Children's / Teenage fiction: Crime & mystery fiction

An illustrated adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock Holmes mystery - at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages! Also includes a QR code for the free audiobook! No Baskerville should ever cross the moor at night. With a deadly phantom hound on the loose and a mysterious m...

1905. 12-year-old Helena's father is appointed clock-winder to the Marquis of Norfolk's enormous collection of clocks. It's a risky job - if the clocks stop, Helena's father will lose everything. But when Helena starts helping out, she discovers the Marquis is hiding many secrets, and finds herse...

George and his father live next door to a family who have a very soppy dog. One night, George chases an escaped Midnight into the garden and they both fall into a fountain, magically lit by moonlight. Suddenly, the two have swapped places: George is now a dog, and Midnight is a ten year old boy! ...

London-born Abel has landed the role of a lifetime for an upcoming blockbuster. On the face of it he's Hollywood's latest teen star, but below the surface he's an undercover journalist on a mission to expose the 'squeaky clean' entertainment industry and the part they played in his brother's 'acc...

A year ago, beloved cheerleader Stella Blackthorn vanished without a trace. Devastated, her younger sister, Iris, launched her own investigation, but all she managed to do was scare off the police's only lead and earn a stern warning: once she turns eighteen, more meddling means prison-level cons...

Colin Coleridge is facing a long, boring summer holiday with nothing to do. But when he notices some weird markings outside his house, and some strangers acting very suspiciously in his neighbour's garden, he decides to investigate.

Twelve-year-old Robyn has grown up in Bletchley Park, where her father works as a driver. When she's not at school, there's nothing she likes more than helping her dad in the garages. Then the war begins and everything at Bletchley changes. Robyn is assigned to help with the carrier pigeons that ...

When Tyrell Forrester gets caught up in a high-profile armed robbery, he's sentenced to two years in a young offenders' prison. Now he's getting out, and he's determined to turn his life around. But despite his release, systemic discrimination makes it difficult for Ty to truly be free. Inspired ...

Indiana Bones is a shaggy dog with a difference. He's got superpowers and can sniff out criminals and - with his young friend and owner Aisha - solve mysteries that would flummox the world's more expert detectives! In their first case, they are on the trail of treasure hidden centuries ago by a l...

She came from nothing. They had everything. How far will they go to keep their fortune? Avery only has one plan: keep her head down, win a scholarship and work for a better future. Until an eccentric billionaire dies, and leaves her almost his entire fortune. And no one, least of all Avery, knows...