A Series of Unfortunate Events: what to read next

In this wonderfully creepy Victorian adventure, three children take on sinister pupeteer Grisini,

encountering a mysterious mansion, a dying witch and a powerful fire opal along the way.

Milou and her friends have lived at the Little Tulip orphanage all their lives, doing back-breaking chores and eating watery cabbage soup under the watchful eye of the cruel Matron Gassbeek. But Milou is determined to find her real family – and time is running out…

Twelve-year-old twins Maudie and Arthur’s world comes crashing in when their explorer dad is reported dead in his mission to get to South Polaris, and they race to restore the family name. A real edge-of-your-seat Victoriana romp.

This extraordinary fantasy is the first book in Philip Pullman’s multi-award-winning His Dark Materials trilogy

Twins Jess and Jude wake one morning to find their yacht adrift and their guardian missing. Packed with half-truths, deception, red herrings, villainous baddies and a sense of ever-present threat, this is a mystery to keep readers guessing.

When Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude is attacked during a family reunion, Shenanigan Swift and her sisters must work together to identify the would-be killer before they strike again. This hugely entertaining murder mystery is brimming with dire villains, secret passageways and deadly games of Scrabble.

High-Rise Mystery is the perfect ​‘whodunnit’. As the two girls sift through red herrings and reveal a series of tower block secrets, short snappy sentences and sparkling dialogue will keep readers turning the pages. A mystery as hot as the summer heatwave in which it’s set!

Mirabelle and her family of monsters live in the gothic mansion of Rookhaven, hidden from the human world by a magical glamour. But when two human children stumble into their garden of bloodthirsty flowers, something sinister creeps in after them – something that even the monsters fear.

When Raven’s parents mysteriously disappear, she is sent to live in the sinister town of Grave’s Pass, where the dead coexist with the living. As she is drawn deeper into the menacing world of ghost, ghouls and zombies, Raven is in danger of losing everything. This macabre tale, enhanced by atmospheric gothic illustrations, is a chilling read.

A wonderfully unpredictable, gothic-feeling fairy tale where the lines between reality and fantasy are deliciously blurred and the downtrodden female characters emerge strong and self-reliant.