Ah the lure of a mystery, the fascination with the unknown and the adrenaline rush of discovering the truth regardless of the risk. Danger?? What danger?!
	Down the rabbit hole by Peter Abrahams (2005) First book in the Echo Falls series
	Black cats and butlers by Janine Beacham (2017) First book in the Rose Raventhorpe investigates series
	Doll bones by Holly Black (2013)
	The fairy-tale detectives by Michael Buckley (2005) First book in The sisters Grimm series
	Assassin by Grace Cavendish (2004) First book in the Lady Grace series
	The lost twin by Sophie Cleverly (2015) First book in the Scarlet and Ivy series
	Over sea, under stone by Susan Cooper (1965) First book in The dark is rising series
	The London Eye mystery by Siobhan Dowd (2007) First book in The London Eye mystery series
	The hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1902) Third book in the Sherlock Holmes series Can be read & loved without having read any previous books in this series
	Small change for Stuart by Lissa Evans (2011) First book in the Stuart series
	Charlotte sometimes by Penelope Farmer (1969) Third book in the Aviary Hall series Can be read & loved without having read any previous books in this series
	Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (2003) First book in the Inkheart series
	Dear Scarlett by Fleur Hitchcock (2013)
	From the mixed-up files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg (1967)
	Mondays are murder by Tanya Landman (2009) First book in the Poppy Fields mystery series
	The thieves of Ostia by Caroline Lawrence (2001) First book in The Roman mysteries series
	January by Gabrielle Lord (2009) First book in the Conspiracy 365 series
	The apothecary by Maile Meloy (2011) First book in The apothecary series
	The ivory rose by Belinda Murrell (2011)
	The glass children by Kristina Ohlsson (2013) First book in The glass children series
	I was a rat! by Philip Pullman (1999)
	The rose queen by M.E. Rabb (2004) First book in the Missing persons series
	The impossible clue by Sarah Rubin (2016) First book in the Alice Jones series
	Holes by Louis Sachar (1998) First book in the Holes series
	The Blackthorn key by Kevin Sands (2015) First book in The Blackthorn key series
	The invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (2007)
	Smart by Kim Slater (2014)
	Friday Barnes girl detective by R.A. Spratt (2014) First book in the Friday Barnes series
	Murder most unladylike by Robin Stevens (2014) First book in the Wells and Wong mystery series
	The mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (2007) First book in The mysterious Benedict Society series
	Three times lucky by Sheila Turnage (2012) First book in the Mo and Dale mysteries series
	The murderer's ape by Jakob Wegelius (2014)
	Gilda Joyce: Investigator by Jennifer Allison (2005) First book in the Gilda Joyce series
	Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett (2004) First book in the Chasing Vermeer series
	The curse of the blue figurine by John Bellairs (1983) First book in the Johnny Dixon series
	Shakespeare's secret by Elise Broach (2005)
	The chicken dance by Jacques Couvillon (2007)
	Jimmy Coates: Killer by Joe Craig (2005) First book in the Jimmy Coates series
	Smith by Leon Garfield (1967)
	The truth about Verity Sparks by Susan Green (2011) First book in The truth about Verity Sparks series
	The Thornthwaite inheritance by Gareth P. Jones (2009) First book in the Thornthwaite series
	The billionaire's curse by Richard Newsome (2009) First book in The billionaire's curse series
	Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell (2013)
	Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick (2011)
	The Egypt game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1967) First book in the Game series
	Liar and spy by Rebecca Stead (2012)
	When you reach me by Rebecca Stead (2009)
	Marianne dreams by Catherine Storr (1958)
	The last wild by Piers Torday (2013) First book in The last wild series
	The clockwork sparrow by Katherine Woodfine (2015) First book in The Sinclair's mysteries series