17 must-read fiction books like The Body Under the Piano (Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, #1) by Marthe Jocelyn

Cover of The Body Under the Piano (Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, #1) by Marthe Jocelyn

The Body Under the Piano (Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, #1)

By: Marthe Jocelyn

3.92

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

Aggie Morton lives in a small town on the coast of England in 1902. Adventurous and imaginative but…

If you liked the fiction plot in The Body Under the Piano (Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, #1) by Marthe Jocelyn , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of I So Don't Do Mysteries (I So Don't Do..., #1) by Barrie Summy

1. I So Don't Do Mysteries (I So Don't Do..., #1)

By: Barrie Summy

3.88

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

SO HERE I am spending spring break in California with my best friend, Junie. Our chaperone is a tee… read more

Similar categories in Barrie Summy's I So Don't Do Mysteries (I So Don't Do..., #1) book and Marthe Jocelyn's The Body Under the Piano (Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
Cover of Nooks & Crannies by Natalie Andrewson, Jessica  Lawson

2. Nooks & Crannies

By: Natalie Andrewson , Jessica Lawson

4.06

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Tabitha Crum is a girl with a big imagination and a love for mystery novels, though her parents thi… read more

Similar categories in Natalie Andrewson's Nooks & Crannies book and Marthe Jocelyn's The Body Under the Piano (Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, #1)

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
"If only life were a book, and I could choose precisely what part I played."

-Natalie Andrewson, Nooks & Crannies

"The horses came to an abrupt halt, jolting the children so that they were torn from their seats and flung together like trapped trout."

-Natalie Andrewson, Nooks & Crannies

"It was an exact fit, and for the briefest of moments, she had the odd wish that she could be key-shaped and could find a space where she fit so perfectly."

-Natalie Andrewson, Nooks & Crannies

"... whenever you were in a fix or at a crossroads in an investigation, there were always two choices: to do nothing and worry, or to take some sort of action and deal with its associated risks."

-Natalie Andrewson, Nooks & Crannies

3. The Case of the Missing Moonstone (The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency, #1)

By: Jordan Stratford , Kelly Murphy

4.23

Format: 166 pages, Hardcover

History, mystery, and science collide in a new series for middle-grade readers, perfect for fans of… read more

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4. Winterhouse (Winterhouse, #1)

By: Ben Guterson

3.94

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

An enchanting urban fantasy middle-grade debut―the first book in a trilogy―set in a magical hotel f… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
"Christmas Eve is a magical time," he said. "It is one of the few nights of the year-perhaps the only night of the year-when the spirit of love and peace seems to settle on everyone, regardless of who…"

-Ben Guterson, Winterhouse (Winterhouse, #1)

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5. The Lost Library

By: Rebecca Stead

4.14

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

A little free library guarded by a cat and a boy who takes on the mystery it keeps. When a myst… read more

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  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"But aren’t “parents"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"That delicious book smell, his heart said."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Being a Great Reader means feeling something about books."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Head high, my dear! Eyes up! Take your place in the world!"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

Cover of Premeditated Myrtle (Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries, #1) by Elizabeth C. Bunce

6. Premeditated Myrtle (Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries, #1)

By: Elizabeth C. Bunce

4.12

Format: 361 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Edgar Award! Finalist for the Agatha Award and Anthony Award! Twelve-year-old Myr… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth C. Bunce's Premeditated Myrtle (Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries, #1) book and Marthe Jocelyn's The Body Under the Piano (Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, #1)

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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7. The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

By: Beth Lincoln

4.06

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

In her family, Shenanigan Swift has always been synonymous with mischief. As Arch-Aunt Schadenfreud… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
"According to Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude, a funeral ought to look like a wedding upside down."

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"A funeral is supposed to be a way to say goodbye. You look inside yourself and find a place to put your grief, not somewhere hidden, not the top shelf or the back of a cupboard, but maybe by a window…"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"A collective term is a special name given to a group of animals, like a herd of cows. Many animals have their own strange terms. She knew the collective term for starlings was a murmuration, and the …"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"Family was exhausting, and complicated, and everyone was their own person, which meant you had just as much chance of getting along with them as you did any stranger off the street. Just sharing bloo…"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

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8. A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

By: Lisa Yee

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

When a notorious thief is out for priceless treasure (gems! cats! general decorum!)—who're you gonn… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Yee's A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1) book and Marthe Jocelyn's The Body Under the Piano (Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, #1)

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"They all perished. tragic deaths. sad parents. lawsuits.' Monica's words were met with stunned silence. ignoring the horrified looks on the student's faces, she shouted, 'Joking! We discovered that t…"

-Lisa Yee, A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits #1)

Cover of How to Get Away with Myrtle (Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries, #2) by Elizabeth C. Bunce

9. How to Get Away with Myrtle (Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries, #2)

By: Elizabeth C. Bunce

4.23

Format: 346 pages, Hardcover

Before the train has left the station, England’s most accomplished new detective already is on a su… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth C. Bunce's How to Get Away with Myrtle (Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries, #2) book and Marthe Jocelyn's The Body Under the Piano (Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, #1)

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
"The centrepiece of any Seaside Holiday is a Promenade along the Pier, a clever innovation which permits holidaymakers to enjoy the sense of being at sea without the inconvenience of actually setting …"

-Elizabeth C. Bunce, How to Get Away with Myrtle (Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries, #2)

Cover of The Curious Vanishing of Beatrice Willoughby by G.Z. Schmidt

10. The Curious Vanishing of Beatrice Willoughby

By: G.Z. Schmidt

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The Amadeuses were always considered somewhat strange. Even before the incident. When six-year-old… read more

Similar categories in G.Z. Schmidt's The Curious Vanishing of Beatrice Willoughby book and Marthe Jocelyn's The Body Under the Piano (Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, #1)

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
"Knowledge, someone once said, was power—and the fewer children with power, the better."

-G.Z. Schmidt, The Curious Vanishing of Beatrice Willoughby

Cover of The Body Under the Piano (Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, #1) by Marthe Jocelyn

11. The Body Under the Piano (Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, #1)

By: Marthe Jocelyn

3.92

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

Aggie Morton lives in a small town on the coast of England in 1902. Adventurous and imaginative but… read more

Similar categories in Marthe Jocelyn's The Body Under the Piano (Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, #1) book and Marthe Jocelyn's The Body Under the Piano (Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • cozy mystery
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of The Story Collector (The Story Collector #1) by Kristin O'Donnell Tubb

12. The Story Collector (The Story Collector #1)

By: Kristin O'Donnell Tubb

3.84

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of E. L. Konisburg, this middle-grade mystery adventure is inspired by the real li… read more

Similar categories in Kristin O'Donnell Tubb's The Story Collector (The Story Collector #1) book and Marthe Jocelyn's The Body Under the Piano (Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, #1)

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
"Nervous people make poor listeners."

-Kristin O'Donnell Tubb, The Story Collector (The Story Collector #1)

"Behind her, the lamp turned back on."

-Kristin O'Donnell Tubb, The Story Collector (The Story Collector #1)

"She firmly believed that fears were best fought head-on. Courage being fear stuffed with hope and whatnot."

-Kristin O'Donnell Tubb, The Story Collector (The Story Collector #1)

"Picture books build readers, Mr. Leon. Two missing books from our collection is like two missing bricks from a cathedral."

-Kristin O'Donnell Tubb, The Story Collector (The Story Collector #1)

Cover of Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity (Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries, #5) by Elizabeth C. Bunce

13. Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity (Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries, #5)

By: Elizabeth C. Bunce

4.11

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

What is Amateur Detective Myrtle Hardcastle to do when her beloved governess inherits an estate on … read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth C. Bunce's Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity (Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries, #5) book and Marthe Jocelyn's The Body Under the Piano (Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, #1)

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
Cover of In Myrtle Peril (Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries, #4) by Elizabeth C. Bunce

14. In Myrtle Peril (Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries, #4)

By: Elizabeth C. Bunce

4.21

Format: 362 pages, Hardcover

Myrtle Hardcastle—twelve-year-old Victorian Amateur Detective—returns to investigate the case of a … read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of The International House of Dereliction by Jacqueline Davies

15. The International House of Dereliction

By: Jacqueline Davies

4.04

Format: 227 pages, Hardcover

In this not-so-scary ghost story from Jacqueline Davies, bestselling author of the Lemonade War ser… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Davies's The International House of Dereliction book and Marthe Jocelyn's The Body Under the Piano (Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, #1)

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Final Word (The Winterton Deception, #1) by Janet Sumner Johnson

16. Final Word (The Winterton Deception, #1)

By: Janet Sumner Johnson

3.97

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Thirteen-year-old twins Hope and Gordon enter a spelling bee in a last-ditch effort to save their f… read more

Similar categories in Janet Sumner Johnson's Final Word (The Winterton Deception, #1) book and Marthe Jocelyn's The Body Under the Piano (Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, #1)

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Cold-Blooded Myrtle (Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries, #3) by Elizabeth C. Bunce

17. Cold-Blooded Myrtle (Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries, #3)

By: Elizabeth C. Bunce

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Finalist for the 2022 Edgar Allan Poe Award, the Agatha Christie Award, and the Anthony Boucher Awa… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth C. Bunce's Cold-Blooded Myrtle (Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries, #3) book and Marthe Jocelyn's The Body Under the Piano (Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, #1)

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of La Petite Reine (Le Jardin des fées #2) by Audrey Alwett

18. La Petite Reine (Le Jardin des fées #2)

By: Audrey Alwett

4.31

Format: 72 pages, Hardcover

Elles exaucent votre souhait, mais elles en meurent.La jeune fée Marigold est devenue la nouvelle p… read more

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Cover of The Pear Affair by Judith Eagle

19. The Pear Affair

By: Judith Eagle

3.94

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

The highly anticipated second novel from the author of the acclaimed The Secret Starling and The Ac… read more

Similar categories in Judith Eagle's The Pear Affair book and Marthe Jocelyn's The Body Under the Piano (Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, #1)

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
Cover of The Mirrorwood by Deva Fagan

20. The Mirrorwood

By: Deva Fagan

4.02

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of the Twisted Tales series and Doll Bones , this thrilling, “cleverly original” (… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult

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