A mysterious magician needs Tyler and Charlie's help.

The biggest bully in school recruits the kid with a photographic memory to help solve the mysteries in the hotel where he lives.

Combines two stories also published separately, Out the rear window and To catch a ghost, in which Charlie Hitchcock and Tyler Yu investigate mysteries at the Abracadabra Hotel.

Charlie Hitchcock and Tyler Yu learn that the Abracadabra Hotel may be haunted by its founder, Mr. Abracadabra himself!

The mystery of a corpse found in the river.

Children's book author Sid Fleischman, whose life adventures have included serving in the Navy, touring as a professional magician, and even panning for gold, tells his life story with all the verve and excitement that mark his award-winning comic novels. Photos.