Children's / Teenage fiction: Crime & mystery fiction

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  • The Golden Linnet

    £8.99

    THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING CHILDREN’S DEBUT FICTION BOOK *

    THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING CHILDREN’S HARDBACK FICTION BOOK *

  • Small Spaces

    £8.99

    After suffering a tragic loss, 11-year-old Ollie only finds solace in books. So when she happens upon a crazed woman at the river threatening to throw a book into the water, Ollie doesn’t think – she just acts, stealing the book and running away. As she begins to read the slender volume, Ollie discovers a chilling story about a girl named Beth, the two brothers who both loved her, and a peculiar deal made with ‘the smiling man’, a sinister spectre who grants your most tightly held wish, but only for the ultimate price. Ollie is captivated by the tale until her school trip the next day to Smoke Hollow, a local farm with a haunting history all its own. There she stumbles upon the graves of the very people she’s been reading about. Could it be the story about the smiling man is true?

  • The Week the Bad Fairies Escaped!

    £7.99

    When Jack magics his friend Charlie through an interdimensional portal to an island full of bad fairies, he realizes he might have broken one rule too many. Can he rescue his best friend? And what sort of plot are the bad fairies held captive on Lonely Island hatching?

  • The Uninvited

    £7.99

    Thirteen-year-old Samm Folfback is a faerae who relies on no one. But when he is drawn into a secret plan to escape the faerae refugee camp, he must put his trust in others and embark on a perilous journey. From a circus of nightmares to a murderous museum, Samm’s path is riddled with danger. And coming his way is an unsuspecting human boy, Ally, with a magical power he can’t control.

  • Ottoline and the Yellow Cat

    £7.99

    Ottoline Brown and Mr Munroe go undercover in this beautifully illustrated first story in the much-loved Ottoline series from Chris Riddell.

  • Ottoline at Sea

    £7.99

    A charming and irresistible Ottoline story from award-winning and bestselling author Chris Riddell.

  • Ottoline Goes to School

    £7.99

    The second exciting Ottoline story from Chris Riddell, the award-winning author and illustrator behind the Goth Girl books.

  • Ottoline and the Purple Fox

    £7.99

    Ottoline and Mr Munroe go on a secret city safari in the fourth book in the award-winning Ottoline series!

  • Circle of Liars

    £8.99

    Seven teens arrive for a school retreat – only to find an abandoned motel and a sinister text message waiting for them: I know what you did a year ago. Each of the seven buried a guilty secret about their tragic school fire. And now someone is out for revenge. Every hour they must choose the guiltiest one among them to cross over the white line that circles the motel and be killed. Otherwise, they all die. But who deserves to live, and who to die? Because only one of them can survive.

  • Shadow Thieves

    £7.99

    ** ONE OF AMAZON’S TOP 10 BOOKS OF 2025!**

    SKANDAR MEETS OLIVER TWIST IN THIS BLOCKBUSTING NEW MIDDLE GRADE ADVENTURE SERIES!

    “Top marks” Observer

    “Utterly fabulous” ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG

    “The real thing” MICHAEL GRANT

    “A thrilling read!” JONATHAN STROUD

    “A must!” Daily Mail

    “Propulsive pacing and action packed plotting” Publishers’ Weekly starred review

  • Sleuths on the Loose

    £7.99

    Join junior detective Jake as she investigates the sinister disappearance of Miss Saffron at Sacred Kidney School. Will she find her teacher before it’s too late? With the help of her trusty sidekick, Sterling, and a less-likely ally, Brick, the inscrutable school bully, she’ll uncover devious secrets, chase down the suspects and nab the villains in this thrilling whodunnit.

  • Clem Fatale has been betrayed

    £7.99

    London, 1951: Clem Fatale, the youngest crook in the city, is on a mission to find her dad. Jimmy Fatale, notorious jewel thief and leader of the Spider Gang, has gone missing and with him the greatest prize in London: the Fool’s Canary. Along with her prisoner and/or sidekick Gilbert (depends who you’re asking), Clem sets off on a rip-roaring chase through the London underworld. Racing through dodgy dives, glamorous nightclubs, greasy spoons and secret alleyways, Clem and Gilbert are soon pursued by a host of friends and foes. Will Clem find her father in time? Or will the most sinister villain this side of the river put a stop to all her plans?

  • A gallery of rogues

    £8.99

    Having solved the mystery of Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude’s non-murder and uncovered the location of Grand Uncle Vile’s long-lost treasure, Shenanigan Swift might just be in the running for junior detective of the year. But when robbers target Swift House, her sleuthing skills are tested like never before. The trail leads Shenanigan and her sisters to Paris and the Hotel Martinet, home of the estranged French branch of the Swift family. From there, the girls must track down Ouvolpo, a gang of daring thieves who design each of their crimes as audacious pieces of art. What links Ouvolpo and the Swifts? Where will they strike next? And why has Uncle Maelstrom taken to wearing an earring again?