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Someone, or something, is missing. But who, what and why? As the investigation begins, it seems that the perpetrator was careless and incriminating clues have been left behind. And as the case deepens, who cannot be tempted by the intoxicating lure of a mystery, the fascination with the unknown, and the adrenalin rush of discovering the truth regardless of the risk? Danger?? What danger?!

Mystery stories Shakespeare's secret

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By Elise Broach F BRO

Starting sixth grade at a new school is never easy, especially when your name is Hero. Named after a character in a Shakespeare play, Hero isn't at all interested in this literary connection. But when she's told by an eccentric neighbour that there might be a million dollar diamond hidden in her new house and that it could reveal something about Shakespeare's true identity, Hero is determined to live up to her name and uncover the mystery.

Mystery stories Dear ScarlettW

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By Fleur Hitchcock F HIT

All this time Scarlett's thought her dad was a thief, but years after his death a strange man turns up at the door and hands her a box, "on her father's instructions". Inside is a baffling series of clues that leads Scarlett and her friend, Ellie, on a wild, scary, often funny journey of discovery about her father and his mysterious life. But the more the girls learn, the more danger they're in. They must stay one step ahead of the sinister mayoress and her chauffer as they race to unravel her dad's final clue: Keep looking up.

Mystery stories The impossible clue

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By Sarah Rubin F RUB

Maths-whizz Alice has already solved a mystery or two. Persuaded by wannabe sidekick Sammy to investigate a scientist's disappearance, she's soon entangled in her trickiest case yet. Dr Learner is reputed to have invented an invisibility suit, but is whacky science really to blame for his vanishing?

With the unlikely help of erstwhile nemesis Kevin, Alice solves the puzzle - only to face another. Should she reveal the truth, or protect her most devoted friend?

First book in theAlice Jones series.

Mystery stories Missing AbbyW

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By Lee Weatherly F WEA

Emma and Abbey were once best friends, but since 13-year-old Emma met a new group of girls, she doesn't hang out with Abby anymore. But when Emma inadvertently bumps into Abby on the bus one Saturday afternoon, she realises she is the last person to see Abby before here mysterious disappearance.

Mystery stories Missing

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By Catherine MacPhail F MAC

Maxine's parents have had to do perhaps the worst possible thing: confirm the identity of her brother Derek's body by the clothes he was wearing when he disappeared. So, the brother who was missing is now officially dead. But then the worst possible thing really happens: Maxine receives a telephone call from somebody saying he is her brother. She can hardly believe her ears. Has Derek come back from the dead?

Mystery stories Girl, missingW

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By Sophie MacKenzie F MAC

Lauren is adopted and eager to know more about her past. But when she discovers shy may have been snatched from her family as a baby, her whole life suddenly feels like a sham. Why will no one answer her questions? How can she find her biological parents? And could her adoptive parents really have been responsible for kidnapping her? Running away to seek out the truth, Lauren's journey takes her deeper into danger as she realises that someone wants to stop her uncovering what happened when she was a baby at any cost...

First book in theGirl, missing series.

Mystery stories The ring of Rocamadour

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By Michael D. Beil F BEI

Three friends find themselves on a scavenger hunt set up for a girl they never met, in search of a legendary ring reputed to grant wishes.

Deciding to help a weird lady, they end up hiding under tables, tackling word puzzles and geometry equations, and searching rather mouldy storage rooms for "the stuff that dreams are made of". Oh, and there's a boy who complicates things. As boys often do.

First book in theRed Blazer Girls

series.

Mystery stories Small change for StuartW

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By Lissa Evans F EVA

Ten-year-old Stuart Horten moves to the dreary town of Beeton, far away from all his friends and living next door to the unbearable Kingley triplets.

But the strangest adventure of Stuart's life begins as he is swept up in quest to find his great-uncle's lost workshop - a workshop stuffed with trickery and magic. There are clues to follow and puzzles to solve, but what starts as fun ends up as danger, and Stuart begins to realize that he can't finish the task by himself.

First book in theSmall change for

Stuart series.

Mystery stories The Westing game

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By Ellen Raskin F RAS

A bizarre chain of events begins when sixteen unlikely people gather for the reading of Samuel W. Westing's will. And though no one knows why the eccentric, game-loving millionaire has chosen a virtual stranger--and a possible murderer--to inherit his vast fortune, on things for sure: Sam Westing may be dead...but that won't stop him from playing one last game!

Mystery stories Chasing VermeerW

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By Blue Balliett F BAL

When a book of unexplainable occurrences brings Petra and Calder together, strange things start to happen. Before they know it, the two find themselves at the centre of an international art scandal. Can they decipher a crime that has stumped even the FBI?

First book in theChasing Vermeer

series.

Mystery stories Liar and spy

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By Rebecca Stead F STE

When Georges moves into a new apartment block he meets Safer, a twelve-year-old self-appointed spy. Soon Georges has become his spy recruit. His first assignment? To track the mysterious Mr X, who lives in the flat upstairs. But as Safer becomes more demanding, Georges starts to wonder: what is a game and what is a lie? How far is too far to go for your only friend?

Mystery stories When you reach meW

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By Rebecca Stead F STE

Shortly after a fall-out with her best friend, sixth grader Miranda starts receiving mysterious notes, and she doesn't know what to do. The notes tell her that she must write a letter - a true story, and that she can't share her mission with anyone. It would be easy to ignore the strange messages, except that whoever is leaving them has an uncanny ability to predict the future. If that is the case, then Miranda has a big problem - because the notes tell her that someone is going to die, and she might be too late to stop it.

Mystery stories Silent to the bone

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By E.L. Konigsburg F KON

Connor is sure his best friend, Branwell, could not have hurt Branwell's baby half- sister, Nikki. But Nikki lies in a coma, and Branwell is in a juvenile behavioural centre, suspected of a horrible crime and unable to utter the words to tell what really happened. Connor is the only one who might be able to break through Branwell's wall of silence. But how can he prove Branwell didn't commit the unspeakable act of which he's accused - when Branwell can't speak for himself?

Mystery stories From the mixed-up files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler

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By E.L. Konigsburg F KON

Claudia Kincaid runs away to live in the New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art. Knowing that her younger brother, Jamie, has money and thus can help her with her cash flow problem she invites him along.

Once settled into the museum, Claudia and Jamie, find themselves caught up in the mystery of an angel statue. The statue is possibly an early work of the Renaissance master Michelangelo, and therefore worth millions. Is it? Or isn't it? Claudia is determined to find out.

Mystery stories The London Eye mystery

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By Siobahn Dowd F DOW

Ted and Kat watched their cousin Salim board the London Eye, but after half an hour it landed, and everyone trooped off--except Salim. Where could he have gone? How on earth could he have disappeared into thin air? Ted and his older sister, Kat, become sleuthing partners, since the police are having no luck. Despite their prickly relationship, they overcome their differences to follow a trail of clues across London in a desperate bid to find their cousin.

Mystery stories The invention of Hugo Cabaret

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By Brian Selznick F SEL

Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, twelve-year-old Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity.

But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric girl and her grandfather, Hugo's undercover life, and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy. Armed with a cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen key, a mechanical man, and a hidden message from Hugo's dead father, Hugo has a mystery to solve.

Mystery stories The secret of the old clock

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By Carolyn Keene F KEE

When Nancy saves a little girl's life, she gets caught up in a mystery. She finds out that the little girl and her aunts may have been cheated out of money that they desperately need. Trying to help her new friends, Nancy goes on a dangerous search for a missing will.

First book in theNancy Drew mystery

stories series.

Mystery stories Without a traceW

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By Carolyn Keene F KEE

Nancy Drew, has two cases to solve. First a gorgeous Fabergé egg has been stolen. Who would have the heart to snatch such a precious family heirloom from someone new to town? Some housewarming that is! And secondly, someone is running through gardens and stomping on all the zucchinis. Mr. Safer, who is suspected of squishing the squash, but Nancy is sure he is innocent. So, who is the real vegetable vandal?

First book in theNancy Drew girl detective series.

Mystery stories Saving Sophia

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By Fleur Hitchcock F HIT

All Lottie wants to do is have adventures, but no such luck. Until she meets Sophia, a girl surrounded by mystery and danger. When the two run away from a staged kayak accident to find Sophia's mum, Lottie learns a lot about being the hero.

No matter how many adventures you've read about, when you're suddenly trapped in one - cold, hungry, and being chased by the bad guy - it takes all your real-life wit and bravery to survive.

Mystery stories The thieves of OstiaW

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By Caroline Lawrence F LAW

Flavia Gemina is brilliant at finding things, so it's natural for her to solve mysteries. The daughter of a ship's captain living in Ostia, the port of Rome, in AD 79, she acquires a gang of three friends who help her. There is Jonathan, the Jewish boy (and secretly a Christian); Nubia, the African slave girl; and Lupus, a mute beggar boy. Together they work out who severed the heads of the watchdogs that guard people's homes, and why they did it.

First book in theRoman mysteries

series.

Mystery stories Open for business

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By Moya Simons F SIM

David and Bernice start The Walk Right In Detective Agency where they plan to solve the simple everyday mysteries which the police don't have time for: problems such as finding out why Bradley's girlfriend has been avoiding him, where Mrs Posonivic's cat disappeared to, and why newspapers are disappearing from front lawns. But when Bernice and David's close friend Catherine discovers she is adopted, Bernice and David are given the trickiest case of all...

First book in theW.R.I. Detective Agency series.

Mystery stories Gilda Joyce - InvestigatorW

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By Jennifer Allison F ALL

Ever since her father died, quirky Gilda Joyce has been working hard to sharpen her psychic skills. She's determined to communicate with spirits from the Other Side and become a crack investigator of spooky, twisted mysteries. After wrangling an invitation to visit relatives in San Francisco, Gilda discovers that her dreary, tight-lipped uncle and his strange, delicate daughter need her help to uncover the terrible family secret that has a tortured ghost stalking their home.

First book in theGilda Joyce series.

Mystery stories Title

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By Author F ABC

Blurb

First book in theSERIES series.

Mystery stories TitleW

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By Author F ABC

Blurb

First book in theSERIES series.

Mystery stories Title

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By Author F ABC

Blurb

First book in theSERIES series.

Mystery stories TitleW

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By Author F ABC

Blurb

First book in theSERIES series.

Mystery stories Dead Man’s Cove

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By Lauren St John F STJ

When orphaned Laura Marlin moves from to her uncle’s spooky house in Cornwall, England . . . Why does her uncle, Calvin Redfern, forbid her to go to Dead Man’s Cove? What’s the truth about Tariq, the silent Indian boy who lives with the flamboyant Mukthars. Who is J? Who has left the message in a bottle for Laura to discover Mysteries abound and who better to solve them than Laura Marlin, ace detective Accompanied by her trusty companion, Skye, a three-legged husky, the dog she’s always wanted.

First book in theLaura Marlin series.