Vanishing Magician: The Crystal Cipher

Six months after solving the Magnifico case, kid detective Mira receives a mysterious coded letter that leads her to a hidden room beneath the Grand Aurora Theater — and into a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with a shadowy figure known as The Architect.

Six months had passed since Mira cracked the case of the Vanishing Magician, and everything had changed. Her notebook — once just a collection of playground rumors and neighborhood oddities — was now legendary at Westbrook Middle School.

Teachers asked her to settle disputes. Kids whispered when she walked by. Even the local newspaper had run a story about 'the eleven-year-old who outsmarted a criminal mastermind.'

'Fame is weird,' Mira told herself, avoiding yet another hallway stare. 'Fame is boring. I want a case, not a fan club.' But Mira didn't care about attention — she cared about the truth. And lately, the truth had been boring. 'Something,' she'd been whispering at night. 'Just give me something interesting.'