The Secret Key

The Secret Key
Author: Lena Jones
Publisher:
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2018
Genre: Child detectives
ISBN: 9781725476202

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.

The Silver Serpent (Agatha Oddly, Book 3)

The Silver Serpent (Agatha Oddly, Book 3)
Author: Lena Jones
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2019-09-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0008211965

A third mystery for thirteen-year-old Agatha Oddly – a bold, determined heroine, and the star of this stylish new detective series.

One of Us Is Lying

One of Us Is Lying
Author: Karen M. McManus
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2017-06-01
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0141375647

The international bestselling YA thriller by acclaimed author Karen M. McManus - now available in a bold new cover look complete with a blood red background and matching sprayed edges. Five students walk into detention. Only four come out alive. Yale hopeful Bronwyn has never publicly broken a rule. Sports star Cooper only knows what he's doing in the baseball diamond. Bad boy Nate is one misstep away from a life of crime. Prom queen Addy is holding together the cracks in her perfect life. And outsider Simon, creator of the notorious gossip app at Bayview High, won't ever talk about any of them again. He dies 24 hours before he could post their deepest secrets online. Investigators conclude it's no accident. All of them are suspects. Everyone has secrets, right? What really matters is how far you'll go to protect them. 'Tightly plotted and brilliantly written, with sharp, believable characters, this whodunit is utterly irresistible' - HEAT 'Twisty plotting, breakneck pacing and intriguing characterisation add up to an exciting single-sitting thrillerish treat' -THE GUARDIAN 'A fantastic murder mystery, packed with cryptic clues and countless plot twists. I could not put this book down' - THE SUN 'Pretty Little Liars meets The Breakfast Club' - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY But the story doesn't end here, it continues with One of Us Is Next. . .

The London Eye Mystery

The London Eye Mystery
Author: Siobhan Dowd
Publisher: David Fickling Books
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2008-02-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0375849351

Ted and Kat watched their cousin Salim board the London Eye. But after half an hour it landed and everyone trooped off–except Salim. Where could he have gone? How on earth could he have disappeared into thin air? Ted and his older sister, Kat, become sleuthing partners, since the police are having no luck. Despite their prickly relationship, they overcome their differences to follow a trail of clues across London in a desperate bid to find their cousin. And ultimately it comes down to Ted, whose brain works in its own very unique way, to find the key to the mystery. This is an unput-downable spine-tingling thriller–a race against time.

Sarah's Key

Sarah's Key
Author: Tatiana de Rosnay
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2007-06-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0312370830

An American journalist researches the notorious roundup of Parisian Jews and uncovers her French family's war-era secrets.

All the Devils Are Here

All the Devils Are Here
Author: Louise Penny
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2020-09-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1250145252

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER PARADE MAGAZINE – ONE OF FALL'S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS AARP'S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF FALL CRIMEREADS – ONE OF THE BEST TRADITIONAL MYSTERIES OF THE YEAR GLOBE AND MAIL - TOP 100 BOOKS OF THE YEAR CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR - ONE OF THE BEST NOVELS OF THE YEAR KIRKUS REVIEWS - ONE OF THE BEST MYSTERIES/THRILLERS OF THE YEAR LIBRARY JOURNAL - ONE OF THE BEST CRIME FICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR The 16th novel by #1 bestselling author Louise Penny finds Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Quebec investigating a sinister plot in the City of Light On their first night in Paris, the Gamaches gather as a family for a bistro dinner with Armand’s godfather, the billionaire Stephen Horowitz. Walking home together after the meal, they watch in horror as Stephen is knocked down and critically injured in what Gamache knows is no accident, but a deliberate attempt on the elderly man’s life. When a strange key is found in Stephen’s possession it sends Armand, his wife Reine-Marie, and his former second-in-command at the Sûreté, Jean-Guy Beauvoir, from the top of the Tour d’Eiffel, to the bowels of the Paris Archives, from luxury hotels to odd, coded, works of art. It sends them deep into the secrets Armand’s godfather has kept for decades. A gruesome discovery in Stephen’s Paris apartment makes it clear the secrets are more rancid, the danger far greater and more imminent, than they realized. Soon the whole family is caught up in a web of lies and deceit. In order to find the truth, Gamache will have to decide whether he can trust his friends, his colleagues, his instincts, his own past. His own family. For even the City of Light casts long shadows. And in that darkness devils hide.

The Secret History

The Secret History
Author: Donna Tartt
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 578
Release: 2004-04-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1400031702

A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK • INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A contemporary literary classic and "an accomplished psychological thriller ... absolutely chilling" (Village Voice), from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Goldfinch. Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. But their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human constructs of morality. “A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously well-paced entertainment.... Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled.” —The New York Times

Nancy Drew Mystery Stories Books 1-4

Nancy Drew Mystery Stories Books 1-4
Author: Carolyn Keene
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 778
Release: 2015-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0448490056

Nancy Drew's keen mind is tested when she searches for a missing will.

The Keeper of Secrets

The Keeper of Secrets
Author: Judith Cutler
Publisher: Allison & Busby
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2011-11-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0749011157

England 1810. Young Parson Tobias Campion is excited and nervous to be starting at the small parish of Moreton Priory. But his first night in the village brings excitement of the wrong kind when he has to intervene in the attempted rape of housemaid Lizzie Woodman. Even in the normal course of events life in the village is far from quiet, as soon Tobias has to deal with both violent and suspicious deaths which put his character and ministry to the test. But matters come to a head when Lizzie disappears from her employers. What has become of the girl and who is responsible? As Tobias searches for answers they find themselves delving into the dark secrets that haunt Lizzie's past.