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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Disappearing Stranger
Lois Walfrid Johnson · 144 pages
When her mother marries Mr. Nordstrom, Kate moves to a farm in northwest Wisconsin, solves a mystery, and learns to adjust to her new stepfamily.
Deception
Grace Cavendish, Patricia Finney · 200 pages
Secrets in the Hills: A Josefina Mystery
Kathleen Ernst · 183 pages
Josefina has heard tales and legends all her life: rumors of gold and silver buried in the hills and even tales of a ghostly Weeping Woman who haunts the countryside. But she never imagined that such stories might be true. A stranger leads Josefina to believe that the old stories about buried treasure in New Mexico might be true.
Secrets on 26th Street
Elizabeth McDavid Jones · 144 pages
In New York City in 1914, eleven-year-old Susan encounters a mystery through an independent-minded female boarder and becomes involved in the growing suffrage movement.
The Lost Twin
Sophie Cleverly · 294 pages
When troublemaking Scarlet vanishes from Rookwood boarding school, Ivy, her quiet twin sister, is invited to "take her place." But when Ivy arrives, she discovers the school's true intention. She is not simply taking up Scarlet's enrollment. She must think like Scarlet, act like Scarlet, become Scarlet. What on earth happened to the real Scarlet, and why is the school trying to keep it a secret? T
The Twelve Tasks of Flavia Gemina
Caroline Lawrence · 170 pages
When a Roman widow shows unusual interest in Flavia's father, Flavia decides to discover Cartila's true motives by performing twelve tasks, just like the Greek hero Hercules.
The Light in the Cellar: A Molly Mystery
Sarah Masters Buckey · 169 pages
While volunteering as a magazine delivery girl in a convalescent hospital during the Second World War, Molly uncovers a mystery involving the theft of rationed food supplies for sale on the black market.
The Truth About Verity Sparks
Susan Green · 297 pages
The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets
Nancy Springer · 192 pages
The Cry of the Loon: A Samantha Mystery
Barbara Steiner
In June 1907, twelve-year-old Samantha looks forward to a happy summer with Nellie and her younger sisters at Grandmary's country home in the Adirondacks but a series of mysterious accidents on the property lead Samantha to suspect that someone is deliberately causing trouble.
The Case of the Girl in Grey
Jordan Stratford · 220 pages
Spotting a ghostly girl in the park who resembles the Wollstonecraft Detective Agency's new client, Lady Ada and Mary discover links between the girl and a case involving a hospital, a missing will, a hasty engagement, and a devious servant.
Shadows in the Glasshouse
Megan McDonald · 131 pages
While working as an indentured servant for a Jamestown glassmaker in 1621, twelve-year-old Merry uncovers a case of sabotage.
The Mystery of the Jewelled Moth
Katherine Woodfine · 330 pages
A Spy on the Home Front: A Molly Mystery
Alison Hart · 165 pages
During a visit to her grandparents' Illinois farm in 1944, ten-year-old Molly tries to prove the innocence of a German-American neighbor whom the FBI suspects of smuggling anti-American propaganda. Includes historical notes about life on the home front in World War II.
Behind the Curtain
Peter Abrahams · 373 pages
An avid Sherlock Holmes fan, eighth grader Ingrid Levin-Hill is kidnapped while investigating mysterious happenings in her home town.
Tru & Nelle
G. Neri · 328 pages
In their small town of Monroeville, Alabama, in 1930, misfits Tru and Nelle strike up a friendship and find a mystery to solve when someone breaks into the drugstore and steals some candy and a fancy brooch.
Haunted Waters
Jerry B. Jenkins, Chris Fabry · 202 pages
The Timberline family makes a weekend getaway for a visit to a gold exhibit but it leads to a search for a stolen gold nugget and danger for the entire family.
The Wizard of Dark Street
Shawn Thomas Odyssey
In 1877, in an enchantment shop on the last of the Faerie roads linking New York City to the Land of the Fey, just after twelve-year-old Oona opts to relinquish her apprenticeship to her uncle, the Wizard, and become a detective, her uncle is stabbed, testing her skills.
Cam Jansen and the First Day of School Mystery
David A. Adler · 50 pages
On her first day of fifth grade, Cam Jansen uses her photographic memory to help the police find a car thief. Includes a memory game.