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Stories in the mystery or crime genre usually involve a mysterious death or a crime to be solved. Each suspect must have a believable motive and the opportunity to commit the crime. The central character is a detective of some form who eventually solves the mystery. |
Mystery and Crime Books (Orange and Yellow)
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Ophelia Wid, deadly detective by Elena de Roo ; illustrated by Tracy Duncan Series: Ophelia Wild
Three short stories told in rhyming verse. Banish those gremlins! Ghosts on the go! Deadly detectives, O. Wild and co. Always up for anything, Ophelia Wild and sidekick Albert expand their secret service agency to tackle zombies and monsters ... with some surprise results.Call Number: O JF DER
ISBN: 9781922077639
Publication Date: 2014
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The Case of the Haunted History Museum by Steven Brezenoff; Lisa K. Weber (Illustrator) Capitol City's Natural History Museum is haunted -- or at least that's what someone wants people to think. But Wilson Kipper, son of the museum's head paleontologist, knows better. When the mysterious occurrences go from spooky to dangerous, the museum is forced to close its doors. Can Wilson and his friends get to the bottom of things, or will the Natural History Museum be closed for good?Call Number: Y JF BRE
ISBN: 9781434296917
Publication Date: 2015
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Mr Lemoncello's library olympics by Chris Grabenstein "Welcome, boys and girls, readers of all ages, to the first-ever Library Olympiad! Kyle and his teammates are back, and the world-famous game maker, Luigi Lemoncello, is at it again! This time Mr. Lemoncello has invited teams from all across America to compete in the first ever LIBRARY OLYMPICS. Will it be fun? Like the commercials say. . . HELLO? It's a Lemoncello! But something suspicious is going on . . . books are missing from Mr. Lemoncello's library. Is someone trying to CENSOR what the kids are reading?! In between figuring out mind-boggling challenges, the kids will have to band together to get to the bottom of this mystery. Now it's not just a game:can Mr. Lemoncello find the real defenders of books and champions of libraries? Packed with puzzles, clues, and thrilling surprises, this is a deliciously fun, action-packed sequel to the New York Times bestselling Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library. Let the games begin!"Call Number: Y JF GRA
ISBN: 9780857988270
Publication Date: 2016
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Precious and the monkeys by Alexander McCall Smith ; illustrated by Iain McIntosh Well before Precious Ramotswe founded her Number One Ladies' Detective Agency, as an eight-year-old girl she was already solving mysteries. Here, in this delightful, enchanting tale for children, we find out just who has been stealing her schoolfriends' snacks and how the young Precious became the crafty and intuitive private investigator we all know and love!Call Number: Y JF MCC
ISBN: 9781846972041
Publication Date: 2011
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Girl Detective by Megan McDonald; Peter H. Reynolds (Illustrator) Series: Judy Moody
It's an honest-to-jeepers mystery! Agent Judy Drewdy sets out to solve the case of the missing puppy when a canine-cop-in-training vanishes into thin air. Judy Moody is in a mood. A sleuthing, Nancy Drew kind of mood. So what's a WBMS (world's best mystery solver) to do? Go find a mystery, that's what! And she doesn't have to snoop for long: when Mr. Chips, a beloved crime-dog-in-training, goes missing, Judy Drewdy and her chums, agents Dills Pickle (Frank), Spuds Houdini (Rocky), and James Madagascar (Stink) find themselves smack-dab in the middle of a reallife, scare-your-pants-off whodunit. Was Mr. Chips stolen by dirty dognappers? And why are chocolate-chip cookies disappearing all over town? Watch out for red herrings--along with clever references to classic Nancy Drew mysteries--as Eagle Eye Moody and company are hot on the case!Call Number: Y JF MCD
ISBN: 9780763634506
Publication Date: 2010
Mystery and Crime Books (Yellow)
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The most marvellous spelling bee mystery by Abela, Deborah Just when India Wimple's life is returning to normal after competing in the Stupendously Spectacular Spelling Bee, she's invited to London for an international spelling showdown. But how can she go without her family? The Yungabilla community might have a solution! In London, India is reunited with her friends Rajish and Summer. They meet new spellers, and are invited to Buckingham Palace to meet the Queen. But there is skulduggery afoot, with a series of mysterious mishaps. There is even talk of cancelling the competition altogether. India and her friends are determined to find out who the culprit is and get the spelling bee back on track.Call Number: Y JF ABE
ISBN: 9780143786689
Publication Date: 2018
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Mistakes were made by Stephan Pastis. Series: Timmy Failure
Timmy Failure is an eleven-year-old detective, CEO of the best detective agency in town, with a polar bear business partner and a problem with his mother. His plan is to earn so much money the family won't have to worry about bills anymore but his plan does not include sundry players who are not up to a simple spy mission meaning our bumbling hero is in a pickle.Call Number: Y JF PAS
ISBN: 9781406339802
Publication Date: 2013
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Friday Barnes, girl detective by R. A. Spratt Imagine if Sherlock Holmes was an eleven-year-old girl! When girl detective Friday Barnes solves a bank robbery she uses the reward money to send herself to the most exclusive boarding school in the country, Highcrest Academy. On arrival, Friday is shocked to discover the respectable school is actually a hotbed of crime. She's soon investigating everything from disappearing homework to the Yeti running around the school swamp. That's when she's not dealing with her own problem - Ian Wainscott, the handsomest boy in school, who inexplicably hates Friday and loves nasty pranks. Can Friday solve Highcrest Academy's many strange mysteries, including the biggest mystery of all - what's the point of high school?Call Number: Y JF SPR
ISBN: 9781742759623
Publication Date: 2014
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The case of the missing moonstone by Jordan Stratford ; illustrated by Kelly Murphy Lady Ada Byron, age eleven, is a genius. Mary Godwin, age fourteen, is a romantic. And together, the girls conspire to form the Wollstonecraft Detective Agency - a secret constabulary for the apprehension of clever criminals. Their first case involves a stolen heirloom, a false confession, and an array of fishy suspects - but these are no match for the deductive powers and bold hearts of Ada and Mary.Call Number: Y JF STR
ISBN: 9780440871163
Publication Date: 2016
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Sammy Keyes and the Sisters of Mercy by Wendelin Van Draanen Sammy is spending her school detention time helping out at St Mary's church - boring, but peaceful, she reckons. Unfortunately not. A trio of singing nuns arrive in a motorhome, and prepare to turn the whole place upside down Plus Father Mayhew's cross has disappeared, and his main suspect is the bad apple who's working out her detention - none other than Sammy Keyes. It's up to Sammy to find the real thief, before Father Mayhew tells the police...Call Number: Y JF VAN
ISBN: 0439981905
Publication Date: 2003
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The Amber Pendant by Imogen White Rose Muddle is surprised to inherit a powerful amber pendant. But more shocking is the news that a second pendant, held by the treacherous Brotherhood of the Black Sun, could unleash darkness on the world. Along with her friend Rui, and Bahula the monkey, Rose is flung into a daring adventure to stop the forces of evil.Call Number: Y JF WHI
ISBN: 9781474927291
Publication Date: 2017
Mystery and Crime Books (Star)
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Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett; Brett Helquist (Illustrator) When a book of unexplainable occurences brings Petra and Calder together, strange things start to happen: Seemingly unrelated events connect; an eccentric old woman seeks their company; an invaluable Vermeer painting disappears. Before they know it, the two find themselves at the center of an international art scandal, where no one is spared from suspicion. As Petra and Calder are drawn clue by clue into a mysterious labyrinth, they must draw on their powers of intuition, their problem solving skills, and their knowledge of Vermeer. Can they decipher a crime that has stumped even the FBI?Call Number: STF F BAL
ISBN: 0439372941
Publication Date: 2004
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The name of this book is secret by Pseudonymous Bosch Two eleven year olds try to solve the mystery of a dead magician and stop the evil Dr. L and Ms. Mauvais, who are searching for the secret of immortality.Call Number: STF F BOS
ISBN: 9781741754315
Publication Date: 2008
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Look into my eyes by Lauren Child What would you do if you were a thirteen-year-old kid and a secret agency asked you to become their ace code-cracker? Panic? Panic will freeze your brain. Tell all your friends? You'd be out on your ear Bozo! Could you keep it zipped? Well, could you, buster? Lucky for Ruby Redfort, she's not your average kid. She's never going to crack. She's super smart, she's always cool and she can keep her mouth shut - can't she?Call Number: STF F CHI
ISBN: 9780007334063
Publication Date: 2011
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The lost twin by Sophie Cleverly This is the story of how I became my sister... A spine-tingling mystery set in a creepily atmospheric boarding school. Ivy must uncover the secrets behind her twin sister Scarlet's disappearance before it's too late. When troublesome Scarlet mysteriously disappears from Rookwood School, terrifying Miss Fox invites her quiet twin sister Ivy to 'take her place'. Ivy reluctantly agrees in the hopes of finding out what happened to her missing sister. For only at Rookwood will Ivy be able to unlock the secrets of Scarlet's disappearance, through a scattered trail of diary pages carefully hidden all over the school. Can Ivy solve the mystery before Miss Fox suspects? Or before an even greater danger presents itself? The first in a mesmerising new series - perfect for fans of Holly Webb and Harry Potter and mysteries that demand to be solved!
Series: Scarlet and IvyCall Number: STF F CLE
ISBN: 9780007589180
Publication Date: 2015
Mystery and Crime Books (Star)
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Half Moon investigations by Eoin Colfer My name is Moon. Fletcher Moon. And I'm a private detective. I thought I'd seen it all. I had paid so many visits to the gutter looking for lost Love Hearts, that I thought nothing could shock me. I was wrong. Very wrong. A curious young detective. A notorious criminal family. And a pretty girl. It all adds up to just one thing . . . Trouble. With a capital T.Call Number: STF F COL
ISBN: 0141382716
Publication Date: 2006
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Holes by Louis Sachir Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnatses. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys’ detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the boys build character by spending all day, every day digging holes exactly five feet wide and five feet deep. There is no lake at Camp Green Lake. But there are an awful lot of holes.
It doesn’t take long for Stanley to realize there’s more than character improvement going on at Camp Green Lake. The boys are digging holes because the warden is looking for something. But what could be buried under a dried-up lake? Stanley tries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment—and redemption.Call Number: STF F SAC
ISBN: 0747563667
Publication Date: 2003
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First class murder by Robin Srevens The third gripping mystery starring Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong, set on the glamorous Orient Express. Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are taking a holiday through Europe on the world-famous Orient Express. From the moment the girls step aboard, it's clear that each of their fellow first-class passengers has something to hide. Even more intriguing: rumour has it that there is a spy in their midst. Then, during dinner, there is a bloodcurdling scream from inside one of the cabins. When the door is broken down, a passenger is found murdered, her stunning ruby necklace gone. But the killer is nowhere to be seen -- almost as if they had vanished into thin air. Daisy and Hazel are faced with their first ever locked-room mystery -- and with competition from several other sleuths, who are just as determined to crack the case as they are.Call Number: STF F STE
ISBN: 9780552570749
Publication Date: 2015
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Case of the missing marquess by Nancy SpringerCall Number: STF F SPR
ISBN: 9781760637385
Publication Date: 2018
Enola Holmes SERIES. While searching the clues to her missing mother's whereabouts, fourteen-year-old Enola Holmes, the younger sister of Sherlock Holmes, suddenly gets involved in the kidnapping of a young Marquess and must put the search for her mother on hold in order to save the spoiled girl from her dangerous captors.
Ophelia Wid, deadly detective by Series: Ophelia Wild
The Case of the Haunted History Museum by Capitol City's Natural History Museum is haunted -- or at least that's what someone wants people to think. But Wilson Kipper, son of the museum's head paleontologist, knows better. When the mysterious occurrences go from spooky to dangerous, the museum is forced to close its doors. Can Wilson and his friends get to the bottom of things, or will the Natural History Museum be closed for good?
Mr Lemoncello's library olympics by "Welcome, boys and girls, readers of all ages, to the first-ever Library Olympiad! Kyle and his teammates are back, and the world-famous game maker, Luigi Lemoncello, is at it again! This time Mr. Lemoncello has invited teams from all across America to compete in the first ever LIBRARY OLYMPICS. Will it be fun? Like the commercials say. . . HELLO? It's a Lemoncello! But something suspicious is going on . . . books are missing from Mr. Lemoncello's library. Is someone trying to CENSOR what the kids are reading?! In between figuring out mind-boggling challenges, the kids will have to band together to get to the bottom of this mystery. Now it's not just a game:can Mr. Lemoncello find the real defenders of books and champions of libraries? Packed with puzzles, clues, and thrilling surprises, this is a deliciously fun, action-packed sequel to the New York Times bestselling Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library. Let the games begin!"
Precious and the monkeys by Well before Precious Ramotswe founded her Number One Ladies' Detective Agency, as an eight-year-old girl she was already solving mysteries. Here, in this delightful, enchanting tale for children, we find out just who has been stealing her schoolfriends' snacks and how the young Precious became the crafty and intuitive private investigator we all know and love!
Girl Detective by Series: Judy Moody
The most marvellous spelling bee mystery by Just when India Wimple's life is returning to normal after competing in the Stupendously Spectacular Spelling Bee, she's invited to London for an international spelling showdown. But how can she go without her family? The Yungabilla community might have a solution! In London, India is reunited with her friends Rajish and Summer. They meet new spellers, and are invited to Buckingham Palace to meet the Queen. But there is skulduggery afoot, with a series of mysterious mishaps. There is even talk of cancelling the competition altogether. India and her friends are determined to find out who the culprit is and get the spelling bee back on track.
Mistakes were made by Series: Timmy Failure
Friday Barnes, girl detective by Imagine if Sherlock Holmes was an eleven-year-old girl! When girl detective Friday Barnes solves a bank robbery she uses the reward money to send herself to the most exclusive boarding school in the country, Highcrest Academy. On arrival, Friday is shocked to discover the respectable school is actually a hotbed of crime. She's soon investigating everything from disappearing homework to the Yeti running around the school swamp. That's when she's not dealing with her own problem - Ian Wainscott, the handsomest boy in school, who inexplicably hates Friday and loves nasty pranks. Can Friday solve Highcrest Academy's many strange mysteries, including the biggest mystery of all - what's the point of high school?
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the perilous journey by Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance, all graduates of the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened and members of the Benedict Society, embark on a scavenger hunt that turns into a desperate search for the missing Mr. Benedict.
The case of the missing moonstone by Lady Ada Byron, age eleven, is a genius. Mary Godwin, age fourteen, is a romantic. And together, the girls conspire to form the Wollstonecraft Detective Agency - a secret constabulary for the apprehension of clever criminals. Their first case involves a stolen heirloom, a false confession, and an array of fishy suspects - but these are no match for the deductive powers and bold hearts of Ada and Mary.
Sammy Keyes and the Sisters of Mercy by Sammy is spending her school detention time helping out at St Mary's church - boring, but peaceful, she reckons. Unfortunately not. A trio of singing nuns arrive in a motorhome, and prepare to turn the whole place upside down Plus Father Mayhew's cross has disappeared, and his main suspect is the bad apple who's working out her detention - none other than Sammy Keyes. It's up to Sammy to find the real thief, before Father Mayhew tells the police...
The Amber Pendant by Rose Muddle is surprised to inherit a powerful amber pendant. But more shocking is the news that a second pendant, held by the treacherous Brotherhood of the Black Sun, could unleash darkness on the world. Along with her friend Rui, and Bahula the monkey, Rose is flung into a daring adventure to stop the forces of evil.
Chasing Vermeer by When a book of unexplainable occurences brings Petra and Calder together, strange things start to happen: Seemingly unrelated events connect; an eccentric old woman seeks their company; an invaluable Vermeer painting disappears. Before they know it, the two find themselves at the center of an international art scandal, where no one is spared from suspicion. As Petra and Calder are drawn clue by clue into a mysterious labyrinth, they must draw on their powers of intuition, their problem solving skills, and their knowledge of Vermeer. Can they decipher a crime that has stumped even the FBI?
The name of this book is secret by Two eleven year olds try to solve the mystery of a dead magician and stop the evil Dr. L and Ms. Mauvais, who are searching for the secret of immortality.
Look into my eyes by What would you do if you were a thirteen-year-old kid and a secret agency asked you to become their ace code-cracker? Panic? Panic will freeze your brain. Tell all your friends? You'd be out on your ear Bozo! Could you keep it zipped? Well, could you, buster? Lucky for Ruby Redfort, she's not your average kid. She's never going to crack. She's super smart, she's always cool and she can keep her mouth shut - can't she?
The lost twin by This is the story of how I became my sister... A spine-tingling mystery set in a creepily atmospheric boarding school. Ivy must uncover the secrets behind her twin sister Scarlet's disappearance before it's too late. When troublesome Scarlet mysteriously disappears from Rookwood School, terrifying Miss Fox invites her quiet twin sister Ivy to 'take her place'. Ivy reluctantly agrees in the hopes of finding out what happened to her missing sister. For only at Rookwood will Ivy be able to unlock the secrets of Scarlet's disappearance, through a scattered trail of diary pages carefully hidden all over the school. Can Ivy solve the mystery before Miss Fox suspects? Or before an even greater danger presents itself? The first in a mesmerising new series - perfect for fans of Holly Webb and Harry Potter and mysteries that demand to be solved!
Holes by Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnatses. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys’ detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the boys build character by spending all day, every day digging holes exactly five feet wide and five feet deep. There is no lake at Camp Green Lake. But there are an awful lot of holes.
First class murder by The third gripping mystery starring Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong, set on the glamorous Orient Express. Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are taking a holiday through Europe on the world-famous Orient Express. From the moment the girls step aboard, it's clear that each of their fellow first-class passengers has something to hide. Even more intriguing: rumour has it that there is a spy in their midst. Then, during dinner, there is a bloodcurdling scream from inside one of the cabins. When the door is broken down, a passenger is found murdered, her stunning ruby necklace gone. But the killer is nowhere to be seen -- almost as if they had vanished into thin air. Daisy and Hazel are faced with their first ever locked-room mystery -- and with competition from several other sleuths, who are just as determined to crack the case as they are.
Case of the missing marquess by