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  • The Official Agatha Christie After School Detectives Club: 50 Mystery Puzzles for Children – Agatha Christie Ltd, Dr Gareth Moore, Laura Jayne Ayres

    Hachette Australia Imprint: Laurence King Publishing Oct 28, 2025 | 9781510231924 | RRP $26.99 It’s been a pretty murder-y sort of week this Halloween special so it seems only apt to add this terrific book into the mix. How did I, Agatha Christie tragic that I am, never realise that there are Agatha puzzle books!!??? Inconceivable! Be assured, now…

  • Escape from Firestone Fortress: Solve it Your Way #3 – Rachel Jackson

    Riveted Press Distributed by Simon & Schuster September 2025 ISBN13: 9781764007122 RRP: AU$ 17.99 / NZ$ 19.99 I loved Rachel’s first two Solve it Your Way titles and, of course, have also enjoyed my Q&A and meeting her on my visit to Canberra a few months ago. She is both personable and engaging, aside from…

  • The Locked Room – Adam Cece

    Penguin Australia August 2025 ISBN: 9781761351068 Imprint: Penguin RRP: $19.99 Wowzers! Hold on to your hats, and make sure to get yourself sorted with snacks and drinks for this one because you are not going to want to stop reading it once you’ve started. Let’s say you take a really tricky escape room, mix it up with an…

  • Willy Wonka’s Everlasting Book of Fun – Roald Dahl

    Penguin Australia February 2020 ISBN: 9780241428139 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $14.99 What a legacy Roald Dahl left to us!  His books still remain some of the most heavily borrowed in the library, they are a staple of read-alouds in the classroom and the fun just keeps on coming to one generation after another. While the long holidays might be…

  • Dotty Detective #1 Super Secret Agent – Clara Vulliamy

    Harper Collins Australia ISBN 9780008132491 ISBN 10: 0008132496 Imprint: HarperCollins – GB 01/06/2017 List Price: 4.99 AUD Girl detectives seem to be quite the popular trend of late and you will perhaps have some younger readers who want to get in on this but are not quite ready for some of the books on offer. This new series will…

  • The Eureka Key (Secrets of the Seven) – Sarah L. Thomson

    Bloomsbury Published: 04-04-2017 ISBN: 9781681190617 Imprint: Bloomsbury USA Childrens Series: Secrets of the Seven If you’ve ever watched Nic Cage in the National Treasure movies (and who hasn’t?) I would liken this to those – except for youngsters. While I think our Australian readers will be at a slight disadvantage not knowing a great deal if…