Project Gutenberg 2013-08-28 Public domain in the USA. 209 Lavell, Edith The Mystery of the Secret Band E-text prepared by Stephen Hutcheson, Dave Morgan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) "The Mystery of the Secret Band" by Edith Lavell is a young adult mystery novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the resourceful and ambitious protagonist, Mary Louise, who aspires to follow in her father's footsteps as a detective. As Christmas approaches, she is presented with an opportunity to solve a series of thefts at a boarding house in Philadelphia, leading her into a web of intrigue and a search for a missing girl. The opening of the novel establishes a cozy, festive atmosphere as Mary Louise returns home from a school entertainment, filled with excitement for her vacation. However, she quickly learns of a troubling situation involving a hotel for women where valuables have gone missing. After a discussion with her father, a detective, Mary Louise eagerly accepts a job to investigate the thefts, despite the potential to miss out on holiday festivities with her friends. Her determination to prove herself and follow her detective instincts sets the stage for a compelling adventure filled with mystery, danger, and the promise of self-discovery. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/43584/43584-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 85.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Detective and mystery stories Teenage girls -- Juvenile fiction Thieves -- Juvenile fiction Women detectives -- Juvenile fiction Children of police -- Juvenile fiction Hotels -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Fiction Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels Category: American Literature 328756 2025-06-17T15:04:32.408437 text/html 341606 2013-08-28T14:49:16 text/html 205775 2025-06-17T15:04:39.554362 application/epub+zip 216761 2025-06-17T15:04:34.407378 application/epub+zip 150764 2025-06-17T15:04:33.384393 application/epub+zip 322418 2025-06-17T15:04:43.332359 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 293226 2025-06-17T15:04:38.777429 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 227474 2022-09-19T20:38:33.099679 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 282246 2023-09-19T05:55:50.016811 text/plain 16455 2025-06-17T15:04:43.483337 application/rdf+xml 13736 2025-06-17T15:04:33.487379 image/jpeg 2432 2025-06-17T15:04:33.435394 image/jpeg 201820 2025-06-17T15:04:32.448414 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog