Children's Crime and Mystery fiction Books

They must unlock the mystery—before time runs out. Unwrapping a puzzling package and finding a clue launches twelve-year-old cousins Sophie and Jessica into the dangers of The Treasure Key. They're soon racing against time—and bad...

If monsters don't exist, why is everyone in this town obsessed with yowies? All Jacinta wants is to go back home to Sydney, but her mum must solve a case first: a missing person with no clues, unless you count eyewitnesses who saw him get eaten...

"Stray too long where you don't belong and the world you're from could be forever gone."When police exhume her grandfather's coffin, Gia Lance wants answers.Instead, she discovers an enchanted scroll that momentarily throws her back in time, revealing...

We are taught at a very young age not to talk to strangers, but in today’s world of technology, accepting an online friend request from someone we don’t know seems harmless. Samantha (or Sam as she is known by everyone) loves technology and...

Bioterrorism has come to a small town in New Jersey. Two residents die of brain aneurysms within twenty-four hours and several teens become ill with a mysterious flu, leading the government to suspect that a terrorist cell has unleashed a deadly...

""The Girl Scouts At Sea Crest: Or The Wig Wag Rescue"" is a children's novel written by Lilian C. McNamara Garis and published in 1920. The story follows the adventures of a group of Girl Scouts who spend their summer at Sea Crest, a seaside resort...

Mark Tidd: His Adventures And Strategies is a novel written by Clarence Budington Kelland and first published in 1913. The story follows the adventures of Mark Tidd, a young boy who is known for his intelligence and resourcefulness. Along with his...

Riley Carson is just an average kid...or so she thinks. Days before starting middle school, Riley’s beloved dog dies in her arms and this tragedy impacts her more than she can imagine. As Riley and her friends, Finn Murphy and Eve Rycroft, navigate...

Claire, Ryan, Kendra, and Nathan are together again, enjoying their summer holidays in the village of Maple Harbour on the BC coast. But a controversial condominium project is tearing the small town apart, and the four children are drawn into the fray...

(NEW COVER 2024)Ayesha Dean wants to be a detective when she grows up. But that's still a long while away. So, a trip to Istanbul with her best friends should have meant visits to ancient ruins, exploring magnificent mosques and palaces, and eating the...

(NEW COVER 2024)Ayesha is travelling on her own for the first time. How much trouble could she possibly get into?Teenage sleuth Ayesha Dean is in Portugal, the land of delicious custard tarts, gorgeous sunsets, and piri-piri chicken. But a bungled good...

Beaufort, North Carolina - November 1766After a tumultuous time in Havana where he uncovered more family secrets in a week than most people do in a lifetime, Adam Fletcher is grateful things are finally starting to get back to normal.That is, until an...

The Fearless Four are Thomas and his best friends, Zac, Cameron and Josh. When they get together, fun adventure just happens!In their first story, the boys find an unusual bottle, which they hope will bring them fame and fortune, but we know things...

Abbie Fray has moved with her family from Sydney to Derrington, a country town where everybody knows everybody and the mobile reception sucks. She’s left behind her best friend, her school, and her favourite bakery. She thinks her life can't...

The Hibiscus Conspiracies is a short story collection of intrigue, mystery, political conspiracy, upheaval, and love. The stories are based on the lives of young adult characters and can be appreciated by any audience. Loss of Innocence, is the first...

School is out for the summer of 1993. Linda Tassel has invited her friend Tad to travel with her family and Cherokee clan friends to Harmony Festival, where she's to perform the Butterfly Dance with her friend Rising Fawn Reed. But soon after they arrive...

She wants out...When sixteen-year-old Emma finds out the truth about her mother's death, it makes her question everything, including her loyalty to The Authority, a secret organization she joined. Feeling trapped, Emma comes up with a desperate plan to...

Someone is stealing all the trousers in Kentwood and, this time, Whiffy's hapless inventor father, Dr Bruce Newton, has nothing to do with it. Or does he?Trousers are being daringly snatched in broad daylight, taken apart, and horribly put back together,...

"When the amulet calls, and the third sun falls, a heartbeat stalls."At a Fossil Park, ancient relics go on display - a golden cat, a witch's broom, mysterious twig-people. A child wearing an amulet enters, unaware of the mayhem she's about to cause...

A new addition to the Faithgirlz trusted brand of books, Samantha Sanderson is a modern, resourceful 7th grader who enjoys shopping, texting, skating---and sniffing out the next big mystery to report in the school paper. In the second book of the series,...

Kate Carter has two extraordinary gifts: art and sarcasm. When her art teacher, Miss Yeager, introduces the career of forensic sketches, Kate's photo-quality sketch aids the police in catching the man wanted in four surrounding counties for first-degree...

Aunt Rosamond's Historical Enigmas: Designed For Young People is a book written by Grant and Griffith and published in 1850. The book is a collection of historical puzzles and riddles aimed at young readers. Aunt Rosamond, the titular character, is a...

Frank Merriwell's Challengers: Or Foiling The Plotter is a novel written by Burt L. Standish and first published in 1905. The book follows the adventures of Frank Merriwell, a popular and talented athlete who attends Fardale Military Academy. When Frank...

Whenever fifth grader Caitlyn notices something suspicious, she's determined to investigate. Join Caitlyn, her best friend Jamie, and her dog Buster on a series of fun adventures as they explores strange cats, bandits, and zombies in their neighborhood...

Whenever fifth grader Caitlyn notices something suspicious, she's determined to investigate. Join Caitlyn, her best friend Jamie, and her dog Buster on a series of fun adventures as they explores strange cats, bandits, and zombies in their neighborhood...

Whenever fifth grader Caitlyn notices something suspicious, she's determined to investigate. Join Caitlyn, her best friend Jamie, and her dog Buster on a series of fun adventures as they explores strange cats, bandits, and zombies in their neighborhood...

A puzzle? A contest? A treasure hunt? How about all of the above!Everyone wants to help win the "Mystery Word Contest," but first they have to find the clues at three San Francisco Bay Area lighthouses. And they have to find those clues before the other...

Jack Taylor and his mother are still struggling to settle into their new lives without Jack's father as they journey to his hometown for the holidays. Jack's mother is clinging desperately to happy memories, but she doesn't seem to remember...

Willa Triston loves three things - music, her only friend Poppy, and the earth. These passions are put on hold, and her reclusive life is shattered after she sees a strange flickering light from her window.Her lack of impulse control forces her to...

Alexis and her friends get lost while on a school camping trip, while trying to find help they stumble into a murder. The police suspect Alexis and her friends as the murderers. So right now, I mean right now they need to solve the murder before the...

Someone has stolen the Silence from Silent Forest!And now a strange sound is coming from the Shadow Lands, something scary, something spooky...The only one who can solve this mystery is an unlikely hero, by the name of Simon Sloth.Although he is going to...

With a dash of Lemony Snicket, a dollop of the Addams Family, and a hearty dose of adventure, New York Times bestselling author Natalie Lloyd introduces a new series about seven strange and adventurous siblings who tackle problems together--even when...

The first book in acclaimed author Jennifer Brown's thrilling suspense series, Shade Me is the story of a girl born with rare synesthesia who becomes unwittingly entangled in the mystery of an attack on a classmate and involved with a boy who may be a...

The resounding spirit deep in everyone's soul searches for an everlasting loyal love in life! Our map is guided by what we're taught early in our search for a significant place and purpose in the world. The treasure we seek is the same, but the trail we...

Sandy Huntington-Ackerman's life becomes increasingly complicated when his bungling, moneygrubbing uncles try to shanghai the family fortune by poisoning a birthday cake. Luckily, those conniving uncles prove yet again that they can't do anything...

"Rest in Peace RaShawn" is more than the story of an accidental shooting. It's the vivid story of a young man's life snuffed out too soon by police bullets – a narrative that, sadly, has become all too familiar in America.The...

An artifact has gone missing. A jungle full of clues. Can one cat detective save a national treasure?Inca the Siberian Kitty can’t wait to add Sri Lanka to the list of places she’s explored. But before her paws touch the sandy beaches, she...

Prom season can be a total killer.Just when I’d adjusted to my new norm, trading in my beloved Manhattan for the heartland, life totally clotheslines me again when my stepdad Jake gets cast in a wrestling reality show. Suddenly cameras are...

There's something creepy about Mr. Creepy . . .​Mystery Muffin and her best friend, Soda Pop Slooth, get a new neighbor—and strange things start to happen. A pack of wolves inhabits the small town of Whispering Hollow shortly after "Mr...

A magic cupcake. A culinary killer. The perfect recipe for murder.Wren knew her sweet treats could work wonders, but she never knew they could work magic. She barely has time to wrap her head around the stunning revelation when the head of the...

Invasion of the Body Snatchers meets Rainbow Rowell in Nemo West’s YA sci-fi adventure debut The Curious Conspiracy on Gamma Ceti.At the remote colony on planet Gamma Ceti, Dex’s classmates treat him like a worthless nobody. But he dreams of...

A fun middle-grade chapter book, full of mystery, magic, and adventure! ★★★★★BERNARD JONES IS GOING PLACES, is a fun fast-paced, action-packed middle-grade chapter book that follows the adventure of Bernard Jones, a brave yet sheltered small-town boy who...

Susie Steele and her friends are back for this second action-packed adventure filled with magic and mayhem.A MAGNET FOR TROUBLE. A RULE BREAKER. THE WORLD'S ONLY HOPE.Fresh from capturing murderous ghosts with the help of her friends and a bad-tempered...

Join Kestrel and Skye on a circus tour filled with codes, villains and danger!A strange letter and code propels the circus into a tour they will never forget.The mysterious Puzzle Master has invited Circus Charles to once again compete to find the best...

""The River Motor Boat Boys On The Colorado: Or The Clue In The Rocks"" is a novel written by Harry Gordon and published in 1913. The book follows the adventures of a group of young men who embark on a motorboat trip down the Colorado River. Along the...