23 must-read middle grade books like Death in the Spotlight (Murder Most Unladylike, #7) by Robin Stevens

Cover of Death in the Spotlight (Murder Most Unladylike, #7) by Robin Stevens

Death in the Spotlight (Murder Most Unladylike, #7)

By: Robin Stevens

4.48

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

'The whole theatre seemed on edge. There was a feverish atmosphere seeping into every corner of the…

"My good sir,' he said, 'do you know to whom you are speaking? I am the Prince of Bengal and these are my friends, the Princess of Kowloon and the Duke of Massachusettes. We are waiting for my father, the Maharajah, to come out of this bookshop so he can take us to the Ritz for tea. Do you intend to prevent us from going about our business?"

-Robin Stevens, Death in the Spotlight (Murder Most Unladylike, #7)

If you liked the middle grade plot in Death in the Spotlight (Murder Most Unladylike, #7) by Robin Stevens , here is a list of 23 books like this:

Cover of The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow (The Sinclair’s Mysteries #1) by Katherine Woodfine

1. The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow (The Sinclair’s Mysteries #1)

By: Katherine Woodfine

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

You are cordially invited to attend the Grand Opening of Sinclair’s department store! Enter a wo… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Mystery of the Painted Dragon (The Sinclair’s Mysteries #3) by Katherine Woodfine

2. The Mystery of the Painted Dragon (The Sinclair’s Mysteries #3)

By: Katherine Woodfine

4.28

Format: 339 pages, Paperback

When a priceless painting is stolen, our dauntless heroines Sophie and Lil find themselves faced wi… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Curse in the Candlelight (Scarlet and Ivy, #5) by Sophie Cleverly

3. The Curse in the Candlelight (Scarlet and Ivy, #5)

By: Sophie Cleverly

4.46

Format: 379 pages, Paperback

There’s a new girl at Rookwood School, and new mystery for Scarlet and Ivy to solve. It’s a bran… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
Cover of Take Your Last Breath (Ruby Redfort #2) by Lauren Child

4. Take Your Last Breath (Ruby Redfort #2)

By: Lauren Child

3.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Crack open Ruby Redfort's second adventure -- and you will literally be on the edge of your wits. E… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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5. 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

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Whispers in the Walls (Scarlet and Ivy, #2) by Sophie Cleverly

6. The Whispers in the Walls (Scarlet and Ivy, #2)

By: Sophie Cleverly

4.24

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Scarlet and Ivy return to Rookwood School - in their second spine-tingling mystery adventure! The t… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mystery
Cover of Pick Your Poison (Ruby Redfort, #5) by Lauren Child

7. Pick Your Poison (Ruby Redfort, #5)

By: Lauren Child

2.84

Format: 306 pages,

Meet Ruby Redfort: supercool secret agent, code-cracker... and thirteen-year-old girl, created by a… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery

8. The Mystery of the Jewelled Moth (The Sinclair’s Mysteries #2)

By: Katherine Woodfine

4.01

Format: 560 pages, Paperback

The honour of your company is requested at lord beaucastle's fancy dress ball. Wonder at the puzzli… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
Cover of Catch Your Death (Ruby Redfort, #3) by Lauren Child

9. Catch Your Death (Ruby Redfort, #3)

By: Lauren Child

3.57

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

This time, tigers are roaming the streets of Twinford, and it looks like someone has deliberately r… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
Cover of The Dance in the Dark (Scarlet and Ivy #3) by Sophie Cleverly

10. The Dance in the Dark (Scarlet and Ivy #3)

By: Sophie Cleverly

3.67

Format: 346 pages, Paperback

Scarlet and Ivy return to creepy Rookwood School for a third mystery adventure! Perfect for fans of… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
Cover of The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd

11. The London Eye Mystery

By: Siobhan Dowd

3.31

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Monday, 24 May, 11.32 a.m. Ted and Kat watch their cousin Salim get on board the London Eye. He tur… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery

12. Feel the Fear (Ruby Redfort #4)

By: Lauren Child

4.23

Format: 166 pages,

How do you catch a thief who isn't there? Ruby Redfort has a lot of reasons to feel confident. Unde… read more

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13. The Mystery of the Midnight Peacock (The Sinclair's mysteries #4)

By: Katherine Woodfine

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

You are cordially invited to Sinclair's Midnight Peacock Ball! The festive season has come to Sincl… read more

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14. The Lights Under the Lake (Scarlet and Ivy #4)

By: Sophie Cleverly

3.80

Format: 212 pages,

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15. Mystery & Mayhem: Twelve Deliciously Intriguing Mysteries

By: Susie Day , Elen Caldecott , Julia Golding , Frances Hardinge , Sally Nicholls , Clémentine Beauvais , Caroline Lawrence , Helen Moss , Robin Stevens , Katherine Woodfine , Harriet Whitehorn , Kate Pankhurst

4.50

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Twelve mysteries. Twelve authors. One challenge: can YOU solve the crimes before the heroes of the … read more

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16. Look Into My Eyes (Ruby Redfort, #1)

By: Lauren Child

4.45

Format: None pages,

Everyone knows that Clarice Bean is exceptionordinarily keen about the Ruby Redfort books. Now in h… read more

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17. The Lost Twin (Scarlet and Ivy #1)

By: Sophie Cleverly , None

3.50

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

Ivy, I pray that it's you reading this. And if you are, well, I suppose you're the new me... When s… read more

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18. Blink and You Die (Ruby Redfort #6)

By: Lauren Child

3.88

Format: None pages,

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Cover of Death in the Spotlight (Murder Most Unladylike, #7) by Robin Stevens

19. Death in the Spotlight (Murder Most Unladylike, #7)

By: Robin Stevens

4.48

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

'The whole theatre seemed on edge. There was a feverish atmosphere seeping into every corner of the… read more

Similar categories in Robin Stevens's Death in the Spotlight (Murder Most Unladylike, #7) book and Robin Stevens's Death in the Spotlight (Murder Most Unladylike, #7)

  • childrens
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • historical fiction
  • crime
"My good sir,' he said, 'do you know to whom you are speaking? I am the Prince of Bengal and these are my friends, the Princess of Kowloon and the Duke of Massachusettes. We are waiting for my father,…"

-Robin Stevens, Death in the Spotlight (Murder Most Unladylike, #7)

Cover of Catch Your Death by Ravena Guron

20. Catch Your Death

By: Ravena Guron

4.10

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Trapped in a mansion with a murderer and a family of liars - how would you survive? A mind-blowi… read more

Similar categories in Ravena Guron's Catch Your Death book and Robin Stevens's Death in the Spotlight (Murder Most Unladylike, #7)

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Catastrophic Friendship Fails of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks, #2) by Katie  Kirby

21. 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

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of The Very Merry Murder Club by Serena Patel

22. The Very Merry Murder Club

By: Serena Patel

3.41

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A wintery middle grade mystery collection of short stories by thirteen of the most exciting and div… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Keedie by Elle McNicoll

23. 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

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  • childrens
  • lgbt
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"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

Cover of A Ghost in the Garden (Justice Jones, #3) by Elly Griffiths

24. A Ghost in the Garden (Justice Jones, #3)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.22

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Justice Jones, super-smart super-sleuth, is back for her third spine-tingling adventure! For fans o… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Smugglers' Secret (A Girl Called Justice #2) by Elly Griffiths

25. The Smugglers' Secret (A Girl Called Justice #2)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.28

Format: 211 pages, Paperback

When Justice returns for spring term at Highbury House, it's not long before murder is back on her … read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Never Fear (Friday Barnes, #8) by R.A. Spratt

26. Never Fear (Friday Barnes, #8)

By: R.A. Spratt

4.62

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

Friday's time at Highcrest is running out!The new headmaster is turning everything upside down. Fri… read more

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  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • childrens
"Friday looked up. She bit her lip. She didn’t want to say anything. She didn’t think she could without crying. But she had to say something. “Let’s make a pledge,"

-R.A. Spratt, Never Fear (Friday Barnes, #8)

Cover of The Secret Key (Agatha Oddly, #1) by Lena  Jones

27. The Secret Key (Agatha Oddly, #1)

By: Lena Jones

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Meet thirteen-year-old Agatha Oddly – a bold, determined heroine, and the star of a stylish new det… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"Ah, Mademoiselle Oddlow - trouble is all around. But heroes are rare."

-Lena Jones, The Secret Key (Agatha Oddly, #1)

Cover of The Last Secret (Scarlet and Ivy, #6) by Sophie Cleverly

28. The Last Secret (Scarlet and Ivy, #6)

By: Sophie Cleverly

4.55

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

The sixth and final unputdownable mystery in the thrilling and bestselling SCARLET AND IVY series, … read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
Cover of A Girl Called Justice (Justice Jones, #1) by Elly Griffiths

29. A Girl Called Justice (Justice Jones, #1)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.09

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

Missing maids, suspicious teachers and a snow storm to die for... For a fearless girl called Justic… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Skycircus (The Cogheart Adventures, #3) by Peter Bunzl

30. Skycircus (The Cogheart Adventures, #3)

By: Peter Bunzl

4.15

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

When a travelling skycircus arrives in Brackenbridge, Lily and Robert can’t wait to step aboard… Bu… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
Cover of The Secret Detectives by Ella Risbridger

31. The Secret Detectives

By: Ella Risbridger

3.85

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

When Isobel Petty is orphaned, she finds herself being taken away from her home in India and sent t… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery

20 Top fiction books like Death in the Spotlight (Murder Most Unladylike, #7) by Robin Stevens

Transform Your Habits

The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow (The Sinclair’s Mysteries #1)

Katherine Woodfine

3.99

Transform Your Habits

The Mystery of the Painted Dragon (The Sinclair’s Mysteries #3)

Katherine Woodfine

4.28

Transform Your Habits

The Curse in the Candlelight (Scarlet and Ivy, #5)

Sophie Cleverly

4.46

Transform Your Habits

Take Your Last Breath (Ruby Redfort #2)

Lauren Child

3.33

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15 Top fiction books like Skycircus (The Cogheart Adventures, #3) by Peter Bunzl

Transform Your Habits

Jolly Foul Play (Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries, #4)

Robin Stevens

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Murder Most Unladylike (Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries, #1)

Robin Stevens

4.21

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Journey to the River Sea

Kevin Hawkes , Eva Ibbotson

4.20

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The Final Year

Matt Goodfellow

4.71

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