Killer Connections: Book Three in the Killer Mystery Trilogy
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Franklin W. Dixon
Автор книги, Вадим Сычевский, родился в СССР (Россия, Москва) в 1979 году. С 12-ти лет, увидев фильмы с Брюсом Ли, начал изучать и практиковать боевые искусства (Каратэ-до Годзю-рю и Джит Кун До), затем китайский даосизм и японский Дзэн-буддизм. Позже изучал йогу в культурном центре им. Джавахарлала Неру при посольстве Индии. Получил сертификат преподавателя йоги. В 1996 году начал преподавать даосский Цигун, техники йоги и буддийскую медитацию. По настоящее время, помимо йоги и даосизма, изучает и практикует буддизм Южной (Тхеравада) и Северной (Ваджраяна) традиций. Проходил практику в буддийских монастырях Шри-Ланки. В процессе своей духовной практики испытал энергетический процесс Кундалини-йоги – от пробуждения энергии Кундалини до вхождения в Самадхи. Его духовный опыт и достижения были подтверждены высокими Мастерами разных традиций. В 2010 году получил духовное имя – Дхамма Гавеши В 2021 году завершил продлившуюся более 6 лет работу над книгой «Дхарма – То, каким всё является. Реальный опыт и осознания духовного практикующего». В настоящее время автор проводит консультации по вопросам духовной практики, индивидуальные и групповые занятия, на которых, используя свои знания и духовный опыт, проводит обучение: - Даосскому Цигуну - Первоначальной индийской йоге - Буддийской медитации Автор рад делиться знаниями о Дхарме и читает лекции, объединяющие в себе учение буддизма, йоги и даосизма. С автором можно связаться по электронной почте: gaveshi@yandex.ru
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Frank and Joe Hardy are dispatched by the ATAC (American Teenagers Against Crime) to investigate some suspicious activities that have been taking place at the Willis Firth Academy, an exclusive private boarding school in New England. Dr. Darity, the new headmaster and his daughter, the only female student at the school, are under attack because of the way Darity is running the prestigious school. This book is the third book in the Killer Mystery trilogy. The book is based in a very realistic setting, with scandals and drama in the schoolyard. One time, someone poisons some soft drink using chemicals that could be found in a science classroom, therefore pointing all suspicion to a student. It has many hidden meanings which allow the reader to find hidden clues and work the story out for themselves. It has a twisting and turning storyline, where suspects are added and ruled out one by one. One very suspicious suspect, a news reporter snooping around the campus, turns out to be innocent. This is another example of the culprit, who turns out to be the former headmaster, wreaking havoc on the school while making it look like someone else did it. It is a very complex book to read making you feel as if you are the one solving the mysteries. At the end, even the most unlikely person is under suspicion and leaves you saying, "Why didn't I think it would be him?".Overall, this is a great book that is very readable and will leave you on the edge of your seat, captivated by the suspense. It is not your usual action packed mystery story: rather, it plays out slowly, with lots of suspense. It is a great book to read and is a very good addition to anyone's library
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Killer Connections - Franklin W. Dixon
Dangerous Pranks
Have you seen anyone sneaking around this place in the past couple of days?
I asked. Especially anyone connected with GTT?
Oh, I’m sure those boys would never pull such a serious and dangerous prank.
Montgomery shook his head firmly, then hesitated. "Well, most of them, in any case …"
He looked troubled. I was about to ask him what he meant by "most of them."
But before I could, I heard a piercing, terrified scream from somewhere outside that open window.
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#4 Thrill Ride
#5 Rocky Road
#6 Burned
#7 Operation: Survival
#8 Top Ten Ways to Die
#9 Martial Law
#10Blown Away
#11Hurricane Joe
#12Trouble in Paradise
#13The Mummy’s Curse
#14Hazed
#15Death and Diamonds
#16Bayport Buccaneers
#17Murder at the Mall
#18Pushed
#19 Foul Play
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BOOK THREE IN THE KILLER MYSTERY TRILOGY
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. More Bad Blood
2. Toxic Twists and Turns
3. Fratricide
4. Weird Science
5. Sneaky Dealings
6. Sink or Swim
7. Voices of Dissent
8. Damage Done
9. Bad Sports
10. On the Run
11. Out of Place
12. Surprising Discoveries
13. Dog Gone
14. Out of Time
15. Secrets Revealed
16. Fur Sure
More Bad Blood
No!" I cried. My breath came in ragged gasps as I ran. My legs ached. My heart was pounding out of my chest.
I shot a glance back. My pursuer was catching up. Another step and he’d be on me. His face was twisted in a determined grimace.
But I was determined too. I had to shake him. I dodged one way, then another.
Unfortunately, that wasn’t enough to lose him.
Gaaaarh!
the guy growled as he leaped forward.
Oof!
I hit the ground hard. The guy landed on top of me, pinning me to the ground.
Fourth down!
someone yelled from nearby. Our ball, dude.
I groaned as I sat up. Yo, Van,
I complained to the guy who’d brought me down. This isn’t the NFL, you know.
Sorry, Frank.
Van flashed me a goofy grin. He was a big guy. Nice, but a little quick-tempered. He tended to get caught up in things. Even if one of those things was just a friendly game of football on the Green.
No biggie. I think all my bones are still intact.
I climbed to my feet and traded a fist bump with him. Then I tossed the ball to another player.
Come on, Frank,
Spencer Thane called as I brushed the dirt and snow off my clothes. Huddle up.
Was Spencer giving me a funny look? I wasn’t sure. But it wouldn’t be too surprising. He was one of the few people at the Willis Firth Academy who knew who I really was.
See, I’m not really the exclusive New England prep school type. My brother Joe and I attend public school back home in Bayport. But for the past couple of weeks we’d been faking it at Firth. I was posing as a student. Joe was acting as handler for the school’s mascot, a German shepherd dog named Killer.
That’s because Joe and I are ATAC agents. ATAC stands for American Teens Against Crime. Our father, Fenton Hardy, started the group. It trains teens to work undercover missions where adult agents would stick out like a cat at a dog show. Joe and I had solved tons of tough cases so far.
But this was proving to be one of the toughest yet. Firth’s headmaster, Dr. Darity, had called ATAC after a rash of trouble on campus. There had been some graffiti, some threats, an injured swim coach, and various other things.
A lot of the trouble seemed to revolve around a certain fraternity, Gamma Theta Theta—better known as GTT. Joe and I had figured out that one of GTT’s pledges, a sophomore named Ellery Marks, was behind most of the problems. Ellery was rebelling against his father. He didn’t want to follow the old man into the frat—or into the Brothers of Erebus, a secret society within GTT. He’d been so determined to prove his point that he’d accidentally killed one of his fellow pledges and nearly disfigured another. Thanks to his family’s wealth and connections, though, the whole thing had been hushed up and most of the school still didn’t know why Ellery had left campus so abruptly.
But it hadn’t ended there. Before Joe and I could pack up and head home, we’d found a couple of buckets of blood that Ellery didn’t know anything about. It seemed he wasn’t the only one causing trouble at Firth.
Soon it became clear that Dr. Darity’s daughter, Destiny, was the second troublemaker’s target. Destiny was the only female student at Firth. She’d been kicked out of her old boarding school, and her father had convinced the trustees to let his daughter finish out her senior year at Firth.
Destiny had quickly proved herself as a star player on the soccer team. She’d also proved herself to be spoiled, reckless, and maybe a little psycho. That didn’t make her too popular with most people. The one exception was a junior named Lee Jenkins. In the course of our investigation, Joe and I had discovered that Destiny and Lee were a secret couple. That was kind of a bummer for Joe. He’d thought Destiny had the hots for him, mostly because she kept breaking into his cottage and flirting with him. See? Kind of nuts.
Anyway, it turned out that Casey, a student from Destiny’s old school, had a serious grudge against her. He’d transferred to Firth just to mess with her. Joe and I finally nabbed him right before a big soccer game between the two schools.
That had been yesterday. Firth had won the game, and the team had celebrated by crowning Destiny and Lee as co-MVPs. But when the two of them had sipped some PowerUp punch from the Winner’s Cup trophy, they’d both started staggering around. The punch had been spiked with some sort of fast-acting drug. The two of them had ended up sleeping it off in the infirmary, while Joe and I sent a sample of the tainted PowerUp to ATAC for analysis. They’d promised us results sometime today.
While we waited, we were both still doing our best to keep blending in at Firth. In my case, that meant a casual game of football on the Green. Not bad work if you can get it.
I jogged over to join the huddle. It was a cool, crisp Sunday just after brunch. Students were playing games, wandering down the brick-paved walks, or just chilling on the Green.
My eyes wandered toward the imposing four-story facade of Firth Hall, the largest and oldest building on campus. I was just in time to see Dr. Montgomery hobbling down the steep stone steps with the help of his cane. Dr. Montgomery was the former headmaster of Firth. He’d retired a few years back but still lived on campus and knew just about everything that went on there. For instance, he’d found out about Joe and me, though we still weren’t sure how. Probably not a big deal, considering the guy was about a million years old and couldn’t even walk without that cane. But he and Spencer weren’t the only ones who knew our true IDs.
Thinking about that made me glance at Spencer. He’d been there when we’d taken down Ellery, so that’s how he knew. Ellery and his father knew too, of course, though they were both long gone by now. But