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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.

A fantasy adventure links unusual forms of magic with a mystery: Sandry must teach a young dancer while helping confront a killer threatening local merchants.

A light-sounding mystery combines a culprit-finding investigation with baking and ladybug details.

This combines historical adventure, time travel and family mystery. Its emotional centre is two siblings trying to make sense of divorce, relocation and separation while pursuing clues across centuries.

A lively mystery set around art, deception and relationships, with a bold young investigator at its centre. Alongside suspense, it explores artistic value, loyalty, jealousy and the difference between legal wrongdoing and deeper moral harm.

A suspenseful family mystery follows Footer as she investigates what happened after a devastating fire. Her mother’s bipolar disorder and Footer’s uncertainty about her own perceptions make the investigation emotionally complicated.

A light investigative adventure about an aspiring young journalist, with magazine work, celebrity culture and a clue-driven search at its centre. It may suit readers who enjoy everyday tasks becoming part of a mystery.

This is a period mystery adventure built around collaborative problem-solving. Expect several cases, historical technology and questions about honesty, responsibility and justice, with community-minded values prominent in the characters’ world.

A fast-moving detective adventure set around an extreme theme park, combining sabotage, undercover investigation, skateboarding and danger. The central mystery may appeal to readers who enjoy action, clues and continuing series storylines.

A horse-centred mystery set around training and a major club competition, with friendship and teamwork alongside sabotage and an injured rider.

This is a supernatural mystery with a strongly suspenseful premise: a murdered teenager’s spirit seeks answers.

A fast-moving Hardy Boys mystery combines exploration, investigation and danger. Frank and Joe follow the mystery of a swallowed statue into tunnels and an abandoned underground city, where a criminal group threatens Bayport.

This is an activity-led introduction to chemistry, with experiments, apparatus, reactions and historical illustrations. Its strongest appeal is probably practical discovery; its most important feature for families is the presence of genuinely hazardous procedures and substances.

This offers a fast-moving blend of friendship, fantasy, science-fiction ideas and mystery: children investigate dangerous artefacts while a school science project, a missing ring and a legendary creature complicate their search.

A supernatural adventure about a girl whose unusual experiences lead to questions about family history, parallel worlds and disrupted time. It offers mystery, lively characters and a blend of real-world and fantastical settings.

This offers a fast-moving investigation with teen protagonists, police procedure and several connected criminal acts. Its strongest appeal is suspense, while its gritty treatment of crime may merit a parent–reader check-in.

This offers a supernatural murder mystery rooted in Prohibition-era New York, alongside folklore, occult ideas, jazz-club life and vivid secondary storylines. Its horror is central rather than incidental.

This is a high-stakes young-adult mystery about loyalty, identity and truth. Nearly’s investigation crosses community, family and school pressures, with danger becoming increasingly personal.

This is a brisk detective adventure built around a mountain-bike race in Costa Rica. Nancy supports her friend while investigating efforts to stop a leading cyclist, with several possible suspects and a time-pressured mystery.

A lively historical mystery follows Scooter from helping with staged séances to investigating a death after finding a dead man in Houdini’s torture tank. It offers adventure, period atmosphere, supernatural imagery and a brisk first-person voice.

A school-based story about Tess using algebra and graphs to think through uncertain relationships and family worries. Its appeal lies in connecting mathematics with everyday decisions, alongside friendship tensions and a suspenseful mystery.

A playful castle adventure introduces rounding through counting food, supplies, bows, and arrows. Rounds II moves from disliking difficult additions towards using approximate “friendly ten” numbers during an urgent defence.

Choose this for a brisk teen mystery with romance, social intrigue, secrets and danger. Its appeal lies in Scarlett’s investigation and the glamorous, melodramatic atmosphere rather than realism or quiet reflection.

A suspenseful historical novel linking a present-day investigation with a teenager’s experience of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre. It combines mystery, racial history and questions about privilege, social inequality, identity and justice.

A football-centred mystery with a young investigator, kidnapping and criminal danger.

A twist-led English manor mystery follows Stevie’s investigation of two 1995 killings. Alongside clues and alternating time periods, it explores friendship, romance, trust and the pressures of senior year.

This is a clue-led historical mystery with an active young protagonist, a strong seaside setting and a family crisis at its centre. It offers atmosphere, teamwork and a determined character whose limb difference is part of her life, not the whole plot.

This offers a tense mystery centred on friendship, secrecy and the consequences of violence. Its appeal lies in shifting timelines, hidden motives and a returning friend whose memories may change what Nan believes.

This is an atmospheric historical mystery combining family upheaval, friendship, a much-loved rabbit and art theft. Its central puzzle offers adventure, while Caro’s changing circumstances create an emotional thread alongside the investigation.

Choose this for a reader who enjoys solving an intricate murder puzzle alongside a determined young journalist. Expect a fast, suspenseful reading experience shaped by secrets, social tensions and repeated danger.

A fast-moving fantasy mystery with an underwater setting, missing-person investigation and environmental concerns. It may appeal to readers who enjoy suspense, sea folklore and protagonists confronting difficult questions about trust, identity and responsibility.

This is a cosy, atmospheric mystery with a school reporter at its centre, combining investigation, a talking cat, magic and an unusual riverside community in trouble.

A festive, clue-led murder mystery for readers who enjoy solving puzzles alongside a team. Its emotional centre is a group of five neurodivergent children combining different strengths while trying to protect their out-of-school club.

A family mystery with a strong relationship thread: Ani and Riri are trying to stay connected across separated households when a killing turns their theme-park visit into an investigation.

A clue-driven thriller combines danger and investigation with a sustained story about bereavement. Edie’s efforts to uncover the truth are paired with ideas about psychological stress and learning to live with loss.

This is a school-set murder mystery with a stroppy, humorous central voice, a satisfying investigation and emotionally weightier material beneath its mischief. It may particularly suit readers who enjoy puzzles, crime references and lively ensemble characters.

A twist-led mystery about friendship under pressure, this novel combines murder investigation, school life and family responsibilities. It may suit readers who enjoy multiple viewpoints, concealed information and consequences that unfold quickly.

A fairy-tale romance in which a promise made to an immortal power becomes increasingly dangerous. Evangeline must navigate heartbreak, enchanted beings and uncertain motives while seeking the happy ending she has always believed in.

This is an adventure mystery centred on sailing, uncertainty, underwater searching and a shipwreck secret. Its strongest appeal is likely the combination of exploration and escalating pursuit.

This is a mystery about a young person confronted with money, death and a puzzling stranger. Its central appeal is likely the investigation, while the cash creates an ongoing moral problem about what Sammy should do.

A fast-moving science-fiction mystery about identity, genetic engineering and survival. Kyle’s investigation combines family comparison, secrets and a race against time, with romantic feelings forming alongside the central danger.

This is a paranormal investigation story in which an unusual ability places Kai in contact with a violent crime. The mystery, nightmares and developing relationship with Collin give the plot both danger and emotional stakes.

This is a comic pet mystery built around a group of friends, an ugly dog and increasingly puzzling disappearances. Expect playful embarrassment, detective activity and gross-out imagery rather than a quiet or realistic animal story.

A brisk mystery combining a shipwreck hunt, museum history and a theft. Sam and Annabel’s investigation offers adventure and a friendship-centred story, with the storm and missing artefact supplying suspense.

A relationship-centred paranormal mystery with active danger, competing loyalties and questions about sacrifice. It offers continuing world-building, Paris as a vivid setting, and a strong series-continuation effect rather than a fully self-contained resolution.