These mystery book series for teens let you follow the clues alongside a young investigator. Try A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder for project notes and interviews, Truly Devious for a case split across timelines, or The…
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1 A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder Pip Fitz-Amobi investigates a murder her town considers solved. Start Holly Jackson’s trilogy here and compare the dates and gaps in Pip’s interview transcripts and project notes. The original case has an answer in this volume, while later books trace what happens when she keeps investigating. 0 2 Truly Devious Stevie Bell arrives at a Vermont academy with an old kidnapping and murder in its history. Compare the 1930s evidence with who has reason to hide things in the modern chapters. The central Ellingham case runs through the first three books, so start here if you like a puzzle that takes time. 0 3 The Agathas Alice Ogilvie and Iris Adams investigate a disappearance in their seaside town. Compare what the girls each know about the same relationships rather than trusting the town’s quick assumption about its prime suspect. The first case has a resolution, and The Night in Question brings the pair back. 0 4 One of Us Is Lying Four students leave detention alive, and every one of them has a secret. Compare what each narrator admits privately with what they say to the others. The deadly detention gets an answer here. The later Bayview books drag new students and secrets into the picture. 0 5 The Inheritance Games Avery inherits a fortune and has to live in a house full of puzzles with the family she displaced. Look at how names and wordplay fit the clues. This series opener suits teens who want decoding and family secrets with questions left for later books. 0 6 The Naturals Cassie reads people well enough to join a program for teen criminal profilers. Compare what each recruit actually notices with what they infer from it. This darker opener resolves its immediate danger but leaves Cassie’s family mystery for the series. 0 7 A Study in Charlotte At a Connecticut boarding school, the descendants of Holmes and Watson become murder suspects. Look for the gap between a clue that seems to imitate a famous Holmes case and a clue that can place a real person at the scene. The first case closes while the partnership carries on. 0 8 Pretty Little Liars Four former friends start receiving anonymous messages that seem to know their past. Keep one eye on the secrets the sender knows and another on who could have heard them. The first book is the opening move of the longer mystery, and the novels differ from the TV version. 0 9 Enola Holmes: The Case of the Missing Marquess Start Nancy Springer’s Victorian series as Enola searches for her mother and takes an interest in a missing young marquess. Codes, disguises, and the people adults overlook are good things to watch. The marquess case and the continuing search for her mother give the series two different rhythms. 0 10 Girl, Missing Lauren begins questioning the story of her adoption when her own research links her to a missing child. Compare dates, places, and what the adults actually tell her. This starting book follows that discovery to an answer, then Sister, Missing and Missing Me carry the family story forward. 0 
A Good Girl’s Guide to MurderPip Fitz-Amobi investigates a murder her town considers solved. Start Holly Jackson’s trilogy here and compare the dates and gaps in Pip’s interview transcripts and project notes. The original case has an answer in this volume, while later books trace what happens when she keeps investigating.0
Truly DeviousStevie Bell arrives at a Vermont academy with an old kidnapping and murder in its history. Compare the 1930s evidence with who has reason to hide things in the modern chapters. The central Ellingham case runs through the first three books, so start here if you like a puzzle that takes time.0
The AgathasAlice Ogilvie and Iris Adams investigate a disappearance in their seaside town. Compare what the girls each know about the same relationships rather than trusting the town’s quick assumption about its prime suspect. The first case has a resolution, and The Night in Question brings the pair back.0
One of Us Is LyingFour students leave detention alive, and every one of them has a secret. Compare what each narrator admits privately with what they say to the others. The deadly detention gets an answer here. The later Bayview books drag new students and secrets into the picture.0
The Inheritance GamesAvery inherits a fortune and has to live in a house full of puzzles with the family she displaced. Look at how names and wordplay fit the clues. This series opener suits teens who want decoding and family secrets with questions left for later books.0
The NaturalsCassie reads people well enough to join a program for teen criminal profilers. Compare what each recruit actually notices with what they infer from it. This darker opener resolves its immediate danger but leaves Cassie’s family mystery for the series.0
A Study in CharlotteAt a Connecticut boarding school, the descendants of Holmes and Watson become murder suspects. Look for the gap between a clue that seems to imitate a famous Holmes case and a clue that can place a real person at the scene. The first case closes while the partnership carries on.0
Pretty Little LiarsFour former friends start receiving anonymous messages that seem to know their past. Keep one eye on the secrets the sender knows and another on who could have heard them. The first book is the opening move of the longer mystery, and the novels differ from the TV version.0
Enola Holmes: The Case of the Missing MarquessStart Nancy Springer’s Victorian series as Enola searches for her mother and takes an interest in a missing young marquess. Codes, disguises, and the people adults overlook are good things to watch. The marquess case and the continuing search for her mother give the series two different rhythms.0
Girl, MissingLauren begins questioning the story of her adoption when her own research links her to a missing child. Compare dates, places, and what the adults actually tell her. This starting book follows that discovery to an answer, then Sister, Missing and Missing Me carry the family story forward.0