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Orion, Scorpius and Lyra Cogsworth are brilliant misfits who live in a ramshackle house on the outskirts of Blissburg. They’ve never ventured beyond their workshop home, but when their inventor mother vanishes under strange circumstances, these extraordinary siblings are thrust into a storm of untrustworthy characters, unexpected goings-on and a most unsettling plot to control the town! Being different might just be the thing that can save the day.
Buck & Ears are running out of money. They need a new case – fast! When they discover the legendary theatre critic, Mr Gator, frozen stiff in a rowing boat on the Jelly Sea, they set out to discover who’s responsible. But Mr Gator has many enemies. Is this down to a disgruntled opera singer or has the legend of the ghost ship, The Flying Phantom, come true?
The perfect Christmas gift and stocking filler for young adventurers. Will Timmy the dog save the day when all the Christmas presents are stolen from Kirrin Cottage? And can the New Famous Five help when Santa goes missing before the Christmas Eve parade? Join the Famous Five in this seasonal collection by the world’s best-loved storyteller, Enid Blyton. Featuring a festive short story, recipes, activities and a brand-new mystery with the New Famous Five by bestselling author Chris Smith, this collection is full of Christmas cheer and adventure.
The first puzzle book from bestselling author Janice Hallett, featuring a new A Box Full of Murders mystery. Perfect for fans of Murdle Jnr and Cluedle.The world’s most famous puzzle setter has been MURDERED!Their successor has been KIDNAPPED.A CRIMINAL PLOT is underway.Super sleuth siblings Ava and Luke are on the case, but this time they need YOUR help. From mazes and crosswords to code cracking, sudokus and ciphers, work through the puzzles and put your detective skills to the ultimate test!YOU know the facts. YOU have all the clues. Can YOU solve the puzzles and stop the criminals in their tracks, before it’s too late?Based on the bestselling children’s mystery series from Janice Hallett and featuring 100+ puzzles, this is the perfect activity book for budding detectives aged 8-12.
Help Sherlock Holmes crack the case in this seek and find mystery. A series of heists are taking place across famous London locations, from Trafalgar Square to the Lyceum Theatre and beyond. In this collection of sprawling illustrations, find Holmes and friends, and help them solve a series of crimes. In each illustration, characters and clues are waiting to be discovered. Put them together to find the villain – but don’t be tricked the red herrings. This mystery, written by Christopher Sequeira and illustrated by Max Thompson, will transport you right back to Baker Street and the world of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Can you help Werelock – the world’s greatest (and only) werewolf detective – and his raven assistant, Scratch, on a daring rescue mission? With puzzles, clues and riddles to work out, this hilarious, highly illustrated, werewolf-filled take on Sherlock Holmes needs the reader’s help to crack the case! The stakes are higher than ever as the famous werewolf crime writer, Mildred Mystery, has been kidnapped from a locked room! With only a mysterious ransom note as a clue, Werelock and Scratch must embark on a dangerous quest around Gothica City to find her. Will they be able to get to Mildred before it’s too late? Werelock and Scratch can’t do it without you, dear reader, and there’s no time to lose!
A heart-wrenching YA thriller told in an advent calendar format, paced for amping up the chilling suspense!
Keep the anticipation building by reading one of the twenty-four sealed chapters each day in the lead up to Christmas!
In the depths of winter, Shenanigan Swift and her family are summoned to America, where Daisy’s brother, Dandelion DeMille, is in danger. Racing to DeMille family home – a 72-storey greenhouse in the heart of New York City – Shenanigan is too late to stop a murder. But it’s Dandelion’s Uncle Charlie who has fallen victim to a mystery assassin. As a snowstorm rages outside, Shenanigan, Felicity, Phenomena and Erf must uncover both motive and means. But when every room is packed with poisonous plants and deadly creatures, how will they ever uncover what really happened in The Greenhouse?
When an ambitious feline detective gets his paws on a mysterious treasure map, curiosity turns into a full-blown adventure! Li Chen's bestselling, award-winning series continues-for mystery fans and cat-lovers alike.
Meet Cinnamon Crumb. In the town of Marzipan, home to bakers of near-magical talent, Cinnamon burns toast. She’s no baker – but she is about to become a baking detective. Because all is not sweet between Marzipan’s two rival superstar bakers, Victoria Sponge and Madeleine Macaron. They will stop at nothing to win the coveted Twelve Tier Crown at the Great Cake Carnival – even sabotage. So when Victoria sets Cinnamon a mission to spy on Maddie, Cinnamon reluctantly agrees. But when Maddie asks Cinnamon to spy on Victoria too – well, Cinnamon is in a situation stickier than sticky toffee pudding.
Deep in the heart of the planet Irpa stands the Salty Pig’s Tonics & Tinctures, home of the wise Pig Wizard and his adopted granddaughter, Bea. Keepers of the Endless Flame, they live a quiet and peaceful life, crafting medicines and potions for the people of their once-prosperous world. All that changes when Bea meets Cad, a member of the Galdurians, a race thought to be long-extinct. Cad believes that if anyone can help him find his missing people, it’s the Pig Wizard. But when the two arrive home, the Pig Wizard is nowhere to be found – all that’s left is the Jar of Endless Flame and a mysterious note. Fearing for the Pig Wizard’s safety, Bea and Cad set out across Irpa to find him. Meanwhile, a dangerous being grows more powerful each day, and will stop at nothing to rid the world of whatever light it has left.
Fast-paced futuristic thriller for fans of Black Mirror and Severance.
New girl Emma can’t wait to meet her classmates and explore the famous Malory Towers. Together with her new-found friends Sheila and Marie she quickly settles into school life, but soon there are big questions to be answered. What secret is their classmate Margaret hiding? Why is she lurking around the stables? And could there really be a kidnapper on the loose at Malory Towers? Only the Malory Towers Mystery Club can solve this puzzle!
Ten-year-old Jacob Oolong lives with his eccentric great aunt, Lady Petronella Oolong in the penthouse flat of Odd-Doings House. They arrive home one afternoon to find an enormous heart shaped box of delicious chocolates has arrived for Lady Oolong. And these aren’t any old chocolates though. These are from Eclair’s (Est. 1844) and are the most wonderful and the most expensive chocolates in the entire world. But the next morning – SHOCK HORROR! – they’ve vanished! Not just gone – STOLEN! With his great aunt prostrate in her nightie with shock, it’s up to Jacob to find out who has taken them, but he’ll need help. He calls in a private detective who, rather surprisingly, is a beaver living on the floor below them. Enter J. Algernon Pickle. Together, J. Algernon Pickle and Jacob set about investigating this very confusing mystery.
Once, the great house of Skulkmoor stood proudly on its hillside, commanding the attention of anyone who came by. Now, it is a curious puzzle of a place – not least thanks to the giant wall which cuts it straight in half, separating the two warring families that live inside it. For you see, many years ago, the Fox family was torn apart by a question of murder – and of inheritance. With no clear heir, the vast family fortune – and the house – has been literally divided in two. But now, two young cousins, one from rival sides of Skulkmoor, must race to solve the crime – or face losing their home forever.