Penny Warner

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  • Bibliography:
    27 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    August 1986
  • Latest Book:
    January 2024
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Full Series List in Order

The Code Busters Club

1 - The Secret of the Skeleton Key (Sep-2011)
2 - The Haunted Lighthouse (Nov-2012)
3 - The Mystery of the Pirate's Treasure (Nov-2013)
4 - The Mummy's Curse (Oct-2014)
5 - The Hunt for the Missing Spy (Nov-2015)

A Connor Westphal Mystery

1 - Dead Body Language (May-1997)
2 - Sign of Foul Play (Dec-1997)
3 - Right to Remain Silent (Dec-1998)
4 - A Quiet Undertaking (Feb-2000)
5 - Blind Side (Apr-2001)
6 - Silence Is Golden (Oct-2003)

A Party-Planning Mystery

1 - How to Host a Killer Party (Feb-2010)
2 - How to Crash a Killer Bash (Aug-2010)
3 - How to Survive a Killer Seance (Mar-2011)
4 - How to Party With a Killer Vampire (Oct-2011)
5 - How to Dine on Killer Wine (Jul-2012)

A Troop 13 Mystery

Mystery of the Missing Mustangs (Jan-2001)
The Mystery of the Haunted Caves (Jan-2011)

Book List in Order: 27 titles

  • A Deadly Game of Klew

    Provides instructions for organizing a murder mystery party game and includes brief scripts, clues, a list of props, and the solution to the murder of Brother Parker, a game company owner who had invited six detectives to a mystery party game...

  • Greetings from the Grave

    Provides instructions for organizing a murder mystery party game and includes brief scripts, clues, a list of props, and the solution to a murder which takes place after the reading of Ms. Lotta Bux's will...

  • The Secret of the Bitter Sweets

  • Dead Body Language

    A Connor Westphal Mystery - 1

    Deaf newspaper reporter Connor Westphal traded in her San Francisco mocha lattes for boiled coffee and her family inheritance: the Eureka!, a tiny local paper in California's Gold Country. Working out of her office in the town of Flat Skunk with her ...

  • Sign of Foul Play

    A Connor Westphal Mystery - 2

    UNNATURAL DISASTER Last night's earthquake has the California Gold Country town of Flat Skunk buzzing; and over her morning mocha, deaf newswoman Connor Westphal is shaping it into a lead story for her local paper, the Eureka! Then her TTY phone b...

  • Right to Remain Silent

    A Connor Westphal Mystery - 3

    YOU ONLY DIE TWICE Deaf journalist Connor Westphal just broke a huge story for her California Gold Country, newspaper, the Eureka! Old Sparkle Bodie has finally passed away--only to send local tongues wagging by coming back to life at the funeral ...

  • A Quiet Undertaking

    A Connor Westphal Mystery - 4

    Macavity Award-winning author Penny Warner knows there's no rest for the dead....

    Life is never dull in the California Gold Country town of Flat Skunk. But deaf journalist Connor Westphal is shocked all the same when she learns that boxes of h...

  • Mystery of the Missing Mustangs

    A Troop 13 Mystery

    Four Courageous Scouts Search for the Missing Mustangs! The four fearless scouts from Troop 13 are back again for another wild adventure, this time at a dude ranch in the western plains of Nevada. While learning how to care for horses, thirteen-year-...

  • Blind Side

    A Connor Westphal Mystery - 5
    Worldwide Mysteries - 533

    On the eve of Calaveras County's annual frog-jumping contest, is the suspicious death of Buford, the county's prizewinning amphibian, sabotage or murder? Feisty local newspaper publisher Connor Westphal ponders the irony of this untimely tragedy -- m...



  • Silence Is Golden

    A Connor Westphal Mystery - 6

    There's gold in them thar hills again, but only trace amounts in this sixth Connor Westphal mystery. No one in Flat Skunk, Calaveras County, California, puts much stock in old Sluice Jackson even when he's sober, but there's no denying that what he's...

  • Dead Man's Hand

    The infamous and historic landmark, the Hanging Dummy-an image of a prospector carved from wood-swings from a rope over a Flat Skunk gold-mining shop, in effigy for all the poor hanged souls of the mining years. But it's suddenly lost an ear. Connor'...

  • How to Host a Killer Party

    A Party-Planning Mystery - 1

    Mixing fun and fund-raising seems like the perfect job for Presley Parker, which is why she starts her event-planning business to raise money for charities. But the good times end when she finds herself hosting a killer party. Pres is happy to get h...

  • How to Crash a Killer Bash

    A Party-Planning Mystery - 2

    Mixing fun and fund-raising seems like the perfect job for Presley Parker, which is why she starts her event-planning business to raise money for charities. But then she hosts a murder mystery party, and there's some serious foul play ... The de You...

  • The Mystery of the Haunted Caves

    A Troop 13 Mystery

    Four Courageous Scouts Go for the Gold!Thirteen-year-old Becca and her friends Sierra, CJ, and Jonnie are determined to win the gold medal for Troop 13 at the Gold Rush Jamboee. But they face stiff competition from the other troops -- especially Troo...

  • How to Survive a Killer Seance

    A Party-Planning Mystery - 3

    Mixing fun and fund-raising seems like the perfect job for Presley Parker, which is why she started her event-planning business to raise money for charities. But her previous parties pale in comparison to a spooky séance and a creepy crime.... Pr...

  • The Secret of the Skeleton Key

    The Code Busters Club - 1

    Cody, Quinn, Luke, and M.E. may be really different, but they all share one thing in common: they love playing around with codes. In fact, they love codes so much, they have their own private club, with a super-secret hideout and passwords that chang...

  • How to Party With a Killer Vampire

    A Party-Planning Mystery - 4

    Party planner Presley Parker's new gig is the star-studded wrap party for a horror film. The location is a graveyard-conveniently, because the night of the bash, a tabloid journalist is murdered....

  • How to Dine on Killer Wine

    A Party-Planning Mystery - 5

    Presley Parker’s event-planning business is the toast of San Francisco. But when she ventures into Napa Valley to oversee her first wine tasting, an unexpected death could leave a stain on her reputation.… For Presley Parker, a wine-tasting ev...

  • The Haunted Lighthouse

    The Code Busters Club - 2

    An infamous prison may hold a secret only the Code Busters can uncover Cody, Quinn, Luke, and M.E. may all have different talents, but they share one thing in common: they love playing around with codes. In fact, they love codes so much, they have...



  • The Mystery of the Pirate's Treasure

    The Code Busters Club - 3

    Fans of The 39 Clues and A to Z Mysteries (Ron Roy) series will have tons of fun creating the codes right along with the characters in this interactive series. Cody, Quinn, Luke, and M.E. love playing around with codes. In fact, they love codes so...

  • The Mummy's Curse

    The Code Busters Club - 4

    An engaging interactive mystery brimming with Egyptian secrets! Break codes along with the multicultural cast of characters. Common Core and STEM connections make for easy classroom use. Cody, Quinn, Luke, and M.E. are the Code Busters--clever clu...

  • The Hunt for the Missing Spy

    The Code Busters Club - 5

    Cody, Quinn, Luke, and M.E. are the Code Busters--clever clue hunters with a passion for puzzles. When the Code Busters head to Washington, DC, on a class trip, it's the perfect opportunity to hone their sleuthing skills. Especially when the itine...

  • The Secret of the Puzzle Box

    The Code Busters are excited for their class field trip to Angel Island, known as the Ellis Island of the West. One of Mika's ancestors passed through the island's immigration station in the early twentieth century, and Mika thinks he may have left b...

  • Clash of the Secret Code Clubs

    Cody, Quinn, Luke, M.E., and Mika are the Code Busters—clever clue hunters with a passion for puzzles. They are ready to prove they are the best at solving codes after Matt the Brat forms his own club. The teachers put on a scavenger hunt throu...

  • A Disappearance in Magicland

    Cody, Quinn, Luke, M.E., and Mika are the Code Busters—clever clue hunters with a passion for puzzles. They're excited for a fun-filled day at the Houdini-inspired Magicland theme park. The club plans to decipher the park's hidden codes to win ...

  • The Haunting of Mystery Mansion

    Cody, Quinn, Luke, M.E., and Mika are the Code Busters—clever clue hunters with a passion for puzzles. It's Luke’s birthday and the group of friends are thrilled to be going to the Winchester Mystery House. They look forward to touring th...

  • The Science Fair Scheme

    Will the Code Busters be able to unravel their latest case?Cody, Quinn, Luke, M.E., and Mika are the Code Busters—clever clue hunters with a passion for puzzles. They can’t wait to compete in the Science Fair. They each plan to come up wi...

Award-Winning Books by Penny Warner

Dead Body Language
1998 Macavity Award -- First Mystery
The Haunted Lighthouse
2012 Agatha Award -- Children/Young Adult
The Mummy's Curse
2014 Agatha Award -- Children/Young Adult
The Mystery of the Haunted Caves
2001 Agatha Award -- Children/Young Adult
2002 Anthony Award -- Young Adult
The Secret of the Puzzle Box
2016 Agatha Award -- Children/Young Adult


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Penny Warner has published 27 books.

Penny Warner does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, A Disappearance in Magicland, was published in January 2024.

The first book by Penny Warner, Greetings from the Grave, was published in August 1986.

Yes. Penny Warner has 4 series.
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