Children's / Teenage fiction: Crime & mystery fiction

Devon is always being left behind by her genius twin sister, Drew. At this point, it's a fact of life. But Devon has one last plan before Drew leaves for college a whole year early - The Best Summer Ever. After committing to the bit a little too much, the twins and their chaotic circle of friends...

Let's follow the footprints! Let's hunt for some clues! Left footprint! Right footprint! No time to lose! As everybody knows, red-footed boobies are fabulous bakers. But when Desmond's frangipane tart goes missing amidst a flurry of footprints, the blue-footed booby becomes the chief suspect. But...

March 1941. Britain is at war, and a secret agency called the Ministry of Unladylike Activity is training up children as spies - because grown-ups always underestimate them. Enter May, Eric and Nuala: courageous, smart, and the Ministry's newest recruits. May's big sister Hazel has arranged for t...

March 1941. Britain is at war, and a secret agency called the Ministry of Unladylike Activity is training up children as spies - because grown-ups always underestimate them. Enter May, Eric and Nuala: courageous, smart, and the Ministry's newest recruits. May's big sister Hazel has arranged for t...

It is the holidays again and Joe Robinson and his cousins are back with Granny in Muddlemoor. The problem is Muddlemoor is a hotspot for crime. When Joe, Tom and Pip discover that a dangerous gang of robbers is hiding in the local area they start an investigation straightaway. But hang on a sec -...

Told over the course of the ten rounds of his first fight, this is the story of amateur boxer Sunny. A 17 year old feeling isolated and disconnected in the city he's just moved to, Sunny joins a boxing club to learn to protect himself after a racist attack. He finds the community he's been desper...

The InvestiGators are having a hard time keeping a low profile with their new headquarters being a giant robot towering over the city! How can they be secret agents if everyone recognises them? But with their ears to the ground, Mango and Brash hear mysterious rumblings about boulder buddies - ar...

This is the first in a madcap, hilarious series about Bridget Vanderpuff, whipsmart inventor and amateur sleuth with a taste for adventure. It's a recipe for fun with mystery, villainy, cake and sprinkles of silliness, heart and hope. Bridget Baxter is the very last orphan at the Orphanage for Er...

In this adventure Tintin hears of a robbery at the Museum of Ethnography. A sacred tribal object from the Arumbaya tribe has been stolen. Tintin embarks upon a journey to find out the truth behind the object's disappearance.

Drawn into twisted games on opposite sides of the globe, Grayson and Jameson - with the help of their brothers and the girl who inherited their grandfather's fortune and stole their hearts - must dig deep to decide who they want to be and what each of them will sacrifice to win.