Mysteries & Detective Stories

A hilarious adventure about a fantasy world in danger of destruction from that most vile of threats... tourism .Winner of the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature in 1999. A humorous fantasy from Diana Wynne Jones. In a world...

An amazing and captivating, curl-up-on-the-sofa debut about a magical frost fair and the lasting power of friendship, perfect for fans of Tamzin Merchant, Abi Elphinstone and Anna James. The Great Frost...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781442421882Author Mark WaldenFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersPublisher Simon & Schuster Books for Young...

The fourth title in the brilliant mystery adventure series by Waterstones Book Prize shortlisted author, Elen Caldecott. For fans of the Laura Marlin Mysteries by Lauren St John. Meet Piotr, Minnie, Andrew, Flora and Sylvie - the Marsh Road Mystery...

In this hilarious sequel to the hugely popular Barking Up the Wrong Tree, Sally Stick and her shaggy best friend Fetch discover plenty more mysteries to solve. Like, Is there a beaver loose in the town? Who is the handbag thief? And, most importantly,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316409919Author James PattersonFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Jimmy PattersonPublisher Jimmy PattersonWeight(grams) 331gDimensions(mm) 196mm *...

A wonderfully murky, carnivalesque world of intrigue, unexpected friendships and mysteries solved.Sheba the wolf girl joins an unusual troupe of performers that includes Pyewacket, a witch's imp; Gigantus the giant and Sister Moon, a knife thrower. For...

Who will hold the winning hand? Sherlock meets Ocean's Eleven in this wickedly funny, action-packed crime caper. Darkus Knightley is used to expecting the unexpected. An extraordinary solver of crimes, with immense powers of deduction, and regularly...

A hilarious modern fairy-tale mash-up set in a world in which witches are real, magic is real and fairy tales are not only real ... but recent history.Once Upon a Modern Time, in the city of Rexopolis, in the Kingdom of Illustria, lived twelve-year-old...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807576748Author Gertrude Chandler WarnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Albert Whitman & CompanyPublisher Random House Children's...

Bess and George are fighting - and Nancy's caught in the middle! It's Valentine's Day, but things are not all hearts and flowers for Nancy! While she and her best friends, Bess and George, are making their own stuffed animals at Farmer Fran's Barnyard...

The third title in the bestselling SCHOOL FOR STARS series written by TV presenter and celebrity Holly Willoughby and her sister Kelly. Our favourite friends are back for another exciting term at the exclusive L'Etolie school.Molly, Maria and Pippa are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781481446716Author Michelle HodkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 1520Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 1270gDimensions(mm) 211mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781728259536Author Lindsay CurrieFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Sourcebooks Young ReadersPublisher Sourcebooks Young Readers

Team Veritas are back at Bletchley Park where a secret message hidden in a Shakespeare Portfolio pulls them into a new code-cracking adventure. Their investigations lead them to the writings of Sir Francis Bacon. Soon, they uncover the history of the...

Disappearing hamsters? Vanishing toads? Missing snails? This needs investigating. This looks like a case for Mina Mistry. Pets. Mina doesn't have any. This is super inconvenient when it's Showcase Your Pets week at school. Unfortunately, Mina's best...

An illustrated adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock Holmes mystery - at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages! Also includes a QR code for the free audiobook! The police are no closer to solving the murder of horse trainer,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416905448Author Christopher GreyFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Atheneum BooksPublisher Atheneum BooksWeight(grams) 345gDimensions(mm) 211mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994460547Author Melati LumFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Melby Rose PublishingPublisher Melby Rose Publishing

Angela's been kidnapped - can her quick wits help her escape before it's too late? Gripping adventure from an award winning author repackaged. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers of 8+Snatched off the street, Angela is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781434291295Author Laurie S. SuttonFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Stone Arch BooksPublisher Capstone Press

Welcome to the British Museum, home to Lottie Lipton: nine-year-old investigator extraordinaire! Lottie loves the British Museum's Great Library and all the beautiful books that fill it. But the money hungry Head Curator wants to sell all of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781837910106Author Nils-Olof FranzenFormat PaperbackPage Count 98Imprint Oak Tree BooksPublisher Andrews UK Limited

A stunningly imagined, action-packed fantasy adventure for fans of Nevermoor, Neverwhere and Mortal Engines, from bestselling and award-winning author Patrice Lawrence. "A beautifully written book, bristling with...

Everyone at the Royal Court was so excited today - the marvellous Frost Fair has come to London, and we all went ice skating! But there was a terrible discovery when the body of a man was found at the edge of the frozen river.Why was he killed, and what...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780448089171Author Franklin W. DixonFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Grosset & Dunlap Inc.,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

A spell-binding new adventure from acclaimed performer and bestselling author Carrie Hope Fletcher.After defeating the Crowood Witch and saving the day, Ivy, Maggie and the rest of the Double Trouble Society are on the lookout for their next big...

Meet Warren the 13th, a cursed twelve-year-old Victorian bellhop who's terribly unlucky, yet perpetually optimistic, hard-working, and curious. Warren's pride and joy is his family's Warren Hotel, but he's been miserable ever since his evil Aunt Anaconda...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781738553105Author Rhonwen ShawFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Swinshaw BooksPublisher Swinshaw BooksWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm *...

From the strange case of 'The Red-Headed League' to the extraordinary tale of 'The Engineer's Thumb', Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr Watson grapple with treachery, murder, and ingenious crimes of all kinds. But no case is too challenging for the...

There were three men and two women . . . One had half a face. One had iron legs. The others all had one or both arms missing. There were pincers and claws and guns instead. And you could hear them ticking. Ticking all the time.When Sheba the wolfgirl...

It's the height of summer in Moreland, and Grace Griffin and her fellow warden Tom Eely are sweltering in the heat until they answer a strange call for help that comes through on the amazing Griffin map. After teleporting to Oakwell, they find the...

Of especially naughty children it is sometimes said, "They must have been raised by wolves." The Incorrigible Children actually were. Thanks to the efforts of their plucky governess, Miss Penelope Lumley, Alexander, Beowulf, and Cassiopeia are much more...

Diana and her little brother, Georgie, know every inch of the land around the old Willis place, a crumbling mansion that some people say is haunted. They climb the trees and swim in the pond. And they can do whatever they want, even stay up all night...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316002592Author Wendy MassFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989341417Author Steven K. SmithFormat PaperbackImprint MyBoys3 PressPublisher MyBoys3 PressWeight(grams) 186gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm * 9mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316393065Author Lemony SnicketFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersPublisher Little, Brown Books for Young...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781534449244Author Stuart GibbsFormat PaperbackPage Count 1104Imprint Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersPublisher Simon & Schuster Books for Young...

The Dark Knight teams up with Scooby-Doo and Mystery Inc. in a series of adventures and mysteries! It all starts when Batman discovers his original purple gloves are missing Velma, Shaggy, and Scooby-Doo will have to go back in time to solve the case!...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781068669163Author Angela NuttallFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Angela NuttallPublisher Angela NuttallWeight(grams) 113gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm...