The Mask of Destiny

10 best books like The Mask of Destiny (Richard Newsome): Take Your Last Breath, Arsenic for Tea, The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma, The White War: Life and Death on the Italian Front 1915 - 1919, Murder Most Unladylike: A Wells & Wong Mystery, When the Dolls Woke, Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris, Coolie, Jolly Foul Play, A Spoonful of Murder

Take Your Last Breath

Author

Lauren Child

Crack open Ruby Redfort’s second adventure — and you will literally be on the edge of your wits.

Everyone’s favorite girl detective is back for a second mind-blowing installment, packed with all the off-the-wall humor, action, and friendship of the first book. This time, though, it’s...

Arsenic for Tea

Author	Robin Stevens
ISBN	0552570737

Schoolgirl detectives Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are at Daisy's home, Fallingford, for the holidays. Daisy's glamorous mother is throwing a tea party for Daisy's birthday, and the whole family is invited, from eccentric Aunt Saskia to dashing Uncle Felix. But it soon becomes clear that this party...

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma

Author	Trenton Lee Stewart
ISBN	0307582396

IF YOU FAIL,
ALL IS
LOST.

Join the Mysterious Benedict Society as Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance embark on a daring new adventure that threatens to force them apart from their families, friends, and even each other. When an unexplained blackout engulfs Stonetown, the foursome...

The White War: Life and Death on the Italian Front 1915 - 1919

Author	Mark Thompson
ISBN	0571223338

On the hardcover version of Mark Thompson’s The White War: Life and Death on the Italian Front, there’s a remarkable picture of tiny soldiers jumping out of their snow packed trenches. In front of them is the steep side of a mountain. Talk about the Mountains of Madness! But that’s pretty much the...

Murder Most Unladylike: A Wells & Wong Mystery

Author	Robin Stevens
ISBN	0552570729

1934. When Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong set up a secret detective agency at Deepdean School for Girls, they struggle to find a truly exciting mystery to investigate. (Unless you count the case of Lavinia's missing tie. Which they don't.)

But then Hazel discovers the body of the Science Mistress,...

When the Dolls Woke

Author	Marjorie Filley Stover
ISBN	0590404199

Following on from Midnight in the dollhouse this story skips forward in time about 100 years to a time when the doll's house is passed on to a descendant of the original owner. A mystery is solved again and treasure is found.

A 3.5 star book, my daughter said that this was an okay book, but I think...

Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris

Author	R.L. LaFevers
ISBN	0618927646

I am officially in love with this series.
It was humorous, witty and full of adventure.

Some might think it a bit childlike books but wasn't Harry Potter suppose to be for children? I think my age has given me a chance to appreciate books more than as a child.

Theodosia's comments...

Coolie

Author	Mulk Raj Anand
ISBN	0140186808

Coolie portrays the picaresque adventures of Munoo, a young boy forced to leave his hill village to fend for himself and discover the world. His journey takes him far from home to towns and cities, to Bomboy and Simla, sweating as servant, factory-worker and rickshaw driver. It is a fight for survival...

Jolly Foul Play

Author	Robin Stevens
ISBN	0141369698

The fantastic new mystery from the author of Murder Most Unladylike.

Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong have returned to Deepdean for a new school term, but nothing is the same. There's a new Head Girl, Elizabeth Hurst, and a team of Prefects - and these bullying Big Girls are certainly not good eggs.

Then,...

A Spoonful of Murder

Author

Robin Stevens

The sixth mystery from the bestselling, award-winning author of Murder Most Unladylike.

When Hazel Wong's beloved grandfather passes away, Daisy Wells is all too happy to accompany her friend (and Detective Society Vice President) to Hazel's family estate in beautiful, bustling Hong...