Vicki Barr is a popular mystery series for girls published by Grosset & Dunlap

Grosset & Dunlap

Grosset & Dunlap is a United States book publisher founded in 1898.The company was purchased by G. P. Putnam's Sons in 1982 and today is part of the British publishing conglomerate, Pearson PLC through its American subsidiary Penguin Group....

 from 1947 to 1964. Helen Wells

Helen Wells

Helen Wells was the author of nurse Cherry Ames books, a series for young teens. She wrote volumes #1-7 and #17-27. She was also the author of the first four Vicki Barr books and possibly the last Vicki Barr book.- External links :***...

 (1910–1986) wrote volumes #1-4 and 9-16, and Julie Campbell Tatham

Julie Campbell Tatham

Julie Campbell Tatham was a US Children's novels writer, who also wrote for adults, especially on Christian Science. As Julie Campbell was the creator of the Trixie Belden series and the Ginny Gordon series...

 (1908–1999), the creator of Trixie Belden

Trixie Belden

Trixie Belden is the title character in a series of 'girl detective' mysteries written between 1948 and 1986. The first six books were written by Julie Campbell Tatham, who also wrote the Ginny Gordon series, then continued by various in-house writers from Western Publishing under the pseudonym...

, wrote volumes #5-8. Wells returned to write the series, but the last volume, The Brass Idol Mystery, though credited to Wells, is believed to have been written by Walter B. Gibson

Walter B. Gibson

Walter Brown Gibson was an American author and professional magician, best known for his work on the pulp fiction character The Shadow...

, the creator and writer of "The Shadow" and sometime author of the Biff Brewster

Biff Brewster

Biff Brewster is the central character in a series of 13 adventure and mystery novels for adolescent boys written by Andy Adams. The series was published by Grosset & Dunlap between 1960 and 1965....

 series for boys.

List of titles

• Silver Wings for Vicki, 1947
• Vicki Finds the Answer, 1947
• The Hidden Valley Mystery, 1948
• The Secret of Magnolia Manor, 1949
• The Clue of the Broken Blossom, 1950
• Behind the White Veil, 1951
• The Mystery at Hartwood House, 1952
• Peril Over the Airport, 1953
• The Mystery of the Vanishing Lady, 1954
• The Search for the Missing Twin, 1954
• The Ghost at the Waterfall, 1956
• The Clue of the Gold Coin, 1958
• The Silver Ring Mystery, 1960
• The Clue of the Carved Ruby, 1961
• The Mystery of Flight 908, 1962
• The Brass Idol Mystery, 1964