Mysteries for Older Readers

Arkin

Captain Hawaii

While vacationing in Hawaii, sixteen-year-old Arron becomes involved with a tour guide, his beautiful daughter, and a ruthless developer.

Bellairs

The Mansion in the Mist

While spending the summer in an old house on a desolate Canadian island, Anthony Monday and Miss Eells discover a chest that can transport them to another world and a maniacal group who are plotting the destruction of people on Earth.

Benoit

Who Killed Olive Souffle?

Stranded in a snowstorm, detective Angel Cardoni finds shelter in a country inn and restaurant only to find the inn's French chef dead on the floor of the walk-in freezer.

Byars

Death's Door

Super-sleuth Herculeah Jones's investigation of the attempted murder of her friend's uncle leads them to a mystery bookstore named Death's Door.

Christopher

Penalty Shot

Jeff is worried about losing his place on the hockey team because of low grades, then suddenly finds himself the victim of sabotage as well.

Conrad

Whodunit Crime Puzzles

Presents twenty-five brief mysteries as investigated by Sherman Holmes, a brilliant but eccentric sleuth who believes he is descended from the legendary Sherlock Holmes; solutions in the back.

Crossman

The Secret of the Missing Grave

Spending summer on a Maine island, a l3-year-old and her friend investigate the odd noises in her boarding house and try to solve the mystery of a missing treasure and stolen paintings.

Curry

Moon Window

While staying with her elderly relative at Winterbloom, Jo tries to solve the mysteries that haunt this strange old house situated in the midst of New Hampshire woods.

DeFelice

The Ghost and Mrs. Hobbs

Hindered by a fight with her friend Dub and a series of mysterious fires, eleven-year-old Allie investigates the fire seventeen years earlier which claimed the lives of the husband and infant son of a school cafeteria worker, as well as the handsome young man whose ghost asks Allie for help.

Dexter

I Dream of Murder

Fourteen-year-old Jere is haunted by a recurring dream about a murder he may have witnessed ten years earlier.

Dowell

Dovey Coe

When accused of murder in her North Carolina mountain town in 1928, Dovey Coe, a stronged-willed twelve-year-old girl, comes to a new understanding of others, including her deaf brother.

Draanen

Sammy Keyes and the Curse of Moustache Mary

While celebrating the New Year with a friend, Sammy encounters a mystery involving an elderly neighbor, a pioneer cabin and an old family feud.

Eige

Dangling

The story of two boys who are desperate to trust each other, but are almost too scared to dare to, shows the strength of what a boy will do to protect the people he cares most about.

Giff

Kidnap at the Catfish Café

Assisted by her cat Max, 6th-grader Minnie starts up her new detective agency by investigating a kidnapping and a thief who will steal anything.

Goodman

A Slash in the Night

Shelby tries to track down the art thief whose break-in at an art gallery threatens to bankrupt its owner, the uncle of her best friend.

Hahn

Following the Mystery Man

Madigan is convinced that the handsome, mysterious stranger renting a room in her grandmother's house is the father she's never met.

Hart

Shadow Horse

A 13-year-old tries to prove that the owner of the farm where she works has killed her favorite horse.

Hayes

Zoe's Gift

While vacationing in England, 11-year-old Cory meets a girl with extrasensory powers and together they solve a 100-year-old mystery.

Heisel

Wrapped In A Riddle

While staying at the Jumping Frog Inn, a bed-and-breakfast establishment run by her grandmother, 11-year-old Miranda investigates a mystery involving stolen letters supposedly written by Mark Twain.

Heyes

O'Dwyer and Grady Starring in Acting Innocent

In 1932 New York City, eleven-year-old Billy, child actor, teams up with his new costar Virginia to try to prove that his friend and mentor did not commit murder.

Hildick

The Serial Sneak Thief

A master criminal threatens to disrupt a mystery contest being held in the public library.

Jackson

The Spy in the Alley

Eleven-year-old Dinah tries to solve the mystery in her neighborhood that involves her older sister Madge, her boyfriend, and GASP, a group of anti-smoking activists.

Jones

Night Flyers

In 1918, caring for her family's homing pigeons while her father is away fighting in World War I, twelve-year-old Pam comes to suspect that a mysterious stranger in her small North Carolina town is a German spy.

Kehret

Terror At The Zoo

Ellen (12 yrs. old) and her younger brother Corey are excited about their overnight camp-out at the zoo, until they discover they are locked inside with a desperate escaped convict.

Kehret

Spy Cat

A series of burglaries in their quiet community upsets Alex's family, particularly his younger brother Benjie, but the bad guys are no match for the very protective family cat and Benjie's "spy" skills.

Labatt

The Ghost of Captain Briggs

Jennie, Beth and Sam, the sheepdog, spend summer vacation together by the sea, where they try to find a pirate's buried treasure.

Leroe

Ghost Dog

Artie Jensen (9-years-old) gets help from his new pet Ghost Dog, an invisible pug, after someone steals the valuable baseball card his grandfather gave him.

Levin

Shadow-Catcher

Although he often fancied himself a detective, Jonathan must become a real sleuth when he attempts to solve a mystery when accompanying his grandfather, a Civil War veteran and traveling photographer in Maine.

Miller

You Be the Jury

Ten courtroom mysteries with illustrated clues. You examine the evidence and decide Guilty or Not Guilty.

Naylor

The Treasure of Bessledorf Hill

The people of Middleburg search for buried treasure around Bessledorf Hill and the Bessledorf Hotel.

Nixon

The Other Side of Dark

Stacy (17 yrs. old) awakens from a four-year coma ready to identify, locate, and prosecute the young man who murdered her mother and wounded her.

Page

Christie & Company

Three new eighth-grade girls at Cabot School find that their shared interest in mysteries comes in handy when the roommates are blamed for a series of thefts at the school.

Pryor

Marvelous Marvin and the Pioneer Ghost

Marvin gets help from his twin sister Sarah and Ernie, the biggest boy in the fourth grade, to solve a mystery involving a ghostly figure and the polluting of his favorite stream.

Raskin

The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel)

The disappearance of her husband is only the first of the mysteries Mrs. Carillon must solve.

Reiss

The Strange Case of Baby H.

In the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, twelve-year-old Clara finds a baby left on the doorstep of her family's boarding house, and sets out to unravel the surrounding mysteries.

Roberts

Undercurrents

Fourteen-year-old Nikki has trouble accepting her new stepmother Crystal, and the problem grows worse when they visit the Northern California house where Crystal lived as a child and experienced some horrible event that she is trying to keep secret.

Shura

Don't Call Me Toad!

An uneasy friendship with the strange new girl leads 11-year-old Janie to discover a hidden cache of money and stolen jewelry.

Sorenson

The Hidden Dagger

Walter, a boy in 17th-century England, is witness to a lord's murder.

Strickland

John Bellairs's Johnny Dixon in the Hand of the Necromancer

Johnny Dixon (13 years-old) and his friend Professor Childermass battle an evil wizard for possession of a bewitched hand which can be used to rule the world.

Sukach

Clever Quicksolve Whodunit Puzzles

Mini-mysteries for you to solve. Answers are included.

Torrey

The Case of the Mossy Lake Monster and Other Super-Scientific Cases

Fourth-graders Drake Doyle and Nell Fossey combine their detective and scientific investigation skills to solve a variety of cases, involving a hungry cat, endangered penguins, a fish-stealing monster, and a dirty election. Includes a section of scientific experiments and activities.

Wallace

The Twin in the Tavern

A young orphan, afraid of being sent to the workhouse, finds himself at the mercy of the unsavory owner of a tavern in Alexandria, Virginia, while he tries to solve the mystery surrounding his past and a missing twin.

Wright

The Ghosts of Mercy Manor

Gwen (12 years-old), an orphan who comes to live with the Mercy family, discovers that the house is haunted by the ghost of a sad looking young girl and is determined to solve the mystery behind her appearances.

Yep

The Case of the Lion Dance

When $2000 is stolen during the opening of a restaurant, Lily and her aunt, a Chinese American movie actress, search for the thief throughout San Francisco's Chinatown.

If you like to read mystery series, then clue into some of these:

Boxcar Children Mysteries by Warner

Carmen Sandiego Mysteries by various authors

Clue by various authors

Encyclopedia Brown by Sobol

Ghostwriter by various authors

Hardy Boys Mysteries by Dixon

Herculeah Jones Mysteries by Byars

History Mysteries from American Girl by various authors

Internet Detectives by Coleman

Meg Mackintosh Mysteries by Landon

Mind Over Matter by Zach

Nancy Drew Mysteries by Keene

Sammy Keyes by Van Draanen

Sebastian Barth Mysteries by Howe

Sebastian, Super Sleuth by Christian

Southside Sluggers by either Otfinoski or Greenberg