Booklist: Sleuths and Spies

[slayground]

One of my regular teen customers requested a booklist of super sleuths and sassy spies. I could have listed many, many spy-tastic books, but I decided to create a shorter list which focused on my absolute favorites and those which I most highly recommend as well as some recent releases.

Super Sleuths: Classic Realistic Mystery Series - rated G -

Comments

[queenmaab]

oh! i absolutely adored Nancy Drew!! they were the first books i ever read, they actually got me into reading! now you can't stop me! ;)

have you ever read the McNally series, by Lawrence Sanders? I love those, too. i think i have them all, too. heh.

[slayground]

Yay for reading.

I haven't read any of the McNally series.

[queenmaab]

oh, i reccomend them. Lawrence Sanders actually passed away, and Vincent Lardo writes them now. i definately reccomend the ones actually by LS. I've read them all, but it's been a while.

taken from a website describing Archy McNally:
"Droll, detached Palm Beach twit "Archy" works as a private investigator for his patrician, august attorney father whose clientele consists of the rather weird and twisted denizens of that exclusive Florida community. It's yet another one of Sanders' detectives who cater to the rich and powerful, but in this series, the humour is played up"

[slayground]

Nice to hear that someone was able to take up his mantle.

[gypsyrobin]

I was a big Trixie Belden fan, and still have the hardcover collection beginning with the carriage house and diamond, and ending up...well, I don't even know what the last one is. Er, gleeps. ;)

Also loved Meg, as if I remember correctly, she had braids and a siamese cat, right?

Your Clue Club remnded me of our own elementary school spy club, way back when. What a blast. We fingerprinted all our relatives in the (hopeful) event any mysterious felonies occurred, and sat hidden in trees waiting for nefarious characters to pass.

None ever did, of course, which is probably why I write fiction now. I got sick of waiting, lol.

[slayground]

YES! You've just hit on why I adored Meg!

Back from lunch and editing the post to include more goodies.

Spy books/series that I haven't read

[slayground]

Alex Rider books by Anthony Horowitz
Jason Bourne by Robert Ludlum and Eric Van Lustbader
James Bond books by Ian Fleming, Kingsley Amis/Robert Markham, John Gardner, Raymond Benson, Charlie Higson, et al

Juvenile mystery series I haven't read

[slayground]

...but which my customers love:
A to Z Mysteries
Cam Jansen
Jigsaw Jones
Sammy Keyes

Awesome list

[snapshotjen]

Thanks--my daughter (3rd grade) loves mysteries. In fact, her way of telling me that she didn't like character driven novels was to say that she liked books where something happens.

She is a fan of Chet Gecko, and Encyclopedia Brown (you got me on the show--never heard of it), and Boxcar Children, although I think she burned out after the first 50 she read. . . .

I can recommend the Nancy Drew Notebooks. She started reading them in 1st or 2nd grade. They are cute (better stories and writing than the Mary Kate and Ashley Detective books, which she also reads).

I appreciate the "good for adults" recommendation. I will check them out.

Re: Awesome list

[slayground]

Thanks for the feedback! I hope you both enjoy the books. :)