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Murder at the movies / Adam Hills ; illustrated by Luna Valentine.

Meet Charley a totally ordinary 13-year-old, who's also an international singing sensation. Meet George, Charley's best friend, social media whizz, and budding comedian. Charley and George are in Sydney, where Charley is filming her first movie. But when mysterious accidents begin to happen whenever Charley's on set, the duo suspect someone isn't as excited about her big screen debut as they are. No one else seems to believe that Charley's in real danger and from the irritated director to the famous co-star, anyone could be a suspect. Can the detective dream team solve their second mystery, wrap the movie and keep Charley in one piece?
Author: Hills, Adam, 1970-
Published: London : Puffin, 2023.
Published: ©2023
305 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Rockstar detectives ; 2.

Hampton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - J HIL - Available - 010669340

Last chance / R.A. Spratt.

Someone stole the Mona Lisa. Okay, it was over a hundred years ago, but a recently uncovered letter reveals that the thief forged a copy. That means that the painting in the Louvre now is a fake. And the real Mona Lisa could be anywhere! Friday Barnes needs to find the truth, and the real painting. She's going undercover as an art student, along with her partner-in-crime-solving, Melanie, and her staggeringly good-looking boyfrenemy, Ian. As they watch the comings and goings of France's most famous art gallery, they see some very strange things. Amid digital pickpockets, guerrilla graffiti and projectile perfume, Friday soon discovers that the Paris art scene is a hotbed of crime.
Author: Spratt, R. A.
Published: [Melbourne, Victoria] : Puffin Books, 2023.
Published: ©2023
259 pages ; 20 cm.
Friday Barnes ; 11.

Hampton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - J SPR - Available - 010671480

The Seaside Corpse / Jocelyn, Marthe.

For young detective Aggie Morton and her friend Hector, an opportunity to dig up fossils becomes even more thrilling when a corpse washes ashore in this fourth book in the Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen series, inspired by the life of Agatha Christie as a child and her most popular creation, Hercule Poirot. For fans of Enola Holmes.
Author: Jocelyn, Marthe
Published: Toronto, Canada : Tundra Books, 2023.
354 p. 22 cm.
Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, 4

Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - J 813.00 - On order

Peril at Owl Park / Marthe Jocelyn ; with illustrations by Isabelle Follath.

Aspiring writer Aggie Morton has just solved a murder and survived a brush with death in her small town on the coast of England. Now she is eager to spend the holidays with her sister Marjorie, the new Lady Greyson of Owl Park, along with Grannie Jane and her fellow sleuth and partner in crime, Hector Perot. Owl Park holds many delights including Aggie's almost cousin Lucy, exciting and glamorous visitors from Ceylon, a secret passageway and... a cursed emerald. But when Aggie and her friends discover a body instead of presents on Christmas morning, things take a deadly serious turn. Aggie and Hector will once again have to put their deductive skills and imaginations to work to find the murderer on the loose.
Author: Jocelyn, Marthe
Paperback edition.
Published: Toronto, ON : Tundra Books, 2021.
Published: ©2020
389 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Aggie Morton, mystery queen ; 2.

Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - J JOC - Available - 010683056

The dead man in the garden / Marthe Jocelyn ; with illustrations by Isabelle Follath.

Aspiring writer Aggie Morton is ready to enjoy an invigorating trip to a Yorkshire spa, where her widowed mother can take the waters and recover from a long mourning period. Having solved yet another murder and faced extreme peril with her best friend Hector over Christmas, Aggie's Morbid Preoccupation is on alert when rumours abound about the spa's recently deceased former patient, and then another body appears under mysterious circumstances. Together with Grannie Jane, and often in the company of George, a young patient at the spa, Aggie and Hector take a closer look at the guests and staff of the Wellspring Hotel, and venture into the intriguing world of the local undertaker. Has there been a murder, or even two? As Aggie and Hector ignite their deductive skills, their restful trip takes a sudden, dangerous turn.
Author: Jocelyn, Marthe
Published: [Toronto, Ontario] : Tundra Books, 2021.
Published: ©2021
355 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Aggie Morton, mystery queen ; 3.

Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - J JOC - Available - 010683131

The ghost of Howlers Beach : The Butter O'Bryan mysteries / Jackie French.

Butter O'Bryan has been told there are ghosts on Howlers Beach, but are there? Howlers Beach, 1932. Butter O'Bryan lives in a Very Small Castle with his father and his three aunts - Aunt Elephant, Aunt Cake and Aunt Peculiar. These aren't their real names, of course, just as Butter's father isn't really called 'Pongo'. And even though Butter is only twelve years old, and the grandson of one of Australia's most successful Jam Kings, he is very aware of the hardship many people are experiencing. Butter has been told there are ghosts at the nearby isolated Howlers Beach, but are there? And how can the children Butter plays cricket with on the beach simply vanish? Who are these children and why do they refuse his help? Butter is certain they're hiding a secret and he's determined to uncover it.
Author: French, Jackie
Published: Sydney South, N.S.W. : HarperCollins Publishers Australia, 2020.
260 pages ; 20 cm.
The Butter O'Bryan mysteries ; [1]
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Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - J FRE - On Reserve Shelf - Awaiting collection within 10 days of this date. (Set: 19 Apr 2024) - 010201663
Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - J FRE - Available - 010201670

The missing diamonds / Annabelle Sami ; illustrated by Daniela Sosa.

Determined to be the world's greatest detective, Zaiba is always on the lookout for a crime to solve. She knows everything there is to know about running an investigation - in theory... At her cousin's Mehndi party, Zaiba gets her first challenge: to discover the identity of the VIP staying at the same hotel. With the help of her best friend Poppy and brother Ali, Zaiba puts her sleuthing skills to the test. And when the celebrity's precious dog disappears, along with its priceless diamond collar, it's up to the trio to save the day!
Author: Sami, Annabelle
Published: London : Stripes Publishing, an imprint of the Little Tiger Group, 2020.
Published: ©2020
231 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm.
Agent Zaiba investigates

Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - J SAM - Available - 010436133

A girl called Justice / Elly Griffiths.

Missing maids, suspicious teachers and a snow storm to die for. For a fearless girl called Justice Jones, super-smart super-sleuth, it's just the start of a spine-tingling first term at Highbury House Boarding School for the Daughters of Gentlefolk. For fans of Robin Stevens, Katherine Woodfine and Enid Blyton. When Justice's mother dies, her father packs her off to Highbury House Boarding School for the Daughters of Gentlefolk. He's a barrister - specialising in murder trials - and he's just too busy to look after her alone. Having previously been home-schooled, the transition is a shock. Can it really be the case that blondes rule the corridors? Are all uniforms such a charming shade of brown? And do schools normally hide dangerous secrets about the murder of a chambermaid? Justice takes it upon herself to uncover the truth. (Mainly about the murder, but perhaps she can figure out her new nemesis - the angelic Rose - at the same time.) But when a storm cuts the school off from the real world, the body count starts to rise and Justice realises she'll need help from her new friends if she's going to find the killer before it's too late.
Author: Griffiths, Elly
Published: London : Quercus Children's Books, 2019.
1 volume ; 20 cm.
A girl called Justice ; 1

Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - J GRI - Available - 010013747

Scoop McLaren. Detective editor / Helen Castles.

What do you do when an evil REPORTER wreaks havoc in a quiet coastal town? Sonny Fink writes online news that is uploaded at one minute past midnight every night. The news is always frightfully awful and if Sonny writes it, it is bound to happen! Thirteen-year-old detective and reporter, Scoop McLaren and her best friend, Evie set on a mission to discover everything about this mysterious Sonny Fink...
Author: Castles, Helen
Published: Glebe, NSW : New Frontier Publishing, 2019.
vii, 134 pages ; 20 cm.
Scoop McLaren ; 01
Premiers' Reading Challenge Years 5 and 6

Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - J CAS - Available - 010101222
Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - J CAS - Available - 010212591

The big-top mysteries. The case of the vanishing granny / Alexander McCall Smith ; with illustrations by Sam Usher.

Billy, Fern and Joe Shortbread are the stars of their family circus, but they also have another talent ... they're experts at solving mysteries! When their circus moves into a new town they soon make friends with a young boy named Tom. But Tom can't enjoy the circus because his granny has disappeared and he's worried he'll never see her again. With the help of their astonishing circus skills can the Shortbread circus stars crack the clues and find Tom's granny?
Author: McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-
Published: Edinburgh, [Scotland] : Conkers, 2019.
111 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
The big top mysteries ; [1]

Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - J MACC - Available - 010010579
Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - J MACC - Available - 010009740

Potkin and Stubbs / Sophie Green ; illustrated by K.J. Mountford.

Lil Potkin lives in bleak Peligan City. Her mum works in City Hall and is rarely at home, so aspiring journalist Lil has all the time she needs to explore the city in her bright yellow raincoat, investigating unsolved stories. One rainy evening Lil meets a sad-looking boy sitting by himself in the bus station and buys him a hot chocolate. That night Lil wakes to find him in her bedroom. He doesn't want to admit to being a ghost, but when he finally remembers his name (Nedly ... possibly) he explains that he needs Lil's help to find out what happened to him after he disappeared from his orphanage a year ago. So Lil and Nedly - aka Potkin and Stubbs - team up to solve their mystery, and they call in the reluctant help of once-famous detective Abe Mandrel. He agrees to help them with the Stubbs case if they help him find the criminal who escaped justice and cost him his career. Except - Mandrel thinks it's only Lil he's working with. And Lil realises she is the only person in the whole of Peligan City who can see Nedly. Which can come in handy when trying to solve crime.
Author: Green, Sophie
Published: London : Piccadilly Press, 2019.
375 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Potkin and Stubbs ; 1

Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - J GRE - Onloan - Due: 16 May 2024 - 010047315

The F.A.R.T. files. 1 / Dr Rob Bell.

A terrible crime has been committed at the Brownleigh Football Club. Someone has ruined the footy field with deep tyre tracks. And there's grafitti all over the clubhouse walls. The damage is diabolical! Who is responsible and why would anyone target the greatest footy club in the world? The police aren't that interested in investigating - they've got bigger fish to fry - so it's up to a bunch of amateur detectives from Sommerton High to find the culprits and bring them to justice. Meet the Forensic Amateur Research Team - or F.A.R.T. for short. This crack squad is made up of Sam Trang: unofficial team leader, Madison 'Maddie' Litchfield: tech whiz, Arlia Humphreys: new kid at school (possibly a spy), and Declan Peterson: science guru (prone to accidents). Oh, and Dan Trang, Sam's little brother, who regularly brings everyone lunch. Using their intuition, wits and some slightly illegal hacking skills, this unlikely mob of misfits sets about cracking a great sporting club vandalism mystery!
Author: Bell, Rob
Published: [Sydney, N.S.W.] : Xoum by Brio Books, 2019.
165 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
The F.A.R.T. files ; 1.

Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - J BEL - Onloan - Due: 10 May 2024 - 010009924

Agatha Oddly. The secret key / Lena Jones.

Agatha Oddlow has been a detective for as long as she can remember -- she's just been waiting for her first big case. And nothing gets bigger than saving the City of London from some strange goings-on. With a home in the middle of Hyde Park, a room full of beloved sleuthing novels, and a secret key that gives her access to a whole hidden side of London, Agatha is perfectly poised to solve the mystery of what's going on. But just who can she trust when no one is quite who they seem.
Author: Jones, Lena
Published: London : HarperCollins Children's Books, 2018.
324 pages ; 20 cm.
Agatha Oddly ; 1.
Premiers' Reading Challenge Years 3 and 4

Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - J JON - Onloan - Due: 13 May 2024 - 010048534

Cyber-thief showdown / Geronimo Stilton ; illustrations by Giuseppe Ferrario (design), Roberta Cianchi (pencils) ; translated by Anna Pizzelli.

I am not the kind of mouse who spends money on useless things. But one day I kept getting packages of things I did not order or need. Someone on the Internet had stolen my identity! Professor Margo Bitmouse, a well-known computer expert, helped me track down the hacker. Could I find the thief before my reputation is was ruined?
Author: Stilton, Geronimo
Published: New York : Scholastic, 2018
107 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 20 cm.
Geronimo Stilton ; 68
Premiers' Reading Challenge Years 3 and 4

Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - J STI - Onloan - Due: 24 Apr 2024 - 009619622
Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - J STI - Onloan - Due: 07 May 2024 - 009619639
Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - J STI - Available - 010392620

Kensy and Max. Breaking news / Jacqueline Harvey.

What would you do if you woke up in a strange place? If your whole life changed in the blink of an eye and you had no idea what was going on? Twins Kensy and Max Grey’s lives are turned upside down when they are whisked off to London, and discover their parents are missing. As the situation unfolds, so many things don’t add up: their strange new school, the bizarre grannies on their street, the coded messages they keep finding and the feeling that, all around them, adults are keeping secrets. Things can never go back to the way they were, but the twins are determined to uncover the truth.
Author: Harvey, Jacqueline
Published: North Sydney, NSW : Random House Australia, 2018.
314 pages : maps ; 20 cm.
Kensy and Max ; 1
Premiers' Reading Challenge Years 3 and 4

Hampton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - J HAR - On Reserve Shelf - Awaiting collection within 10 days of this date. (Set: 11 Apr 2024) - Reservation Not Collected (Set: 18 Apr 2024) - 010171782

Stick & Fetch investigate. Barking up the wrong tree / Philip Ardagh.; illustrated by Elissa Elwick.

Meet Sally Stick and her dog (and best friend) Fetch. Together, they're Stick and Fetch: Detectives. A girl. A dog. A detective agency. Sally loves nothing more than investigating a good mystery - and her shaggy canine companion Fetch loves nothing more than to be at her side when she does. There's just one small problem: they always gets the wrong end of the stick! The hapless pair remain undeterred, however, dashing from one crime scene to another on their bicycle, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake, yet always emerging blissfully unaware. A fun, madcap trio of stories featuring two loveable heroes with a LOT of hair.
Author: Ardagh, Philip
Published: London : Walker Books Ltd, 2018.
141 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Stick & Fetch adventures ; 1

Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - Early Junior Fiction - JF EARLY ARD - Available - 009811781

Rory Branagan (Detective) / by Andrew Clover ; illustrated by Ralph Lazar.

Meet Rory Branagan - he eats bad guys for breakfast. Well, not actually. Butt he IS the best detective in town. There are seven books in the Rory Branagan (Detective) series and this is the first, in which you meet Rory and his accomplice Cassidy as they investigate the poisoning of Rory's next door neighbour. Rory's adventures are all highly illustrated so you can see everything he gets up to in glorious black and white. First in a hilarious seven-book, comedy-crime series.
Author: Clover, Andrew
Published: London : HarperCollins Children's Books, 2018.
323 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Rory Branagan (Detective) ; 1

Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - J CLO - Available - 009753234

The book case : an Emily Lyme mystery / Dave Shelton.

Daphne is off to St Rita's, an exclusive girls' boarding school. It sounds awfully respectable and Daphne herself is awfully respectable too. She loves to read, and is delighted to be offered the chance to interview for Librarian's assistant's assistant immediately upon arrival. But it turns out nothing is quite what you'd expect at St Rita's you can't trust a padlock if the fourth graders are around, the floor has holes from cannonballs, the smell in the dining room is disgustingly foul, and Daphne discovers the librarian doesn't really exist. But there is a librarian's assistant, Emily Lime. And she's really a crime-solving genius, who's looking for a new assistant of her own. And booksmart Daphne is just the girl for the job, because mystery and intrigue are about to strike St Rita's and Emily Lime is going to need all the help she can get.
Author: Shelton, Dave
Published: Oxford, UK : David Fickling Books, 2018.
356 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
An Emily Lime mystery

Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - J SHE - Available - 009667104

Oscar and the catastrophe / Alan MacDonald ; illustrated by Sarah Horne.

Sam had a very ordinary life, until Oscar the dog arrived on his doorstep. Because Oscar has a big secret - he can talk. Oscar usually has a lot to say on any subject, but something has made him speechless - a cat has moved in next door. And Carmen the pampered feline is almost as much of a nightmare neighbour as her owner, Mrs Bentley-Wallop. But Sam and Oscar have bigger things to worry about. When a jewel thief strikes, it's time for the daring duo to turn detective. Can they sniff out the culprit before it's too late?
Author: MacDonald, Alan, 1958
Published: London : Egmont, 2018.
135 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Oscar ; [3]

Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - Early Junior Fiction - JF EARLY MACD - Available - 009832267
Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - J MACD - Available - 009832250

Alice Jones. The ghost light / Sarah Rubin.

Old refurbished theatre, the Beryl, is re-opening. Days before opening night, the ghost light left on at night to appease the ghosts of actors is extinguished. Alice digs into the Beryl's past, sleuthing in a network of dark backstage corridors and cobwebby storage rooms. Gradually, she starts to uncover the hundred-year-old secret of the theatre: a stolen diamond. Is the Beryl haunted by a ghost or a living thief?
Author: Rubin, Sarah
Published: Frome, Somerset : Chicken House, 2017.
285 pages ; 20 cm.
Alice Jones
Premiers' Reading Challenge Years 5 and 6

Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - J RUB - Available - 009282284

Lexi & Lottie, trusty twin detectives. Here kitty, kitty : the case of the missing tiger cub / written by Melanie Alexander.

Author: Alexander, Melanie
Published: North Sydney, NSW : Penguin Random House Australia, 2017.
94 pages : colour illustrations ; 22 cm.
Lexi & Lottie trusty twin detectives ; 1

Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - Early Junior Fiction - JF EARLY ALE - Available - 009514101

Inspector Flytrap. 3. The goat who chewed too much / by Tom Angleberger ; illustrated by Cece Bell.

Inspector Flytrap is a Venus flytrap who solves mysteries! Nina is a goat, and Inspector Flytrap's trusty assistant. When Nina is arrested for stealing the golden pickle paperweight, Inspector Flytrap is determined to find the real thief. Then they solve a train robbery, sneak into a dog show, and capture a master criminal!
Author: Angleberger, Tom
Published: New York : Amulet Books, 2017.
100 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Inspector Flytrap ; 3

Hampton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - Early Junior Fiction - JF EARLY ANG - Onloan - Due: 07 May 2024 - 009424943

The Find-Outers. The mystery of the burnt cottage / Enid Blyton.

The cottage in Mr Hick's garden mysteriously burns down one night, and five children think someone started the fire deliberately. Mr Goon, the local policeman, thinks so too, and isn't at all pleased to have the Five Find-Outers and Dog nosing in on his mystery. There seem to be lots of suspects - Mr Peeks, Mr Hick's valet, has just been rudely dismissed, Mr Smellie argued with Mr Hick the day of the fire, there's a suspicious-looking tramp in the fields nearby, and even Mr Hick's housekeeper has a reason to have done it. The children bump into Inspector Jenks fishing by the river one day, and talk to him about their theories. Inspector Jenks is senior to Mr Goon, who still doesn't want to listen to the children, and praises the Find-Outers as they reveal the true culprit - Mr Hick himself, who burnt the cottage for the insurance money.
Author: Blyton, Enid, 1897-1968
Published: London : Hodder Children's Books, 2016.
216 pages ; 20 cm.
The Find-Outers ; 1

Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - J BLY - Onloan - Due: 30 Apr 2024 - 009317979

Dotty detective / Clara Vulliamy.

Meet Dorothy Constance Mae Louise, or Dot as she prefers to be called. Dot loves super-sour apple sherberts, running fast and puzzles - especially if they're fiendishly tricky. And with the help of trusty sidekick, Beans and TOP DOG, McClusky, she is always ready to sniff out a mystery. So when meangirl Laura seems set on sabotaging the school talent show, Dot is determined to find out how, and save the day.
Author: Vulliamy, Clara
Published: London : HarperCollins Children's Books, 2016.
166 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Dotty detective ; 1

Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - Early Junior Fiction - JF EARLY VUL - Available - 009265898
Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - Early Junior Fiction - JF EARLY VUL - Onloan - Due: 07 May 2024 - 009626804

Frankie Potts and the Sparkplug mysteries / Juliet Jacka with illustrations by Phoebe Morris.

Meet Frankie Potts, the village of Tring's number one girl detective. She has flaming red hair, a questioning mind and an addiction to gobstoppers. And she is REALLY good at solving mysteries. When Frankie is adopted by a dog at the window of her favourite sweetshop, there's detecting to be done. The dog, Sparkplug, is adorable. Even Frankie's formidable Grandma M goes all soft and goopy in his presence. Sparkplug can ride a skateboard like a pro, high-five, dance on his hind legs and sniff out a mystery two houses away. He's the ideal dog for a detective. Sparkplug wants to stay with Frankie and Frankie would dearly love to keep him, but where is he from? There are other mysteries to solve, and they all seem to be linked: trails of ants; Grandma M's odd behaviour; her secret tattoo. What? When and WHY did cardy-wearing Grandma get a tattoo? A circus has just arrived in the village, it seems a good place to start looking for clues. But first, Frankie will have to get Sparkplug past Tring Dog Control and her archenemy, Ralph Peter-McGee.
Author: Jacka, Juliet, 1976-
Published: Auckland, New Zealand : Penguin Group (New Zealand), 2016.
97 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Frankie Potts ; 1
Premiers' Reading Challenge Years 3 and 4

Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - Early Junior Fiction - JF EARLY JAC - Available - 009311212

Dotty detective. The paw print puzzle / Clara Vulliamy.

When Dot starts hearing strange noises at night she's convinced there must be something spooky afoot. But before they can prove there's a ghost on the loose, Dot and Beans have to follow Ace Detective Fred Fantastic's golden rule: Get Proof. Easier said than done when the suspect appears to be invisible.
Author: Vulliamy, Clara
Published: London : HarperCollins Children's Books, 2016.
137 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Dotty detective ; 2

Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - Early Junior Fiction - JF EARLY VUL - Available - 009584685
Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - J VUL - Available - 009584678

Wesley Booth super sleuth / written by Adam Cece ; illustrated by Michel Streich.

Hub Hill Primary School is in the grip of a crime wave. Wesley Booth is a Super Sleuth, which is like a detective only awesomer, and this is his biggest (and first) real case. It's not easy when he has to deal with an arch enemy (new-girl-at-school Cassidy Strong), traitorous friends and incompetent assistants, prison warden parents, a delusional big brother, a client who wants to snap him in half like a stick, and over eighty-one million suspects. But he has to work out who the Heister is before his detective equipment gets confiscated and he is grounded forever.
Author: Cece, Adam
Published: Gosford, NSW : Scholastic Australia, 2015.
264 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Wesley Booth ; 1.
Premiers' Reading Challenge Years 5 and 6

Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - J CEC - Available - 008838406

A Billie B. mystery. Strawberry thief [Paperback] / Sally Rippin ; illustrated by Aki Fukuoka.

Someone has stolen all of the ripe strawberries from Mika's garden. The Secret Mystery Club is determined to work out who it was. Could it have been the gardener? Or was it the neighbours who just made a batch of strawberry jam? Whoever it was, they won't get far - not with the SMC on the case.
Author: Rippin, Sally
Published: Richmond, Vic. : Hardie Grant Egmont, 2014, 2018.
88 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
A Billie B mystery ; 4

Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - Early Junior Fiction - JF EARLY RIP - Available - Recently returned - 010033929

The cryptic casebook of Coco Carlomagno (and Alberta). The talkative tombstone / Ursula Dubosarsky ; illustrations by Terry Denton.

Author: Dubosarsky, Ursula, 1961-
Published: Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2014.
64 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Cryptic casebook of Coco Carlomagno (and Alberta) ; 6
Premiers' Reading Challenge Years 3 and 4

Hampton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - Early Junior Fiction - JF EARLY DUB - Available - 008579958

The Boxcar children / by Gertrude Chandler Warner ; illustrated by L. Kate Deal.

Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny, four orphaned brothers and sisters, suddenly appear in a small town. No one knows who these young wanderers are or where they have come from. Frightened to live with a grandfather they have never met, the children make a home for themselves in an abandoned red boxcar they discover in the woods. Henry, the oldest, goes to town to earn money and buy food and supplies.
Author: Warner, Gertrude Chandler, 1890-1979
Published: Chicago, IL : Albert Whitman, 1950, [2012].
154 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Boxcar children mysteries ; 1

Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Junior Fiction - J WAR - Available - 009288545