Follow clues, unravel mysteries and uncover secrets with these engaging detective stories.
Detective stories
Follow clues, unravel mysteries and uncover secrets with these engaging detective stories.
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Five on a Treasure Island
Hodder Children's BooksMeet 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. -
Ruby Redfort: Look into my Eyes
HarperCollins Children's BooksBlessed 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. -
The Hound of the Baskervilles: Graphic Novel
Self Made HeroMaster 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... -
Operation Bunny
Orion Children's BooksIn the first case for the Fairy Detective Agency, Wings and Co, resourceful heroine Emily Vole must defeat the dastardly fairy-snatching villain Harpella. -
Alex Rider Mission 1: Stormbreaker
Walker Books14-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. -
Wild Boy
Walker BooksIn 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. -
Emil and the Detectives
Vintage Children's ClassicsTen-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. -
Skulduggery Pleasant
HarperCollins Children's BooksMeet Skulduggery Pleasant, skeleton detective, fighting to save the world from wizard-gone-to-the-dark-side, Nefarian Serpine. -
Mariella Mystery: The Ghostly Guinea Pig
Orion Children's BooksMariella Mystery is a totally amazing girl detective, aged nine and a bit - and this is her top secret detective journal. -
Dead Man's Cove
Orion Children's BooksWhen 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... -
Ottoline and the Yellow Cat
Macmillan Children's BooksOttoline is good at solving mysteries, in part due to her eavesdropping habit and in part because of her qualification as a mistress of disguise.






