Children's Crime and Mystery fiction Books

This time, the little piggy couldn't go wee-wee-wee all the way home from school. Instead, a big, bad ransom note points to a pignapping! Fairy Goose Unit detectives Clawed McDiddle and Allie O' Dumpling search for clues to bring home the bacon. But can...

She's a talented tween vampire. But she's terrified of everything. Can she summon some courage, or will Mega Adventureland be her downfall?Ellie "Scaredy Bat" Spark would give her fangs to prove herself and become a real detective. So when she learns the...

Phoenix was a good dog. He always came, with tail madly wagging, when he was called.  But one day, he was called and called, but did not come. He had disappeared! Where was he? Would he ever be found? Would Freya, Ayla and Osian solve the mystery of...

Book One in the Rita Patel Mystery SeriesHuman remains are found in Bradgate Country Park near Leicester. Rita Patel, aged 16 and waiting for her GCSE results, learns that the body may belong to a girl who lived in her house 40 years ago and she decides...

Jason's birthday present from his parents was a metal detector, which he couldn't wait to try out. Little did he imagine what he would discover when he heard the click-clicking of his machine, or where his discoveries would take him.

It has been a quiet few weeks since Detective Jim Dopeyworth captured the Green Emerald Gang and became a hero. Jim is starting to worry that his old boss Mr "sausage fingers" Hart was right and he just isn't good enough to be a famous detective, like...

The BackYard Trio continues on their journey through the Bible after Walks in the Garden.  EZ tells Scooter and Avra the stories of Cain and Abel, and Noah and the Ark.  Listen in on how EZ unfolds these stories, and the lessons learned along...

Go on an adventure with The BackYard Trio as they Walk in the Garden of Eden.  EZ shares the story of God's creation on this Earth with Avra and Scooter.  Learn what God did in six days, and what He did when Adam and Eve disobeyed Him. (Gen...

A weekend in New York State spells trouble for the kids when a vengeful ghost on horseback tears across the countryside under the light of the moon.Noah's got his hands full, although he doesn't mind the freedom that a weekend at the Murphy's apple...

Ever since their mother's disappearance, Aiden and Noah, 13-year-old twins, have been moving from place to place with their detective father, Roger Raven. While Aiden is not too happy about it, Noah sees it as an opportunity to meet new friends.That is,...

This is an action-packed adventure where Cody accompanies his dad on his third archaeological dig, this time in Rome. Cody is reunited with friends he met in Ephesus on his first dig. While Cody is sure every part of this trip will have its own...

Peaches is a family pet poodle who has great powers to find things when no one else can. In her other private eye cases, Peaches helps her friends find things they've lost. In Finding My New Home, however, Peaches and her mommy move to another state and...

Cassie Playe and Adam Gamer are two twenty year old Cosplay participants. They also help the local police in pop culture related crimes. When an expensive costume is vandalized and a murder is committed, Cassie and Adam switch to their Cosplay identities...

The four cousins, Kate, Emma, Harrison, and Parker, are traveling to Asheville, North Carolina for a Christmas vacation with their parents. Their friend Tommy and his collie, Robin, will be flying in from Cody, Wyoming, to join them. They met Tommy last...

Tayo is Dolly's newest stuffie, but what kind of animal was he? Zoey Zebra is determined to help her new friend find out. This is a wonderful story of self discovery through scientific methods. This is also a story of friendship and helping others.A...

Sabotage! Kidnapping! Mystery!In the middle of a summer aeronautics class at the Bayport Airfield, Frank and Joe witness a dangerous plane crash. But after they help rescue the plane's passengers, the real mystery begins. Not only is the plane a...

A mysterious creature is stealing all the cookies at the Snookie-Cookie Bakery. Join the Snookie-Cookie Crew as they collect clues and rely on their imaginations and problem solving skills to solve the mystery of the Cranberry Cookie Cruncher!

To celebrate the opening of the new ceramic museum, the town of Lancefield compete to create the best clay sculpture. To their shock, their creations are being stolen under their very noses!Luckily, Lancefield’s best detectives are on the case...

When the four Haskell grandchildren from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, visit their grandparents' country farm for the summer, they're convinced that spending time in rural Aberdeen is going to be totally boring. But for Audrey, a responsible...

Multiple simplicities create a collage of adventure in this mystery thriller, most any adventures soul might enjoy. As we journey to the Moxcedean Galaxy, over one hundred thousand years ago, to the planet Zacterron. Our tail begins in the fishing town,...

All seventeen-year-old April Barlene wants to do on this particular Saturday is hang out with her friends at the mall. The last thing she needs is her three-year-old brother, Michael, tagging along. But it's her mother's weekend to work at the hospital,...

When Ben and Herbie, two fourteen-year-old friends, are coerced into enrolling at Loozer Prep by their pushy fathers, they meet with one misadventure after another: a scary dorm master, unexplained faculty accidents, and bizarre student behavior. The...

What happened next sent both boys springing to their feet. What they saw through their squinting eyes, staggered their imagination. A gigantic owl diving through the trees with incredible speed, its enormous head perfectly in line with its target.the...

What do you do when you find out that a number of school officials and the entire sheriff's department are running a drug lab in a nearby abandoned mine? If you're a kid living in a small desert town, there's not much you can do besides disrupt class and...

Nineteen-year-old Max Mooth is a cyber sleuth, dedicated to ensuring the safety and well-being of computers the world over. Aiding him in this effort is his eight-year-old sleuthing partner, Jake Zellner, who goes by the professional name, Mr. Z. Max's...

When Feather, a rescued ten pound chihuahua, loses her human mother to cancer, her life comes to a grinding halt. After months of mourning and yearning, Feather awakens from a dream where the ancient Egyptian God, Anubis, claims to have an urgent message...

When your best friend is all you have left in the world, murder comes naturally. For psychic Miki Radicci, an average night with her best friend Corey at a New York City club turns for the worst when they run into Ethan Weisz, the...

Gemma just wants to find her dad. It's been a month since he disappeared on a treasure-hunting expedition, and the town of Ozpa Springs is the last place he was seen.When she, her mom, and her sisters come to the tiny town in the middle of Nowhere, U.S.A...

Your heart races as you stumble upon a lifeless body hidden in your own home. But as you look closer, you realize with horror that it's your own body. The Radicci sisters, Miki and Prudy, have just moved into their childhood house that holds many...

Adventurer Edgar Font has lived a life of daring and excitement. Now he's sure of one thing--When he finally expires he wants to haunt a place worthy of his legacy, one as unique as his life. So when his grandkids, Audrey and Garrett, visit for the...

When a world-renowned artist approaches Agaton Sax and asks to have his daily illustrations featured in the Byköping Post (the world's smallest newspaper, but also the best) the detective's interest is piqued. Could the detailed patterns and swirls...

If you hide it, they will come. Unwitting teenagers, tech embezzlers, a hacker named TacoCat...Adrienne (Renn) Chao is your typical overachiever, focused on her ACTs and finding the last geocache in Black Hawk Bend. When her hunt runs up against a fence,...

Private Investigators E.M. Sanchez and Web are at it again. This time, they've been hired by an old friend in need. When acorns go missing around Tulip Tree Circle, Sanchez and Web follow the clues wherever they may lead, even if that puts the duo in...

<p>How Does Santa Get In? Everyone knows Santa climbs down the chimney to deliver presents. It's the easiest way for him to get in and out without waking up sleeping children. But what about all the girls and boys who don't have chimneys? To answer...

What if it's more than a game?!Mia and Manny are twelve-year-old twins and they love to share everything. But when Mia finds a new game called The Golden Key, she has no idea what they're in store for.Excitement! Prizes! Fun!The Golden Key promises a lot...

Tanner knows he didn't leave the gate open, so how did Angel escape?!Angel was a prized albino chimpanzee at Great Northwest Zoo... until the young chimp vanished from his habitat.Nine-year-old Tanner Gibson loves the zoo. He loves to wander among the...

Sixteen-year-old Rose Mendez has the same dream every night. She’s at a playground with her little brother Gabe. Gabe wants to play hide-and-seek, so she tells him to go hide. The problem is, she never finds him. Her parents tell her to call the...

Who are Waldo, Blue, and Glad Max?  Waldo is an old man who lives in an old, creepy house in the woods with his two pets:  a cat named Max and a three-legged dog named Blue.  The children of the town are warned by the townsfolk to stay far...

In this rhyming picture storybook, a missing toy launches a mystery leading to a strange funny animal, a flying saucer, and a secret universe-wide community. But is it real -- or is it all a dream?

Recommended reading by Stevo's Book Reviews on the Internet, November 2014. A mysterious and desolate island. A devastating turn of events. A secret that will reveal the true meaning of Justice. Fifteen-year-old Justice Worth is summoned to...

The international Astronomical Union says Pluto isn't a planet anymore. Zoe Pope says, better get yourselves a lawyer! After a field trip to the planetarium, 9 year-old Zoe Pope learns that Pluto has been demoted to non-planet status. Pluto not a planet?...

"She leaned back, shielding herself with the lace curtain, but it was as if the girl could see right through it. She smiled widely and waved, then went into the shed. Renee froze. The girl had gone into the shed, but she hadn't opened the door...