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Maddie’s first trip abroad combines exploration of Northern Ireland with questions about Ryan’s family past. Her changing ideas about her future and developing friendship with Ryan run alongside the mystery.

This is a comic school mystery as well as a friendship story: the newcomers must piece together what is happening while learning how the school’s social world works.

Expect a speculative adventure combining a search for a missing brother with demon-hunting work and interdimensional intrigue. Ehrich must also conceal his origins and work out whom to trust.

Nora investigates a family mystery while trying to work out whether she can rely on Patch.

Claire’s arrival in Paris brings new sights, people and language, alongside the pleasure of exploring with Camille. Her curiosity about why she was sent there drives the mystery.

Expect supernatural mystery alongside questions of loyalty: Zoey and Stevie Rae share a secret, while friendships and enmities shift around them.

A teenage heroine’s strange inheritance draws her into a perilous struggle involving monsters, assassins and a family appeal to join the “family business”.

This historical mystery pairs Violet’s hopes for a more exciting life with a family mystery and a series of murders. As girls go missing and being murdered, Violet suspects Joseph may be hiding a terrible secret.

This family story pairs bereavement, a difficult move and money worries with a ghostly mystery. The siblings’ search for answers unfolds alongside their adjustment to a new home.

A lonely boy and a curious new friend explore a mansion and try to stop someone stealing a long-lost family treasure.

Jillian faces a move, a changed family and summer camp, then gets a break from camp and makes a new friend through catsitting. Neighbour-watching leads her and Emily towards a mystery and an attempt to help.

Expect a fast-moving detective adventure, with a missing father, a magician’s trick and a pursuit of spies. The brothers are joined by their friend Chet as the investigation stretches from a lighthouse to Scotland.

A horse-centred mystery adventure, with Sophie and Liv searching for a missing herd after their grandfather’s stallion is badly injured. The ranch setting brings encounters with rattlesnakes and a varied local cast.

The mystery gives Kaz and Claire a shared task, while their friendship forms another strand of the story. A possible family connection adds a personal question to the investigation.

This is a school-set murder mystery about the fallout from a violent clash between two students. Its six boy narrators offer different perspectives as friends and enemies face loss, suspicion and racial tensions.

Expect a puzzle-led adventure with travel, rival teams and historical mysteries, rather than a quiet standalone story. The search also touches on the Cahill siblings’ parents and the circumstances of their deaths.

Expect a school-based mystery alongside friendship and family dynamics, with acting and celebrity culture in the background. The central puzzle concerns missing photographs and suspicion falling on a newcomer.

A school project draws Haley into a mystery involving her family’s past, a haunted glove and possible vampire activity. Alongside the supernatural investigation, she is grieving her cousin’s impending death and adjusting to a changed family.

The children join Larry and two children from Cornwall in a group drawn into secrets and intrigue. Archie’s forgotten secret and Larry’s adventurous past provide mysteries, while danger raises the stakes.

This is a diplomatic-setting mystery about a teenager pursuing answers about her mother’s death while navigating other people’s disbelief and uncertain loyalties.

This is a space-set mystery about an uneasy journey, a missing cultural symbol and two young travellers who try to help one another get home.

This historical supernatural story combines Gemma’s visions and the spiritual world with boarding-school life, strained belonging and an unsettling mystery around the young man following her.

A supernatural adventure follows Sarah as she inherits a demon-hunting mission after her parents die. Her dreams, developing powers and uncertain trust in a newly arrived cousin shape her attempt to face the threat.

A fantasy adventure centred on a boy and a cat whose unexplained disappearances lead towards ancient Egypt.

The mystery pairs seasonal spookiness with a more personal puzzle: how to judge coincidences when you are worried. Mary Anne’s friends are part of the investigation, not just bystanders.

A supernatural romance-and-peril finale, with two intertwined strands: Sydney’s pursuit of a former enemy and Adrian’s investigation of spirit magic. It is the sixth Bloodlines book.

This is a neighbour-focused mystery in which Lydia and her sister pursue answers together. The plot’s appeal centres on puzzling discoveries and growing suspicion rather than an informational topic.

This is a fantasy adventure built around a search, a resistance and a mystery about stolen powers. Its appeal may lie in the blend of strange technology and magic.

A ghost-communicating heroine faces a new school and joins her friend in investigating an old mystery. The adventure moves into New York’s subway system, with humour part of its presentation.

This is a birthday-centred fantasy adventure in which Tara’s search for unusual objects brings her into contact with eccentric townspeople and new friends.

This is a child-led detective mystery with an environmental question at its centre. Hannah’s investigation unfolds alongside her and her mother’s unsettled living arrangements.

This is a suspenseful supernatural-leaning story about Rory, who is displaced by danger; her apparent refuge becomes frightening, and she may never return home.

A club-saving mystery driven by four friends’ attempt to secure money intended for their Boys Club.

Expect a character-led fantasy mystery with two narrators, a homecoming and an investigation. Friendship and banter sit alongside questions of blackmail, suspicious fires and Michael’s unease about being useful.

This is a light mystery built around a missing bird and a group of friends. A nature programme provides the setting, while finding Carmen gives the friends a shared goal.

The mystery centres on the callers’ silence and Claudia’s suspicion. The group’s investigation has “mixed results”, though what those involve is not specified.

This instalment brings together friendship, Christian belief, end-times danger and an investigation into a relative’s reported death. Its conflicts include pressure to share the group’s faith as well as an external threat.

A three-case detective collection, centred on a group of young investigators. Its hooks are a mysterious fire, a missing cat and secrets surrounding Banshee Towers.

This is a mystery about art and family history, with Theo’s search unfolding alongside financial pressure and the effort to make connections with others.

A school production becomes unsettling when apparent sabotage and the possibility of a real phantom both enter the picture. Brooke’s concern about Zeke’s enthusiasm gives the spooky mystery a friendship angle.

A fast-moving adventure combines a threatened community, a mysterious child, and a young leader’s coming of age. Its appeal may lie in the blend of danger, family loyalty and an enigmatic revelation.

A magical village adventure sits alongside a story about siblings finding a more welcoming home. Expect mysteries and eccentric characters, with the children taking an active part in what happens.

This is a suspenseful mystery built around Charity’s restricted life, her unexplained condition and a dream that seems connected to a hidden part of the house.

This is a detective-style mystery centred on Marika’s efforts to understand the unusual attention surrounding her new friend. The appeal is likely to be the puzzle and its successive twists.

The set offers a continuing animal-fantasy adventure: Rusty pursues becoming a warrior, while friendships and the forest clans form part of the story world.

This is a historical adventure shaped by books, friendship and mysteries tied to Glastonbury’s legends. Hugh’s disability and separation from his father form part of his situation, alongside the group’s quest.