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Don't Doubt the Rainbow Series

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Don’t Doubt the Rainbow is a contemporary middle grade and early teen detective series with a difference, written by Anthony Kessel. Each book in the four-book series is an adventure story in its own right – set in a diverse range of settings from the south-east of England to Canada and Poland. 

Throughout each book, the reader is encouraged to explore how things are not always how they seem – how our ‘thinking’ often represents our imagined reality rather than what is necessarily true – and examines the nature of the link between thoughts and feelings 
 
In The Five Clues, 13-year-old detective, Edie Marble, needs to solve puzzles laid down by her murdered mother to bring criminals and a hitman to justice. 
 
Three months later, in Outside Chance, Edie takes on ecoterrorists planning a devastating attack, while working out the vital links between four connected cases.
 
In American Mystery Edie travels through Canada, the USA and Dartmoor to solve a long-buried family secret and put evil wrongdoers behind bars.

This is the perfect read for fans of High-Rise Mystery and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder books.

Love this series? Check out our list of the Best Crime and Mystery Book Series for 11 and 12 year olds. 

All the Don't Doubt the Rainbow books in order:

Book 1: The Five Clues (2021)
Book 2: Outside Chance (2022)
Book 3: American Mystery (2025)
Book 4: The Book of Names (2026)

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Book 1
The Five Clues (Don't Doubt The Rainbow 1)
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The Five Clues (Don't Doubt The Rainbow 1)

The first book in the series, The Five Clues, is a real-time murder-mystery thriller and family drama, combining an exci... MoreThe Five Clues (Don't Doubt The Rainbow 1)

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Book 2
Outside Chance (Don't Doubt the Rainbow 2)
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Outside Chance (Don't Doubt the Rainbow 2)

One evening Edie is babysitting for a neighbour, Donna, who has repeatedly caught sight of an estranged friend from over... MoreOutside Chance (Don't Doubt the Rainbow 2)

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American Mystery (Don't Doubt the Rainbow 3)
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American Mystery (Don't Doubt the Rainbow 3)

The third book in the Don’t Doubt the Rainbow series, [i]American Mystery[/i], centres around the mystery first mentione... MoreAmerican Mystery (Don't Doubt the Rainbow 3)

(14 reviews) 5 14
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Book 4
The Book of Names: (Don't Doubt the Rainbow 4)
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American Mystery (Don't Doubt the Rainbow 3)

American Mystery (Don't Doubt the Rainbow 3)

31st January 2025
(14 reviews) 5 14

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The Five Clues (Don't Doubt The Rainbow 1)

The Five Clues (Don't Doubt The Rainbow 1)

2nd August 2021
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The Book of Names: (Don't Doubt the Rainbow 4) The Book of Names: (Don't Doubt the Rainbow 4)

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