Mystery and detective fiction for kids

The Detective’s Guide to Ocean Travel
The first middle-grade novel from award-winning author Nicki Greenberg, this book is a classic whodunnit mystery set aboard a grand ocean liner in the 1920s.
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The Secret Detectives
Inspired by The Secret Garden and the golden age of crime writing, The Secret Detectives is a gripping, beautifully historical mystery. Perfect for fans of Katherine Rundell.
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The Puzzling Pearls (Plum and Woo, Book 1)
A dazzling, whip-smart mystery series about two very different girls and a whole heap of danger ...
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Death Sets Sail (A Murder Most Unladylike, Book 9)
The final novel in the number-one bestselling, award-winning Murder Most Unladylike series.
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Real Pigeons Flex Feathers (Real Pigeons, Book 7)
Ever wonder why pigeons always act so weird? It's because they're out there chasing the bad guys and saving your butts!
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No Escape (Friday Barnes, Book 9)
It's two years later . . . Friday steps out of prison, a shell of her former self.
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A Case of Grave Danger (The Violet Veil Mysteries, Book 1)
A breakout new detective series, from the author of the spine-tingling SCARLET AND IVY series, beautifully illustrated by Hannah Peck.
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His Name Was Walter
From Australia's favourite storyteller comes a story that shows us the extraordinary power of true love and solves a decades-old mystery.
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The Fire Star: A Maven & Reeve Mystery
A maid with a plan. A squire with a secret. A missing jewel. A kingdom in turmoil.
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Sherlock Bones and the Sea-creature Feature
Another hilariously funny, action-packed adventure, starring the intrepid Sherlock Bones and his partner-in-mystery-solving, Watts.
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Catvinkle and the Missing Tulips
When best friends Catvinkle and Ula are asked to defend two sheep accused of eating Amsterdam's tulips, they're not sure what to believe. The sheep say they're innocent, but they do look very sheepish.
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The Secret Key: Agatha Oddly (Book1)
Meet thirteen-year-old Agatha Oddly - a bold, determined heroine, and the star of a stylish new detective series.
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The Peacock Detectives
Shortlisted for the 2017 Text Prize, The Peacock Detectives is a delightfully Australian story about self-discovery and dealing with change for upper middle-graders.
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The Curse in the Candlelight
There's a new girl at Rookwood School, and new mystery for Scarlet and Ivy to solve.
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Hounds and Hauntings (Rose Raventhorpe Investigates, Book 3)
The city of Yorke is under attack and it's up to Rose Raventhorpe and Yorke's secret society of butlers to find the culprit! The third mystery in the Rose Raventhorpe Investigates series.
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The Inkberg Enigma
Miro and Zia live in Aurora, a fishing town nestled in the shadow of a mysterious castle. Miro lives in the world of books; Zia is never without her camera. The day they meet, they stumble upon a secret. With Zia determined to...
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The London Eye Mystery
Ted and Kat watch their cousin Salim board the London Eye. But after half an hour it lands and everyone steps off--except Salim. Where could he have gone? Ted and his older sister Kat become sleuthing partners since the police are...
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Kensy and Max: Breaking News (Book 1)
Introducing Kensy and Max - an action-packed spy-adventure series for girls and boys from bestselling author Jacqueline Harvey!
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Agatha Christie
Meet the world's most famous crime author in this book for readers as young as 4 years.Part of the Little People, Big Dreams series that introduces children to history's highest achievers.
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Three Times Lucky
Rising sixth grader Miss Moses LoBeau lives in the small town of Tupelo Landing, NC. Although Mo hopes someday to find her upstream mother, she's found a home with the Colonel and Miss Lana. When a lawman comes to town asking...
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Potkin and Stubbs
A brilliant new series bursts onto the scene filled with ghostly goings-on and an unusual investigative duo. With illustrations from Karl Mountford.
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The Ghost of Howlers Beach (The Butter O'Bryan Mysteries, Book 1)
Butter O'Bryan has been told there are ghosts on Howler's Beach, but are there?
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A Girl Called Justice (The Smugglers' Secret, Book 2)
Justice Jones, super-smart super-sleuth is back for her second spine-tingling adventure! For fans of Robin Stevens, Katherine Woodfine and Enid Blyton.
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The Big Book of Mystery
It's ALL six Billie B Mysteries! Billie and her friends have started a secret mystery club, and there are mysteries galore! Who stole the strawberries from Mika's garden? What does the secret code say? Is the spooky house actually...
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Withering-by-Sea (Stella Montgomery, #1)
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Look into my eyes
Hey, buster! Normal life is a total yawn. Break out of boredom with Ruby Redfort, the super-awesome teen detective series from multi-million-copy bestseller Lauren Child...
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Murder Most Unladylike (A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery, Book 1)
When Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong set up their very own secret detective agency at Deepdean School for Girls, they struggle to find any truly exciting mysteries to investigate. (Unless you count the case of Lavinia's missing tie....
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Harriet the Spy
The discovery of Harriet's secret journal, concerning the personalities and activities of her schoolmates and neighbors, causes pandemonium.
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