Detective stories

Follow clues, unravel mysteries and uncover secrets with these engaging detective stories.

Five on a Treasure Island

by Enid Blyton

Hodder Children's Books

Meet Enid Blyton's most famous characters - Julian, Dick, Anne, George and of course the ever-loyal Timmy the dog - for the first time in this, the first book in the classic Famous Five series.

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Ruby Redfort: Look into my Eyes

by Lauren Child

HarperCollins Children's Books

Blessed with an extraordinary talent for spotting things which others seldom notice, 13-year-old Ruby lands an undercover job as a code-breaker for secret-spy organisation, Spectrum.

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The Hound of the Baskervilles: Graphic Novel

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Self Made Hero

Master of deduction, Sherlock Holmes and his acolyte Dr Watson get drawn to the Devon moors to investigate ghoulish happenings and macabre goings-on around Baskerville Manor...

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Operation Bunny

by Sally Gardner

Orion Children's Books

In the first case for the Fairy Detective Agency, Wings and Co, resourceful heroine Emily Vole must defeat the dastardly fairy-snatching villain Harpella.

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Alex Rider Mission 1: Stormbreaker

by Anthony Horowitz

Walker Books

14-year-old Alex Rider finds his life turned upside down on discovering that his late uncle wasn't a mild-mannered banker, but instead a field agent for MI6.

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Wild Boy

by Rob Lloyd Jones

Walker Books

In 1840s London, Wild Boy leads a miserable life in a travelling freak show. Treated as a monster and excluded from society, he develops an unusual talent for observation.

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Emil and the Detectives

by Erich Kästner

Vintage Children's Classics

Ten-year-old Emil is excited to be taking the train to Berlin on his own for the first time - but he doesn't like the look of his fellow passenger, the man in the bowler hat.

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Skulduggery Pleasant

by Derek Landy

HarperCollins Children's Books

Meet Skulduggery Pleasant, skeleton detective, fighting to save the world from wizard-gone-to-the-dark-side, Nefarian Serpine.

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Mariella Mystery: The Ghostly Guinea Pig

by Kate Pankhurst

Orion Children's Books

Mariella Mystery is a totally amazing girl detective, aged nine and a bit - and this is her top secret detective journal.

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Dead Man's Cove

by Lauren St John

Orion Children's Books

When mysterious uncle Calvin rescues Laura Marlin from her gloomy life in an orphanage, she can't believe her luck! But she soon realises that her Cornish paradise is full of mysteries...

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Ottoline and the Yellow Cat

by Chris Riddell

Macmillan Children's Books

Ottoline is good at solving mysteries, in part due to her eavesdropping habit and in part because of her qualification as a mistress of disguise.

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