We love books with a mystery to solve, and preferably with plenty of adventure too. So, we've put together our list of recommended mystery and detective books for independent readers of all ages.
You'll find all kinds of adventures between the pages of these books, with the most unusual detectives from rock stars to astronauts and even skeletons. These thrilling reads will have you hanging off the edge of your seat.
Our Book of the Week is Clem Fatale Has Been Betrayed – a rip-roaring adventure set in 1950s London and comes out this Thursday 3rd April so make sure you pre-order now! Young crook Clem Fatale is on a mission to find her missing father, notorious jewel thief Jimmy Fatale. With her reluctant sidekick Gilbert, she races through nightclubs, alleyways, and the criminal underworld in search of answers. Will she find him before London’s most dangerous villain gets in her way?
For more books like this, check out our list of the Best Crime and Mystery Books for ages 9+
Hugh Dunnit Mystery: Teething Trouble came out on 5th March. Hugh Dunnit is a great first chapter book series for children aged 5+, written by the bestselling author Guy Bass and illustrated in black-and-white throughout by Lee Cosgrove.
If you love puns, dogs and funny characters, this is the comic book series you might need. We love its brilliant illustrations throughout, the short extent of the stories (each book is only 80 pages), the hilarious writing, jokes, puns and all the adventure that the young protagonist Hugh Dunnit gets up to
For more books like this, check out our list of the Best Crime and Mystery Books for ages 5+
BUY NOW
