In M.L. Woodward’s children’s mystery novel, Tianna and Michelangelo’s Mask of a Faun, thirteen-year-old Tianna Howard and her grandfather, Professor Charles Howard, are thrust into a major international search. Everything starts with an unaddressed envelope dropped off in Oxford containing only four words. This clue...

The Lost Bitcoin is the second book in Sutton Lewis’ Legends Unearthed series of children’s adventure stories. We join Sam, his sister Riley, and their best friends Ava and Jonah on a flight to London. As the plane approaches Heathrow, Sam has a new adventure...

Are We Twins? by Jill Ammon Vanderwood is a fun and creative book for children. Following on from the first installment, Persephone, aka Purdy, and her friends find themselves with yet another mind-boggling investigation. A new girl at school resembles one of their friends a...

Nina and the Mystery of the Missing Necklace by Jonia Epp features Nina the Cat Detective, her bouncy tortoiseshell kitten assistant, Paris, and her human, librarian, Emily. When Mrs. Hargrove, a kind old lady who lives down the street, loses her cherished sapphire necklace, the...

Gumshoe Sam and the Case of the Blueberry Jam by E.K. Mockingham is a lovely detective story for kids. I have to admit that a detective investigating a missing blueberry jam recipe in a Scottish castle is unusual! And that is precisely what makes Gumshoe...

Our Children in the Shadows by JT Bird follows Haven Cassidy, a spirited twelve-year-old who'd much rather be off on her own secret missions around school than sitting through science class. She gets her wish in a way she never expected when she's pulled into...

The Seaside Sleuths and the Croft Beach Lighthouse Mystery is a fabulous mystery adventure book for children that continues Joy Michelle Austin’s Seaside Sleuths series. The story takes us to Croft Beach, where eight-year-old Sam Wentworth, with his father, stepmother, youthful step-aunt, and siblings, moved...

Ginger Joyce and Forest Tale is the first book of The Magical Kittens series by Julia Kosinskaja. Joyce is a cute little ginger kitten who lives in a house by the edge of an ancient forest. Joyce loves listening to the stories of his friend...

The Case of the Missing Socks is the first book in the Corduroy Jones and the Monsterville Mystery Squad series by Robert Hill. Corduroy Jones, or CJ, lives with his parents and dog Pepper in a Victorian house in the town of Monsterville. The town...

James Sleuthberry and the Great Bugatti Heist by Troy and James Wilson will hold the attention of any child. Detective James Sleuthberry is 11 years old. He has two sidekicks, Penelope Jane Thorne and Cluey Sleuthberry, his faithful K9-trained dog. They help his father, Sir...