fighter pilot. Young Charlotte tested the planes and flew them to naval bases; her fiancé flew the planes in battle.
While investigating the crash site, NCIS finds the note in the plane, which they trace to Charlotte and then to her surviving family members, Annie and her mother Carol. The mystery begins. Why did the plane crash, and what does Charlotte’s note mean? Annie and her mother decide to dig into Great-Grandmothers past by way of the aged family attic.
There, they find love letters written by Charlotte and her Navy pilot fiancé. There is a code to be broken in those letters and The Mystery of the Lost Avenger to be solved. As they explore, Annie suspects Charlotte’s ghost is reaching out to tell her something, but what? She enlists the help of her boyfriend, newly licensed pilot Ty Egan, but Annie feels she may be the key to her great-grandmothers top-secret life.
Awarded 5 Stars By The Editor At Book Marketing Global Network. This Book Educates Young Minds!
Good news for all Annie Tillery Mystery Followers. The Mystery Of The Lost Avenger (book 4) is finally here. This book educates young minds using this fictional mystery that involves NCIS investigating the crash site of a World War II plane.
Turns out the pilot was Annie Tillery’s great-grandmother Charlotte who was a test pilot for Grumman and actually flew in battle. Annie, her mother Carol are intrigued by Charlotte’s note and decide to dig through the old family attic to see what they can find out about this mysterious family member. What they discover in the attic only adds to the mystery and soon Annie suspects that Charlotte’s ghost is reaching out to them from beyond the grave with an important message.
Annie’s decides to get her boyfriend Ty Egan who happens to be a pilot involved. Here is their conversation.
…“Ty, you won’t believe what Mom has been telling me about a mystery concerning my great-grandmother. Mom, this is your story, and maybe Ty can see something we don’t. Can you fill him in on the details, so far? I’m just hearing this story for the first time, too.”
…“Well, let me start with . . .” She shuffled the papers in her lap. “Here’s the letter we received from the Department of the Navy. And here’s a copy of a note we found in the plane. The note is written on some sort of a company form with and identification number on it. The number belonged to Charlotte, my grandmother.”
…“I also have a letter from the Naval Crime Investigation Service about the condition of the plane where they found the note, and the pilot they found in the wreckage. There are skeletonized remains of a person whose identity they are trying to confirm. They know who flew the plane when it went missing, but they must confirm that it is that person. It is a woman.”
…Mom added a new thought, “You know, it’s ironic. Charlotte did die in a plane crash many years later. She continued to fly recreationally after the war. When I went to Maryland to see if there was any record of her time at Grumman, I found these letters in the house where Charlotte spent her last years.”
Students and young adults of all ages will enjoy The Mystery Of The Lost Avenger. Although a series each book is unique and stands alone with no need to read in a particular sequence.
5 Star Reviews From Readers:
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Product Details:
Paperback: 194 Pages
Publisher: Archway Publishing (June 15, 2016)
Language: English
Mysteries (Tween, Teens, and YA)
Mysteries (Detective)
Grade Level: 5th-10th
Reading Level: 9-15 Years
Amazon Hardcover Print:
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The Mystery Of The Lost Avenger
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Making A Mystery With Annie Tillery: The Madonna Ghost.
Annie Tillery Mysteries Book 5. Reading Age 7-12.
In addition to the first Annie Tillery Mystery, this book contains an insight into how the author wrote the book.
These are materials pertaining to writing style, character development and research, as well as ideas for additional activities such as lesson plans for teachers, and discussion questions. Follow the writer’s journey toward producing a page-turning adventure with history, mystery and science. “The Madonna Ghost” which is the basis for this exploration into the writer’s journey is described as follows.
How lucky can you get? A vacation at a beach brings Annie Tillery a ghost story and a boyfriend. But what is the ghost hiding, and will Ty Egan and Annie Tillery discover the secrets of the Madonna Ghost, and the menacing neighbors who seem linked to her?
5 Star Reviews From Readers:
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Product Details:
Paperback: 374 Pages
Publisher: Annie Tillery Mysteries (May 29, 2018)
Language: English
Mysteries (Tween, Teens, and YA)
Mysteries (Detective)
Grade Level: 5th-10th
Reading Level: 9-15 Years
Amazon Print:
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Secrets In The Fairy Chimneys (2nd Edition) by Linda Maria Frank.
Annie Tillery Mysteries Book 6. Reading Age 7-12.
This enhanced edition of “Fairy Chimneys” reveals the story behind the story of writing this exciting mystery.
To add to the readers’ pleasures, I have included book discussion questions, a writing activity, and a little gem about how the story came about from the author’s perspective. I have answered the who, why, when, where, and how of the book. And here is a peek into the story.
A young detective volunteering at an archeological dig in turkey embarks on another adventure where she must unravel an ancient mystery and solve the secrets in the fairy chimneys. Amateur sleuth Annie Tillery has been warned to stay away from Nevshehir, Turkey, where she is heading to meet her boyfriend, Ty Egan, and Cedric Zeeks, Ty’s best friend.
Intent on helping the two excavate an archeological site where they hope to link human remains to the first African ancestors, Annie does her best to shake her foreboding feelings as her plane lands in Istanbul and she prepares to embark on her next adventure .But when a stranger claims he is there to pick her up and then disappears once he sees Ty, Annie is immediately thrown back into worry mode—especially after Ty tells her there is unexplained tension surrounding the dig and she receives a threatening note at the hotel. Still, as the three head to Nevshehir, Annie is buoyed by the excitement surrounding ancient Turkey and the possibility of uncovering secrets.
The dig is plagued by accidents and theft, however, and the three friends, assisted by the head archeologist’s twins, must search the ancient city of Istanbul and the caves of fantastic Cappadocia to find who is sabotaging their work.
In this young adult thriller, detective Annie Tillery must once again walk on a dangerous path in an attempt to unravel a complicated mystery and solve the secrets in the fairy chimneys.
Awarded 5 Stars By The Editor At Book Marketing Global Network. Indiana Jones Meets Nancy Drew With The Skills And Precision Of CSI.
Annie Tillery Mysteries book three ‘Secrets In The Fairy Chimneys’ can be summed up as Indiana Jones meets Nancy Drew with the skills and precision of CSI. A mystery unfolds amidst a mix of ancient history and modern innovation, in an ageless Eastern country where time moves at a camel’s pace.
Dedicated research by author Linda Maria Frank leaves no stone unturned while great description text transports the reader to the streets of Turkey with it mosques and minarets, towers and modern buildings. One of my favorite quotes from the book is “Water droplets plunked into the pool from the vaulted ceiling. After the heat of the bazaar and the street chase, it was deliciously cool. Ornate columns with carved capitals supported the ceiling. The bases were decorated with animal and human figures. There were a few visitors, but the enormity of the space muffled their conversations.”
Strong characters with great dialog bring us to dusty archeological site in one of the oldest towns in human history called Catalhoyuk. Nothing can explain it better than this quote: “We were in a valley of shapes I couldn’t believe were not made by humans, humans with a fabulous imagination. Conical formations called fairy chimneys in various sizes spread away from us in every direction. The color of bleached bones, they sat majestically among the gray-green brush and white clay-like soil. The air shimmered from the heat. I could smell the odor of clay mixed with a faint herbal scent that must have come from the brush.”
Cosponsors from Vermont University are looking for a DNA connection between residents of Catalhoyuk and our original nomadic ancestors in Africa. Annie Tillery and her team go to work excavating this archeological site, with all the inherit dangers and a mystery brings out the detective in Annie.
From the spell of a Ouija board to a magical balloon ride in the sky nothing is lost as this time and space makes all their senses come alive with amazing black and white graphics that bring the main characters to life.
Students and young adults of all ages will enjoy Annie Tillery Mysteries. Although a series each book is unique and stands alone with no need to read in a particular sequence.
5 Star Reviews From Readers:
https://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Fairy-Chimneys-Tillery-Mysteries/dp/0998971413/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=#customerReviews
Product Details:
Paperback: 422 Pages
Publisher: Bowker (July 15, 2019)
Language: English
Mysteries (Tween, Teens, and YA)
Mysteries (Detective)
Grade Level: 5th-10th
Reading Level: 9-15 Years
Interview At The Children’s Author Radio Show
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