Looking for mystery or crime books

[Madonnaslonglostbeautyspot]

I am looking for a mystery or crime series or stand alone book to suit a fairly decent 10 year old. He loves stuff like this... but it has got to REALLY grip him... cliffhangers and excitement etc . anyone got any suggestions?

[Witchend]

I assume you've done Alex Rider?
Cherub Series may also suit, but check them first as they've got bits in not all 10yos would cope with.

[Skinandbones]

Virals by Brendon Reich are quite good. Time riders by Alec Scarow, both have a little syfy in them.

[Madonnaslonglostbeautyspot]

Thank you - looked at Alex Ryder but hadn’t thought about the Cherub series. Will look at the Virals as well . Thank you so much both of you.

[Atleastihavethecat]

Skullduggery Pleasant series. Mysterious, and hilarious

[Ricekrispie22]

A Series of a Unfortunate Events
Artemis Fowl
The Last Chance Hotel
The Darkness of Dragons
The Heroes of Olympus

[Madonnaslonglostbeautyspot]

Thank you - these suggestions are really helpful. 😊

[FreeFreesia]

Chase by Barclay Linwood
Theodore Boone by John Grisham

[PopGoesTheWeaz]

Phillip Pullman does a detective series - Sally Lockheart. I enjoyed them.

Skulduggery Pleasant has gone down a treat with my DCs. I thought not my cup of tea when I saw them reading them but then realised they are basically the YA version of the Rivers of London series which I love. :D

[nonicknameseemsavailable]

DD has been reading two sets from the book people. one is shapeshifters (I think that is the name of it) and the other one is codebreakers. will see if i can find links. I haven't really looked at them so not sure if they are what you are looking for but she is 11 and very hard to get her to read, she has really got into these and been sitting up late reading them.

[nonicknameseemsavailable]

ok the Shapeshifter ones are by Ali Sparkes en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shapeshifter

and the other ones were called Secret Breakers by Helen Dennis

[SavoyCabbage]

My dd read Agatha Christy books that,she discovered in the library. They aren’t too gruesome as they are old and they are proper whodunnits. Some are better than others of course.

[imsorryiasked]

this set from Bear Grylls was surprisingly good.
Young Sherlock
HIVE
Code Red series by Chris Ryan (check not too old)
Young Bond series by Charlie Higson

[imsorryiasked]

@Madonnaslonglostbeautyspot just realised this is an older thread so there are lots of suggestions above which you may not have seen.

[Madonnaslonglostbeautyspot]

Ooooh!! You’re right imsorryiasked! Thanks so much to you and the other posters. I will enjoy having a look at these.

[Paddingtonthebear]

I would be interested in similar suggestions but for a 6yr old!

[imsorryiasked]

@Paddingtonthebear bear grylls has a series for younger readers too this one
Also the spy dog series (There are spy pups and spy cats ones too!)
And the Jack stalwart series kept us going for a while. Just watch out for the reissued covers as there are several cover versions of the same story.

[EmCamB]

I suggest -
Secret Lake by Karen Inglis
Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes - stretch but worth trying
Sean Yeager Hunters Hunted
Artemis Fowl 1st book
Percy Jackson 1st book
Harry Potter 1st book

[RubySlippers77]

Helen Moss books?

The Adventure Island and Secrets of the Tombs series are both good!

www.helenmoss.org.uk/p/secrets-of-tombs-books.html

[RubySlippers77]

The Time Riders series is also entertaining!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TimeRiders

[Verite1]

Has he read the London eye mystery and the Guggenheim mystery!

[BlueChampagne]

Ruby Redfort?