Detective Stories for 9 to 13's
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DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Usborne 9780746084243
Usborne Classics Retold Series.
A retelling of the classic Sherlock Holmes mystery. Sir Charles Baskerville of
Baskerville Hall is found dead in mysterious circumstances. Can Sherlock Holmes
and his assistant Dr. Watson solve the mystery? Is the death linked to the
legend of the monstrous hound that is said to haunt the Baskerville family? Full
of mystery and suspense to keep the reader on the edge of their seat!
HOROWITZ, Anthony
Public Enemy Number Two
Walker Books 9781406306811
Diamond Brothers Detective Agency
13 year old Nick Diamond is framed for a jewel robbery and ends up in prison,
sharing a cell with Public Enemy Number One, Johnny Powers. To get out he needs
his brother Tim, world's worst private detective. The heat is on with Ma Powers
and here gang waiting to meet them! Action packed with plenty of humour!
KENNEDY, Emma
The Case of the Fatal Phantom
Macmillan 9780330469531
Wilma Tenderfoot Series
Wilma Tenderfoot, assistant to the world famous detective Theodore P. Goodman.
Can she, and her own canine spook-detector solve the case of the ghoulish
happenings in at the Blackheart Manion, before they are all scared to death?
PIGGOTT-SMITH, Tim
The Rose of Africa
Hodder 9780340960059
The Baker Street Mysteries
A famous diamond, the Rose of Africa has been stolen but Potts's Uncle Hector is
framed. It is up to the Irregulars (Sherlock Holmes assistants) to find the true
culprit and prove Uncle Hector's innocence.
STARR, Annabelle
Gemini
Egmont 9781405232449
Megastar Mysteries Series
Rosie, Soph and Abs are 3 ordinary girls that get caught up in celebrity
mysteries and become popular in the celebrity world as celebrity detectives. In
this volume while working as runners on a movie set starring the famous Aussie
soapstar twins. All goes well until a dark secret around the twins' mother comes
to light and the girls are on the case!
TAYLOR,
G.P.
The Midas Box
Faber 9780571238354
Mariah leaves school and becomes a magician's assistant in the Prince Regent
Hotel which stands in the rockface of a cliff. While
guest live in luxury above ground, below ground lies an Egytian Sarcophagus
which contains a secret. This secret draws Mariah into a path of villainy, plots
and potential death. A gripping thriller full of suspense and twists.
