Twin toads, business baboons, a newt with a laboratory, and a mystery to be solved. The Free Range Detective Agency is on the case! Seamus the turkey detective is once again desperate for a new case. When security breaches threaten Frank Bloombum, baboon and two-time BusinessMonkey of the Year’s top-secret money-making facilities, the Free Range Detective Agency is called to the rescue. Who might be responsible? The baboon, the jackal, the newt, the toad or another creature lurking in the shadows? Seamus and friends are back to solve a brand new mystery, in the second installment of Jed Lynch's Free Range Detective Agency series! Another hilarious, and yet very serious investigation led by Seamus the private detective. Who said turkeys couldn’t solve mysteries?  'I laughed so much I laid an egg. GENIUS.' Dustin the Turkey

What do you call a group of boys who set out to explore the unknown? the Moaning Walls They called themselves the Questors, and they're ready for excitement, adventure and mayhem.

Brothers Mike and Louie, ages ten and thirteen, and their two best friends, Chad and Shane, are curious when they hear about a haunted house in their neighborhood. They decide to investigate, but before they get to the house, they must first overcome many obstacles-such as figuring out how to get around a large, black dog named Mutt that lies in their path. Summoning their courage, the boys manage to reach the haunted house, where jittery nerves and active imaginations keep them on their toes.

In their second adventure, The Moaning Walls, one of the questors is threatened by mysterious sounds coming from the attic. Once again the boys must use their skills to solve the mystery. Aided by one of their teachers, a believer in the supernatural, and Stacey, Shane's eleven-year-old sister, the boys fib their way into a night in the house alone with the mysterious presence. Will they discover the reason for the sounds-or be frightened out of their wits in the process?

The dark night was strangely quiet. The moon had disappeared behind the clouds, and there were absolutely no sounds. Not just quiet, but total silence. Then the lonesome cry of a whippoorwill broke the silence. Or was it really a whippoorwill!

A strange ghost-like figure appears during the night as the twins and their cousin are camping in the Ozark Mountains above Moore's Lake near Heber Springs, Arkansas. Akiela, the last of a mysterious tribe of Native Americans, has come to warn the young adventurers about evil men in the area of the lake. He seems to be able to appear and disappear at will. He is very tall, and pale, almost deathlike...his long white hair flowing to his narrow shoulders. His eyes burn with agitation and displeasure at what is happening to his beloved mountains.

A smart, twisty whodunnit from the author of the scandalous SUDDENLY A MURDER. Perfect for fans of Karen McManus and Holly Jackson.

THE DEAD BODY SHOULD HAVE BEEN FAKE. BUT IT WASN'T. NOW THERE'S ALL TO PLAY FOR . . .

For decades, J. Everett High has staged an annual murder mystery to put its criminology students to the test. And this year, crime junkie Dulce Castillo is dead set on winning. Soon, the game kicks off, and the student playing the victim, Xavier Torres, is found poisoned in the school's greenhouse . . . except his death isn't pretend.

IT'S MURDER.

When the authorities open an investigation, all the evidence points to Sierra Fox, Xavier's ex-girlfriend and Dulce's ex-best friend. Claiming innocence and desperate to clear her name, Sierra begs Dulce to look past their bad blood and find the culprit.

After all, Dulce knows this school better than any investigator ever could, but she'll have to use caution to solve this mystery. Because these historic halls are full of suspects with no shortage of motives. And the game has turned deadly . . .

'Barnes is a master of puzzles and plot twists.' E. Lockhart, bestselling author of We Were Liars The thrilling and unmissable conclusion to the international bestselling, 'impossible to put down' (Buzzfeed), BookTok sensation, Inheritance Games trilogy. Perfect for fans of Karen McManus and Holly Jackson. WINNER TAKES ALL . . . Avery's fortune, life, and loves are on the line in the game that everyone will be talking about. To inherit billions, all Avery Kylie Grambs has to do is survive a few more weeks living in Hawthorne House. The paparazzi are dogging her every step. Financial pressures are building. Danger is a fact of life. And the only thing getting Avery through it all is the Hawthorne brothers. Her life is intertwined with theirs. She knows their secrets, and they know her. But as the clock ticks down to when Avery will become the richest teenager on the planet, trouble arrives in the form of a visitor who needs her help - and whose presence in Hawthorne House could change everything. It soon becomes clear that there is one last puzzle to solve, and Avery and the Hawthorne brothers are drawn into a dangerous game against an unknown and powerful player. Secrets upon secrets. Riddles upon riddles. In this game, there are hearts and lives at stake-and there is nothing more Hawthorne than winning. 'Impossible to put down' Buzzfeed

It's 1952 and summer vacation looms, full of possibilities. When best friends Josh and Billy find an old, collapsed cabin in the middle of the woods, they decide to search the rubble for treasure. They look for weeks and eventually find a chest buried within the cabin's foundation. But instead of treasure, it's filled with old journals that belong to Wendell, a Christmas elf who came to town fifty-six years ago with Santa but fell off the sleigh and was lost.

Josh and Billy begin reading through the journals in hopes of unearthing a clue that will lead them to the elf. Soon, the entire town learns about their discovery, and now everyone wants to help find Wendell.

Locating him turns out to be an easy task compared with what they face next: finding the magical gold chain, that when reconnected to the watch, will allow Wendell to become an elf again and live forever. With a blizzard quickly approaching, the whole town pitches in to help get Wendell home before it's too late

Join three sporting detectives as they race around the world in the brand new mystery adventure series from multi gold medal-winning Paralympian, Ellie Robinson. Hannah, Maria, and Seb are at the World Championships in Tokyo, bonding over their excitement at watching their favourite athletes compete. But Jesse Marks, a star runner on the US relay team has had his gold medal stolen! The sport park is alive with gossip and as the three new friends begin to investigate, several suspects begin to emerge. With time running out before the final race is run, can the detectives uncover who is out to sabotage the team? The race to solve the case is on in this twisting, action-packed look-behind-the-scenes at the world's biggest sporting event, with clues and illustrations throughout from James Lancett.

Clinky T. Clown is not just any ordinary boy; he's a Realclown with a mystery to solve. Clinky and his family live in the town of Happyville, which is populated with mostly Realclown citizens, or people who are born with a clown face.

On the last day of second grade, Clinky discovers that his great, great, great grandfather, the founder of Happyville, left a series of clues that must be solved in order to save the town.

Aided by his three best friends, Wacky Wizard, Glenda Goodness and Danny Dinglebat, Clinky is off on the adventure of a lifetime. Along the way, he also gets a little help from his second grade teacher, Mrs. Petunia Sourapple. It's a one hundred year old mystery that only Clinky and his friends can solve.

One of Us Is Lying meets Big Little Lies in Melissa de la Cruz's first YA thriller. Four Los Angeles prep students are at the center of a fatal car crash - and they will go to and the dangerous lengths to bury the truth. One of them was driving. One of them was high. One of them screamed. And one of them died. When one of their own is tragically killed in a car crash, Argyle Prep is full of questions. Who was at the wheel? And more importantly, who was at fault? But in a place ruled by pedigree and privilege, the answers can only come at a price. Set against the glitz and glamour of an elite LA private school, Melissa de la Cruz's first YA thriller is an addictive whodunit perfect for fans of Gossip Girl and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder.

Suddenly, Aurora Lewis's dreams of performing in Carnegie Hall are shattered.It is 1911, and fifteen-year-old Aurora arrives for her violin lesson on a blustery winter morning in New York City. But she discovers her professor is missing and his music studio window is open. Aurora then sees the body of her beloved professor lying in the alley below--just as hooligans in the street accuse her of giving him the fatal push.Whisked from the scene of the crime by her friend Theo Eckstein--who claims she's his fiancee in order to get her away--Aurora arrives home in time to prepare her parents for the inevitable visit by the suspicious Detective O'Shea. But the young violinist is already on a mission to solve the murder and clear her name--with the help of her friends Theo, Bill, and Eddie. As the four slowly begin to unravel the mystery, one strange clue after the other begins to surface. But can Aurora crack the case in time to escape the dreaded Paganini Curse?In this chilling tale woven with musical intrigue, a teenager must use her ingenuity and determination to find a murderer--before she becomes the next victim.