13 Best mystery books like Looking for Emily by Fiona Longmuir

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Looking for Emily

By: Fiona Longmuir

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

When twelve-year-old Lily moves to the sleepy seaside town of Edge, she’s sure that nothing excitin…

If you liked the mystery plot in Looking for Emily by Fiona Longmuir , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Cuori di carta

By: Elisa Puricelli Guerra

3.77

Format: None pages, Paperback

Tutto inizia con un messaggio lasciato dentro un libro da una ragazza. Un compagno di scuola lo tro… read more

Similar categories in Elisa Puricelli Guerra's Cuori di carta book and Fiona Longmuir's Looking for Emily

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2. The Explorer

By: Katherine Rundell

4.83

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Parents' Choice Recommended From Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner Katherine Rundell comes an exc… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's The Explorer book and Fiona Longmuir's Looking for Emily

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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3. The Wreck of the Zanzibar

By: Michael Morpurgo , Christian Birmingham

3.75

Format: 124 pages, Paperback

Michael travels to Scilly for his Great Aunt Laura's funeral and inherits her diary, which reveals … read more

Similar categories in Michael Morpurgo's The Wreck of the Zanzibar book and Fiona Longmuir's Looking for Emily

  • middle grade
  • childrens

4. Why the Whales Came

By: Michael Morpurgo , Lee Gibbons

3.17

Format: 319 pages, Paperback

Gracie and her friend Daniel have always been warned to stay away from the Birdman and his side of … read more

Similar categories in Michael Morpurgo's Why the Whales Came book and Fiona Longmuir's Looking for Emily

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5. 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

Similar categories in Beth Lincoln's The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels book and Fiona Longmuir's Looking for Emily

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
"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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6. Greenwild (Greenwild, #1)

By: Pari Thomson

4.20

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Open the door to a spellbinding world where the wilderness is alive and a deep magic rises from the… read more

Similar categories in Pari Thomson's Greenwild (Greenwild, #1) book and Fiona Longmuir's Looking for Emily

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
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7. The Final Year

By: Matt Goodfellow

4.71

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Life can be tough in your last year of primary school. Tests to take, preparing for the change to h… read more

Similar categories in Matt Goodfellow's The Final Year book and Fiona Longmuir's Looking for Emily

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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8. Safiyyah's War

By: Hiba Noor Khan

4.32

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the true story of how the Grand Mosque of Paris saved the lives of hundreds of Jews dur… read more

Similar categories in Hiba Noor Khan's Safiyyah's War book and Fiona Longmuir's Looking for Emily

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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9. The Book Smugglers (Pages & Co., #4)

By: Anna James

4.12

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Fourth in the modern-classic and bestselling bookwandering series for ages eight to twelve that cel… read more

Similar categories in Anna James's The Book Smugglers (Pages & Co., #4) book and Fiona Longmuir's Looking for Emily

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
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10. Mermedusa (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea, #5)

By: Thomas Taylor

4.47

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

Herbie and Violet's fifth gripping adventure brings the internationally bestselling Eerie-on-Sea se… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Taylor's Mermedusa (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea, #5) book and Fiona Longmuir's Looking for Emily

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
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11. The Last Bookwanderer (Pages & Co., #6)

By: Anna James

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The Pages and Co. series comes to a thrilling end in this perfect final instalment. As Tilly, Os… read more

Similar categories in Anna James's The Last Bookwanderer (Pages & Co., #6) book and Fiona Longmuir's Looking for Emily

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
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12. Tilly and the Map of Stories (Pages & Co., #3)

By: Anna James

4.19

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Third in the modern-classic and bestselling bookwandering series that celebrates all that is best i… read more

Similar categories in Anna James's Tilly and the Map of Stories (Pages & Co., #3) book and Fiona Longmuir's Looking for Emily

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
"I have seen the same problems again and again, and reading is nothing but a merry distraction from it. A way to escape problems and cares, ay, but not a way to solve them. I wish it were otherwise."

-Anna James, Tilly and the Map of Stories (Pages & Co., #3)

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13. Tilly and the Lost Fairytales (Pages & Co., #2)

By: Anna James

4.14

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A magical adventure to delight the imagination. The curl-up-on-the-sofa snuggle of a series from a … read more

Similar categories in Anna James's Tilly and the Lost Fairytales (Pages & Co., #2) book and Fiona Longmuir's Looking for Emily

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
"Do not wait too long for something special to present itself. Go out and find it."

-Anna James, Tilly and the Lost Fairytales (Pages & Co., #2)

"Words can mean much more, or less, than they seem, and we can put them to such creative uses."

-Anna James, Tilly and the Lost Fairytales (Pages & Co., #2)

"But not really at your service, you understand, it’s a symbolic thing. I’m a prince – I’m not going to actually help you with anything."

-Anna James, Tilly and the Lost Fairytales (Pages & Co., #2)

"Books aren't interested in who is reading them... A book will welcome any reader; any age, any background, any point of view. Books don't care if you can't understand every word in them, or if you wa…"

-Anna James, Tilly and the Lost Fairytales (Pages & Co., #2)

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14. The Ministry of Unladylike Activity

By: Robin Stevens

4.21

Format: None pages, ebook

Britain is at war and a secret arm of the British government called the Ministry of Unladylike Acti… read more

Similar categories in Robin Stevens's The Ministry of Unladylike Activity book and Fiona Longmuir's Looking for Emily

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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15. The Mega-Complicated Crushes of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #3)

By: Katie Kirby

4.51

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

De zomervakantie is aangebroken en Lottie heeft GROTE plannen, namelijk: in Frankrijk aan het zwemb… read more

Similar categories in Katie Kirby's The Mega-Complicated Crushes of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #3) book and Fiona Longmuir's Looking for Emily

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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16. The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #1)

By: Katie Kirby

4.40

Format: None pages, Paperback

The first book in the hilarious new series for children by the bestselling creator of Hurrah For Gi… read more

Similar categories in Katie Kirby's The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #1) book and Fiona Longmuir's Looking for Emily

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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17. The Catastrophic Friendship Fails of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #2)

By: Katie Kirby

4.52

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

The hilarious new sequel to The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks by the bestselling cre… read more

Similar categories in Katie Kirby's The Catastrophic Friendship Fails of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #2) book and Fiona Longmuir's Looking for Emily

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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18. The Completely Chaotic Christmas of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #5)

By: Katie Kirby

4.58

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

From hilarious bestselling author, Katie Kirby, comes a brand-new Lottie Brooks story. This time it… read more

Similar categories in Katie Kirby's The Completely Chaotic Christmas of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #5) book and Fiona Longmuir's Looking for Emily

  • middle grade
  • childrens
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19. Lottie Brooks's Totally Disastrous School-Trip (Lottie Brooks, #4)

By: Katie Kirby

4.56

Format: 439 pages, Kindle Edition

Lottie Brooks continues to navigate the many perils of growing up in this fantastically funny illus… read more

Similar categories in Katie Kirby's Lottie Brooks's Totally Disastrous School-Trip (Lottie Brooks, #4) book and Fiona Longmuir's Looking for Emily

  • middle grade
  • childrens
Cover of The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 2: The Body in the Blitz by Robin Stevens

20. The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 2: The Body in the Blitz

By: Robin Stevens

4.38

Format: 441 pages, Paperback

The second thrilling and unputdownable mystery starring a new generation of the Detective Society, … read more

Similar categories in Robin Stevens's The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 2: The Body in the Blitz book and Fiona Longmuir's Looking for Emily

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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21. Keedie

By: Elle McNicoll

4.69

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Set in Juniper five years before A Kind of Spark, Keedie is a powerful coming-of-age story that tho… read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's Keedie book and Fiona Longmuir's Looking for Emily

  • middle grade
  • childrens
"I can't stand people who say they're good when they're not."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"I may be forced to mask, but they choose to wear numerous faces."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"You have to be the cartographer of your own heart. Make it into a map."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"She's like the sunflower. She'll find the sun no matter how much darkness other people try to put her in."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

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22. The Treehouse Library (Pages & Co.,#5)

By: Anna James

4.17

Format: None pages, None

A magical botanist A peculiar potion A secret garden A famous monster A return to the underlibr… read more

Similar categories in Anna James's The Treehouse Library (Pages & Co.,#5) book and Fiona Longmuir's Looking for Emily

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
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23. The Secret Starling

By: Judith Eagle

4.03

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Clara has lived a life of solitude, home schooled under her mean uncle's strict regime . . . Until … read more

Similar categories in Judith Eagle's The Secret Starling book and Fiona Longmuir's Looking for Emily

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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24. Friends and Traitors

By: Helen Peters

4.30

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Some secrets are just too dangerous to know… A gripping World War II story about how two girls foil… read more

Similar categories in Helen Peters's Friends and Traitors book and Fiona Longmuir's Looking for Emily

  • mystery
  • middle grade
Cover of Looking for Emily by Fiona Longmuir

25. Looking for Emily

By: Fiona Longmuir

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

When twelve-year-old Lily moves to the sleepy seaside town of Edge, she’s sure that nothing excitin… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Longmuir's Looking for Emily book and Fiona Longmuir's Looking for Emily

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • audiobook
Cover of The Case of the Lighthouse Intruder by Kereen Getten

26. The Case of the Lighthouse Intruder

By: Kereen Getten

3.69

Format: 130 pages, Kindle Edition

Waterstones Children's Book of the Month Uncover the secrets of the island in The Case of the Light… read more

Similar categories in Kereen Getten's The Case of the Lighthouse Intruder book and Fiona Longmuir's Looking for Emily

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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27. The After School Crime Club

By: Hayley Webster

3.80

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Willow has always felt like an outsider at school, but she and her Nanna were so alike that she nev… read more

Similar categories in Hayley Webster's The After School Crime Club book and Fiona Longmuir's Looking for Emily

  • middle grade
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28. The Super Sunny Murder Club

By: Abiola Bello

4.00

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

A collection of sizzling summer-themed crime and mystery stories by thirteen of the most popular, e… read more

Similar categories in Abiola Bello's The Super Sunny Murder Club book and Fiona Longmuir's Looking for Emily

  • mystery
  • middle grade
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29. The Majorly Awkward BFF Dramas of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #6)

By: Katie Kirby

4.64

Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition

Lottie Brooks is BACK and she's as BRILLIANT as ever!Join Lottie as she navigates the many perils o… read more

Similar categories in Katie Kirby's The Majorly Awkward BFF Dramas of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #6) book and Fiona Longmuir's Looking for Emily

  • middle grade
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30. The Houdini Inheritance

By: Emma Carroll

4.07

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

The English seaside, 1920sA world famous escape artist . . . A suitcase full of secrets . . . And a… read more

Similar categories in Emma Carroll's The Houdini Inheritance book and Fiona Longmuir's Looking for Emily

  • mystery
  • middle grade

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Beth Lincoln

4.06

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Pari Thomson

4.20

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Anna James

4.12

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Thomas Taylor

4.47

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Katherine Woodfine

4.01

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Katherine Woodfine

4.16

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Anna James

4.25

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M.G. Leonard

4.28

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