Mystery Stories
Tales by Mail |Reading Recommendations
Hands up mystery fans! Do you enjoy playing detective? Do you like twisty books with lots of buried secrets and myth busting? Here at TALES BY MAIL HQ, we love cracking clues, which is why our June box was all about marvellous mystery novels. We've come up with a list of even more marvellous mystery books perfect for bookworm sleuths.
1 | A PLACE CALLED PERFECT BY HELENA DUGGAN:
Violet moves to a strangely neat and tidy town where everyone wears huge glasses to stop themselves going blind. Behind the rose-tinted spectacles, this place called Perfect is hiding many a secret!
2 | EMIL AND THE DETECTIVES BY ERICH KASTNER :
On his first lone train journey, Emil falls asleep and his money is stolen by a man in a bowler hat. He must team up with a gang of young detectives to catch the thief.
3 | THE HOUSE OF ONE HUNDRED CLOCKS BY A.M. HOWELL :
When her father is appointed to be clock-winder to one of the wealthiest men in England, Helena and her parrot are drawn into a house cloaked in mysteries (and clocks!).
4 | THE THIRTEENTH HOME OF NOAH BRADLEY :
Noah's family are the victims of a curse... whenever they relocate their new house is struck by some terrible disaster. Now on home no. 13, Noah really wants to stay put... Can he break the curse?
5 | CHARLOTTE SOMETIMES BY PENELOPE FARMER :
On her first night at boarding school, something strange happens to Charlotte. She wakes up in the same bed, in the same room, but 40 years in the past!
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