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Lori wants to be a detective, but so far the most exciting mystery she has solved is the disappearance of her nan's specs down the side of the sofa. Max is the new girl at school and Lori is asked to look after her. Max is odd. She doesn't fit in - but then, Lori realises, she doesn't really fit...

A stolen phone and an unruly dog; a buried lunchbox and an antique children’s book. Lori and Max must dig through layers of lies to solve two mysteries. Second in the Lori and Max detective series. ‘A wittily told detective story about two eccentric and endearing girls – it’s a real...

When Leo Calder and Max — the Friendly K9 with instincts sharper than any grownup realizes — stumble into the forest rescue of a terrified boy named Tomas and his injured wolfdog, they uncover a secret that was never meant to reach the outside world.

Kensy and Max are gearing up for their first Pharos review, a rite of passage with no room for failure. But juggling studies and the spy life isn't without its complications. As the dust settles from their last mission, and family members find their place in the new world order, old tensions...

When an earthquake causes a breach at a super-secret Pharos prison, Kensy and Max must join an urgent assignment to Queenstown, New Zealand. Time is of the essence - the escaped prisoners are two highly dangerous men out for revenge against both Pharos and the Spencer family. The twins head into...

After a tumultuous school term, a family holiday with sunshine, sleep-ins and Portuguese tarts is just what Kensy and Max need. And Granny Cordelia is adamant: there are to be no investigations while on vacation. But when strange incidents start piling up, the twins are torn between their...

After winning the National STEM Championships, Kensy, Max and a team of students from Central London Free School are ready to compete for the international trophy in Singapore. But when Granny Cordelia is poisoned, the twins no longer feel like celebrating. They still have a duty to their team...

When all of your family members are being kidnapped, how do you push aside your fear and discover what's happening before time runs out . . . Someone has been plotting to bring down the Spencers ever since Kensy and Max were thrust into the secret world of Pharos, but they've always managed to...

What would you do if you woke up in a strange place? If your whole life changed in the blink of an eye and you had no idea what was going on? Twins Kensy and Max Grey's lives are turned upside down when they are whisked off to London, and discover their parents are missing. As the situation unfolds, so many things don't add up: their strange new school, the bizarre grannies on their street, the coded messages they keep finding and the feeling that, all around them, adults are keeping secrets....

Max and Maddy are on the trail of a criminal who'll stop at nothing to sabotage Mr Helium's trans-American hot-air balloon race. The prize is a gold balloon worth one million and one dollars, and all the money raised by the race is to go towards the Home for Children Whose Parents Have...

For fans of the award-winning SECRET AGENT JACK STALWART comes a must-read new chapter book series! Now Jack teams up with his older brother, Max, to solve new international mysteries, using their special training as secret agents. Temporarily retired from the GPF-Global Protection Force-and on...

For fans of the award-winning SECRET AGENT JACK STALWART series comes a must-read new chapter book series! Now Jack teams up with his older brother, Max, to solve new international mysteries, using their special training as secret agents. Secret agents Jack and Max Stalwart are sent to the...

Agaton Sax, private detective and editor of the world’s smallest newspaper (but also the best), loves a good trick. Mind you, a brain like his is hard to fool. So when the marvellous Max Brothers—conjurors extraordinaire—come to Byköping just days after a daring raid on the Bank of England, the stage is set for a magical mystery that will take Agaton and Inspector Lispington across Europe by train, car, plane, helicopter and...barrel.

In Act III of Newbery Medalist Cynthia Voigt’s Mister Max trilogy, the solutioneer sets off to rescue his missing parents! Ever since Max’s parents were spirited away on a mysterious ship, he has longed to find them. He’s solved case after case for other people in his business as...

Newbery medalist Cynthia Voigt presents a rollicking mystery in three acts! A PARADE BEST KIDS BOOK OF ALL TIME Max's parents are missing. They are actors, and thus unpredictable, but sailing away, leaving Max with only a cryptic note, is unusual even for them. Did they intend to leave him...

From Newbery Medalist Cynthia Voigt, Book II in the exciting adventures of Mister Max—12-year-old detective in disguise. In Mister Max: The Book of Lost Things, Max Starling proved that he is more than a detective, he’s a Solutioneer. His reputation for problem-solving has been...

So hat sich Max seine Sommerferien bestimmt nicht vorgestellt: Anstatt mit seinen Eltern nach Mallorca zu fliegen, muss er alleine zwei Wochen bei seiner Tante Agatha in Schottland verbringen. Und es kommt schlimmer, als er es erwartet hatte: seine Tante ist unfreundlich, ständig regnet es, er muss um fünf Uhr morgens aufstehen und den ganzen Tag am Bauernhof schuften.

In Strandvoort geht es stürmisch zu: Nicht nur der kalte Nordseewind fegt Leni, Nick, Albert und Marieke um die Spürnasen, auch in ihren Familien herrscht Trubel. Alberts Mutter ist in ihr neues Haus eingezogen und sorgt für mächtig Wirbel. Mariekes Familie hat mit Pflegekind Djamila Zuwachs bekommen und bei den Winters gibt es ebenfalls aufregende Neuigkeiten. Da bleibt kaum Zeit für den neuen Fall: In Alberts Haus entdecken die Strandspürnasen nämlich einen Geheimgang. Gleichzeitig sucht die Polizei erfolglos nach der verschwundenen Beute eines Juwelenraubs.