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Constable & Toop

Gareth P Jones

A darkly comic Dickensian ghost story from Blue Peter Award winner Gareth P. Jones: it’s not the dead you’ll need to worry about! Sam Toop lives in a funeral parlour, blessed (or cursed) with an unusual gift. While his father buries the dead, Sam is haunted by their constant demands for attention. Trouble is afoot […]

Family, Funny, Historical Fiction, Monsters, Mystery/murder

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Jimmy Coates: Killer

Joe Craig

An eleven-year-old boy discovers he has strange powers, and a future that holds mystery, adventure – and death! Bending his knees, Jimmy let go of the windowsill and slowly tipped backwards. Surely this is impossible, he thought, even as he could feel himself doing it. He pushed out with his legs and the thrust sent […]

Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Fiction, Mystery/murder

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Franklin and Luna go to the Moon

Jen Campbell & Katie Harnett

Luna and her best friend, Franklin the dragon, love stories and want to visit all the places they’ve read about in books. But for all their reading they still don’t know where dragons come from. And Franklin is now so old – 605 to be exact – he can’t remember himself! They search high and […]

Family, Fantasy, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Mystery/murder, Picture Books

AGES: 3-7

Dragon Detective: Catnapped

Gareth P Jones

“The Dragon Detective Agency. Dirk Dilly speaking.” When detective Dirk Dilly gets a call from Holly, a young girl whose pet cat has gone missing, the dragon ends up with not only a new case to solve but also a self-appointed partner-in-solving-crime. And it turns out that Holly’s cat is just the beginning! As the […]

Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Mystery/murder

AGES: 6-9

Marius and the Band of Blood: Book 4 – Tales from Schwartzgarten

Christopher William Hill

A gruesomely funny series for fans of Roald Dahl and Lemony Snicket. Meet Marius Myerdorf, the newest recruit of Schwartzgarten’s most secret of societies. His is a tale of adventure and abduction, friendship and fearlessness, as The Band of Blood race against time to unmask two of the foulest fiends in the history of the […]

Adventure, Fiction, Mystery/murder

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Embassy of the Dead: Book 1 – Embassy of the Dead

Chris Mould & Will Mabbitt

Welcome to the Embassy of the Dead. Leave your life at the door. (Thanks.) When Jake opens a strange box containing a severed finger, he accidentally summons a grim reaper to drag him to the Eternal Void (yep, it’s as fatal as it sounds) and now he’s running for his life! But luckily Jake […]

Adventure, Fiction, Monsters, Mystery/murder

AGES: 7-10

Vi Spy

Maz Evans

A hilarious new adventure from the author of the bestselling Who Let the Gods Out? series! Divorce is tough for any kid. But when – like Vi’s parents – your mum is ex-secret service and your dad is a retired bad guy, ’till death do us part’ takes on a whole new meaning. And […]

Adventure, Fiction, Funny, Government, law and crime, Mystery/murder

AGES: 7-10

River of Ink: Genesis: Book 1 – River of Ink

H.L. Dennis

What if a teenage boy washed up on the banks of the River Thames, soaked to the skin and unable to explain who he is? What if the only clue to the boy’s identity is a sketch he made of a strange symbol? Who would help him? Who would hunt him? Who is River Boy? […]

Adventure, Family, Fiction, Government, law and crime, Magic, Mystery/murder, Social Care Homes

AGES: 10-12

Noor Inayat Khan – My Story

Sufiya Ahmed

My Story: Noor-un-Nissa Inayat Khan is the thrilling story of British-Indian World War Two heroine, Noor-un-Nissa Inayat Khan. It’s 1940 and hundreds of families are being forced to flee Nazi-occupied France. Noor refuses to stand by while Nazi forces invade her home and terrorise her people, so she travels to England and signs up to […]

Adventure, Fiction, Historical, Mystery/murder, Politics/human rights, War

AGES: 10-12

The Last Zoo

Sam Gayton

Pia lives on the last zoo: a floating armada that houses the strangest collection of creatures the world’s ever seen, from genies to mirror-orangutans to hummingdragons. Collectively called ‘voilas’, they each have a special ability, and everyone hopes these will help save the world from environmental catastrophe. Pia looks after the angels, their greatest hope. […]

Adventure, Animals, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Fiction, Friendship, Funny, Magic, Mystery/murder

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

The Messenger Bird

Ruth Eastham

Nathan’s father has been arrested. He works for the Ministry of Defence and is accused of leaking top secret information. But as he is dragged into a police car, he gives Nathan a message. It leads to a riddle, but it’s not from Dad. It’s from an ex-Bletchley Park employee, Lily Kenley, and was written in […]

Adventure, Bletchley Park, Government, law and crime, Mystery/murder, War, World Wars 1&2

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

Vango: Between Sky and Earth

Sarah Ardizzone & Timothée de Fombelle

In the rise of Hitler and the Nazi party, a young man on the cusp of taking priestly vows, despite his interest in Ethel, Vango is suddenly made a fugitive. Fleeing the accusations of police who blame him for a murder, as well as more sinister forces with darker intentions, Vango attempts to trace the […]

Adventure, Fiction, Historical, Mystery/murder, Romantic, War

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

What Manor of Murder?

Christopher William Hill

A BLEAKLEY BROTHERS MYSTERY by OSBERT THE AVENGER author Christopher William Hill What’s that you say? You’re off to Bleakley Manor? On Michaelmas eve? But dear child, hasn’t anyone told you the legend of Old Bramble Head, who rises once a year to claim another victim from the unfortunate Bleakley household… Which one […]

Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Fiction, Government, law and crime, Mystery/murder, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

The Thornthwaite Inheritance

Gareth P Jones

Ovid and Lorelli Thornthwaite have been trying to kill each other for so long that neither twin can remember which act of attempted murder came first. But whoever struck first, trying to take each other’s lives is simply what they do. Until one day a lawyer arrives at their house to take stock of its […]

Adventure, Family, Fiction, Government, law and crime, Mystery/murder

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Dark Lord: Eternal Detention

Jamie Thomson

Dirk Lloyd, the Dark Lord trapped in the body of a weedy schoolboy, returns in another darkly hilarious adventure… Brilliantly funny and subversive, this is the Funny Prize-winning Jamie Thomson at his best. Fear me, o miserable worm! I, the Great Dirk, take up my pen once more to record the utter misery that is […]

Crime/ Thriller, Fantasy, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Fiction, Mystery/murder, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Dark Lord: A fiend in need

Jamie Thomson

Dirk Lloyd, the Dark Lord trapped in the body of a weedy schoolboy, returns in another darkly hilarious adventure… Brilliantly funny and subversive, this is the Funny Prize-winning Jamie Thomson at his best. Sooz, a 13 yr old girl from Surrey has become the Dark Mistress of Dirk’s other worldly kingdom, the Darklands. Thanks to […]

Crime/ Thriller, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Fiction, Government, law and crime, Mystery/murder, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Shadow Magic

Joshua Khan

In a world ruled by six ancient Houses of Magic, a girl and a boy begin an epic and dangerous journey of discovery …After her parents’ murder, 13-year-old Lilith “Lily” Shadow rules Gehenna from Castle Gloom, an immense and windowless citadel. Once Lily’s ancestors commanded spirits, communed with the dead, and raised armies from out […]

Adventure, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Graphic Novel/ Comic, Magic, Mystery/murder, Myths and Legends

AGES: 10-12

Siege

Sarah Mussi

Leah Jackson – in detention. Then armed Year 9s burst in, shooting. She escapes, just. But the new Lock Down system for keeping intruders out is now locking everyone in. She takes to the ceilings and air vents with another student, Anton, and manages to use her mobile to call out to the world. First: […]

Crime/ Thriller, Fiction, Mystery/murder

AGES: 14+

Knights and Bikes: Rebel Bicycle Club

Gabrielle Kent

Adventure awaits Demelza and her best friend in the whole world, Nessa, as they embark on a whole new adventure, solving mysteries, fending off bullies and celebrating the greatest friendship of ALL TIME. When an unexpected guest arrives in Penfurzy, Nessa and Demelza go out of their way to help them, entering a world of […]

Adventure, Fiction, Mystery/murder

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Knights and Bikes

Gabrielle Kent

Welcome to the sleepy island of Penfurzy, where nothing exciting ever really happens. OR DOES IT? Adventure awaits Demelza and her new best friend in the whole world, Nessa, as they explore the island and uncover the mysteries of the Penfurzy Knights. With a honking pet goose sidekick, quirky islanders and a legendary treasure to […]

Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Fiction, Friendship, Mystery/murder

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Tales from Schwartzgarten: The Woebegone Twins: Book 2

Christopher William Hill

When twins Greta and Feliks are sent to the ill-omened Schwartzgarten Reformatory for Maladjusted Children it seems their fate is sealed: that is until they are rescued by the glamorous Olga Van Veenen, a fabulously wealthy children’s author, plagued by writer’s block. But Olga’s life is apparently in danger, threatened by a second-rate novelist who […]

Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Fiction, Mystery/murder, Myths and Legends, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 7-10

Emily Lime, Librarian Detective: The Book Case

Dave Shelton

Daphne is off to St Rita’s, an exclusive girls’ boarding school. It sounds awfully respectable and Daphne herself is awfully respectable too. She loves to read, and is delighted to be offered the chance to interview for Librarian’s assistant’s assistant immediately upon arrival. But it turns out nothing is quite what you’d expect at St […]

Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Funny, Government, law and crime, Mystery/murder

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

Orange Boy

Patrice Lawrence

Quiet, unassuming Marlon can’t believe it when the hottest girl in school picks him as her date to the fair. It’s too good to be true. But when a mysterious tragedy strikes, Marlon is determined to reveal the chain that links him to the criminal underworld. He starts getting the wrong sort of attention, as […]

City, Crime/ Thriller, Mystery/murder, Romantic

AGES: 12-14

The Considine Curse

Gareth P Jones

Fourteen-year-old Mariel returns to England for her grandmother’s funeral. It is the first time she has been back since she emigrated with her mother as a baby, and it is the beginning of the uncovering of some really extraordinary truths about the Considine family. Why did Mariel’s mum argue with Grandma all those years ago? […]

Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Fiction, Mystery/murder, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Tales from Schwartzgarten: Osbert the Avenger: Book 1

Christopher William Hill

The first book in the gruesomely funny Tales from Schwartzgarten series. Meet Osbert Brinkhoff, the unlikeliest of avengers. His is a tale of dark delights and ghastly goings-on, of injustice and revenge. The villains are vicious. The settings are sinister. And good does NOT always prevail… If you prefer cleavers to kittens and fiends to […]

Crime/ Thriller, Funny, Government, law and crime, Mystery/murder, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Riot

Sarah Mussi

England is struggling under a recession that has shown no sign of abating. Years of cuts have devastated Britain: banks are going under, businesses closing, prices soaring, unemployment rising, prisons overflowing. The authorities cannot cope. And the population has maxed out. The police are snowed under. Something has to give. Drastic measures need taking. The […]

Crime/ Thriller, Mystery/murder, Romantic

AGES: 14+

Emil and the Detectives

Salvatore Rubbino

Young Emil is robbed on his first real railway journey of money entrusted to him by his hard-working mother for the relatives he is to stay with in Berlin. A gang of boys about his own age come to his aid, and a thrilling adventure full of surprises ensues as they use their wits to […]

Adventure, Mystery/murder, Picture Books

AGES: 7-10

Fly Me Home

Polly Ho-Yen

Feeling lost and alone in a strange new city, Leelu wishes she could fly away back home – her real home where her dad is, thousands of miles away.

City, Empathy, Fiction, Friendship, Grief/Loss, Migration/ Refugees, Mystery/murder

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

AGES: 7-10

Elen’s Island

Eloise Williams

A beautiful debut novel from Eloise Williams

Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Friendship, Magic, Maps, Mystery/murder

AGES: 7-10

Where Monsters Lie

Polly Ho-Yen

Are there monsters lurking in the loch..?

Fiction, Magic, Monsters, Mystery/murder, Myths and Legends, Nature/ Outdoors, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

AGES: 7-10

Good Dog Bad Dog: Double Identity

Dave Shelton

Criminals beware: Bergman and McBoo are on your tail!

Animals, Graphic Novel/ Comic, Mystery/murder

AGES: 7-10

These Dark Wings

John Owen Theobald

Book one of The Ravenmaster Trilogy, an atmospheric novel based in the historical Tower of London.

Animals, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Historical Fiction, Mystery/murder, War, World Wars 1&2

AGES: 10-12

Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam

Tracey Corderoy

Two dog burgulars see the error of their ways and take a drastic change of career...

Adventure, Animals, Fiction, Mystery/murder, Picture Books, Poetry

AGES: 3-7

AGES: 7-10

Jolly Foul Play

Robin Stevens

The fourth Wells and Wong mystery set at Deepdean School for Girls.

Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Fiction, Friendship, Mystery/murder

AGES: 10-12

Death or Ice Cream?

Gareth P Jones

Larkin Mills: The Birthplace of Death! Larkin Mills is no ordinary town. It's a place of contradictions and enigma, of secrets and mysteries. A place with an exquisite ice cream parlour, and an awful lot of death.

Fantasy, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Fiction, Food, Funny, Mystery/murder, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 7-10

Maladapted

Richard Kurti

An exciting, fast-paced thriller that shows the power science has to change not just our lives, but our very selves.

Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Mystery/murder, Science Fiction

AGES: 12-14

AGES: 14+

What I Couldn’t Tell You

Faye Bird

Laura was head over heels in love with Joe. But now Laura lies in a coma and Joe has gone missing. Was he the one who attacked her?

Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Family, Mystery/murder, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 12-14

The Magical Detective Agency: The Magical Detectives

Brian Keaney

When his mother is kidnapped, Otto embarks on a strange and risky adventure in a very unusual world. His life is about to change for ever...

Fantasy, Magic, Mystery/murder

AGES: 7-10

Killing Honour

Bali Rai

A powerful, hard-hitting teen thriller on the controversial topic of honour killing by multi-award-winning author Bali Rai. The Lovely Bones meets East is East.

Crime/ Thriller, Fiction, Mystery/murder, Personal/social issues, Politics/human rights, Religion

AGES: 12-14

AGES: 14+

Constable and Toop

Gareth P Jones

Sam Toop lives in a funeral parlour, blessed (or cursed) with an unusual gift.

Adventure, Fantasy, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Fiction, Funny, Mystery/murder

AGES: 10-12

Finding Jennifer Jones

Anne Cassidy

Kate Rickman seems just like any other nineteen-year-old girl. But Kate's not really normal at all. 'Kate' is in fact a carefully constructed facade for a girl called Jennifer Jones - and it's a facade that's crumbling fast.

Crime/ Thriller, Mystery/murder, Spooky/Scary

AGES: 10-12

Getting Away With It

Anne Cassidy

They thought the joyride would be a bit of a laugh. They weren't meant to crash. No one was meant to get hurt. But now Mark's caught up in the worst possible scenario

Crime/ Thriller, Mystery/murder

AGES: 12-14

AGES: 14+

Ash Mistry and the Savage Fortress

Sarwat Chadda

In a land of ancient palaces and ferocious deserts, where the gods and demons of the mythical past never die, one slightly pudgy boy from our time… is going to kick some monster butt!

Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Magic, Migration/ Refugees, Multicultural/international, Mystery/murder, Myths and Legends, Travel

AGES: 10-12

AGES: 12-14

The Phoenix Comic Issue 116

Jim Medway

Beware, syrup rustlers! Watch your back, bootleggers of carbonated beverages! Chip Charlton of The Royal Canadian Mounted Police and his courageous partner, Mr Woofles, are out for justice! This noble duo of man and dog are not afraid to dispense the law to all purveyors of counterfeit treats. Working with some of the very best […]

Animals, Crime/ Thriller, Graphic Novel/ Comic, Mystery/murder

AGES: All-Ages

Looking for JJ

Anne Cassidy

THREE CHILDREN WALKED AWAY FROM THE EDGE OF TOWN ONE DAY – BUT ONLY TWO OF THEM CAME BACK…

Emotion/ Feelings, Family, Fiction, Friendship, Identity, Mystery/murder, Personal/social issues

AGES: 12-14

AGES: 14+