One Terrible Halloween

by Mary Labatt

Published 10 July 2002
Sam: Dog Detective is bored. There are no ghosts in her house, no monsters, no mysteries! Luckily, Halloween is only a week away; soon Woodford will be crawling with vampires, goblins, mutants and witches. And the sheepdog sleuth's excitement grows when she and her friends, Jennie and Beth, uncover a spooky legend. Once every hundred years on Halloween night, real live ghouls slink out of the woods searching for children to steal away!

When Sam sees hooded, white-faced creatures piling out of a creepy black van, she knows the ghouls have arrived --- but will she be able to put a stop to their horrible Halloween plot?

The Ghost of Captain Briggs

by Mary Labatt

Published 1 September 1999
Jennie Levinsky has an amazing secret --- and only her best friend, Beth, knows about it. Jennie can ?hear? what her neighbor's sheepdog, Sam, is thinking! And what Sam is usually thinking is how to find fame and fortune as a world-famous detective. With Sam: Dog Detective as their fearless leader, the girls snoop their way into trouble, but quick thinking and swift action always lead them to safety. In The Ghost of Captain Briggs, Sam and Beth join Jennie's family on their summer vacation at an old mansion built by a fierce pirate. Sam's convinced that where there's a pirate, there must be a buried treasure and a ghost!

Mummy Lives!

by Mary Labatt

Published 1 April 2002

Spying on Dracula

by Mary Labatt

Published 1 September 1999

Weekend at the Grand Hotel

by Mary Labatt

Published 1 February 2001
Join Sam: Dog Detective on her fifth funny adventure as she enjoys a little family holiday at the Grand Hotel. And what could be more exciting than the bustling lobby of a big hotel? Guests arrive, people meet --- and signals are exchanged. For Sam, this can mean only one thing: spies, and lots of them! Everyone seems awfully suspicious, what with envelopes being passed back and forth, people creeping out of guests' rooms and secretly using the back stairs. Something's definitely up, and Sam is sure to figure it out --- if only Jennie and Beth will help her.

Strange Neighbors

by Mary Labatt

Published 15 January 2000

The Secret of Sagawa Lake

by Mary Labatt

Published 1 August 2001