DETECTIVE AND MYSTERY STORIES
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Switzerland, 1816. On a stormy summer night, Lord Byron and his guests telling ghost stories. Felix, their serving boy, can’t wait to hear their creepy tales. Then comes an unexpected knock at the the doorstep with an even more scary story. Age 9 – 12. 308 pages paperback
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Connie Carew is a clever, witty and opinionated young detective and she’s on board a luxury ocean liner, bound for New York. Only, there’s trouble at sea. Someone is trying to harm the passengers. Why? Who has a grudge against whom? It’s up to Connie to investigate the secrets of all the passengers as, mile by nautical mile, the ship sails closer towards disaster. Age 9 – 12. 308 pages paperback
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When a priceless painting is themselves faced with forgery, trickery and deceit on all sides! Be amazed as the brave duo pit their wits against this perilous puzzle! Marvel at their cunning plan to unmask the villain and prove themselves detectives to be reckoned with - no matter what dangers lie ahead
...It’s their most dangerous adventure yet! Age 9 – 12.
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London, 1878. Verity Sparks has an extraordinary talent: she can about them. When she joins a discovers there is a mystery lurking in her own past and that unknown forces are working against her. It soon becomes clear that Verity and her friends are in great danger. Who wants to stop them from learning the truth about Verity Sparks? Age 9 – 12.
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Life at Rookwood School is looking up. There’s a ballet recital Scarlet is desperate to star in but after their beloved ballet teacher Miss Finch suddenly disappears and strange Madame Zelda takes her place, freakish things start happening. Poison letters are circulating the school, and ‘accidents’ are plaguing the students. It seems that the girls are in danger once more... Age 9 – 12.
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Billie has moved to a
new house full of musty old furniture and the ghostly
remains of its previous tenants - including two one boy and one girl. Then Billie notices have moved when the house was empty. Soon after, a tiny handprint appears on a dusty table and Billie is certain that they are being haunted. The neighbours and local community are hiding something, a secret about the house, a secret of its past. Age 9 – 12.
Strange things are going on around Jake’s patch. The
gardens keep getting destroyed, and Oh, and there’s a terrifying half-man- half-plant on the rampage. What is going on?! All is revealed in the case notes of Hacker Murphy’s Creeper Files, released to the public for the 192 pages paperback
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Two exciting spy stories set in Tudor England, amid the intrigue and danger of Henry VIII’s royal court. In Deadly Storm it’s 1532 and King Henry VIII and his court is on the move. A terrible storm forces the court to shelter in a nearby castle. When a servant is found dead, it’s clear that something terrible is going on. Can young spy, Jack Briars, and his friend, Cat Thimblebee, solve the mystery before the King himself becomes a target? In Fatal Voyage, Jack and Cat are once again called upon to save the King’s life, this time aboard his majestic new ship, Fair Anne. Age 9 – 12.
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Nancy Parker has a new job as general
servant at Oxcoombe Grange, it’s great except for one thing - Nancy is convinced the house is haunted! These ghostly goings-on must be investigated, and who better to do it than Nancy and her old ally, Ella? But what dangers will into the mystery? Age 9 – 12.
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theatre, the Beryl, is re-opening. Days before opening night, the ghost light, left on at night to appease the ghosts of actors, is extinguished. Alice digs into the Beryl’s past, sleuthing in a network of dark backstage corridors and cobwebby storage rooms. Gradually, she starts to uncover the hundred-year-old secret of the theatre: a stolen diamond. Is the Beryl haunted by a ghost - or a living thief? Age 9 – 12.
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Sitting on the top of a bus, Emma
sees a couple arguing violently in the middle of a crowded Regent Street. They see her watching, she looks away, and the woman disappears. Emma goes to the police, who send her away. Then a body turns up and believing she is a vital witness to a crime, the police send Emma into hiding in rural Wales. She resolves to get to the bottom of the mystery. Then the snow comes and no one can get out but what if someone can still get in? Age 9 – 12.
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