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The Traitors' Gate

author: Avi
When his father is arrested as a debtor in 1849 London, fourteen-year-old John Huffman must take on unexpected responsibilities, from asking a distant relative for help to determining why people are spying on him and his family.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 26
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 810
subjects: spies, poverty, family life, mystery and detective stories [X], historical fiction [X], london (england) [X], great britain, families

The Case Of The Left-handed Lady

author: Springer, Nancy
Pursued by her much older brother, famed detective Sherlock Holmes, fourteen-year-old Enola, disguised and using false names, attempts to solve the kidnapping of a baronet's sixteen-year-old daughter in nineteenth-century London.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 61
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1070
subjects: kidnapping, hypnotism, characters in literature, mystery and detective stories [X], london (england) [X], great britain, characters and characteristics in literature, historical fiction [X], mystery fiction

Shadow In The North

author: Pullman, Philip
In 1878 in London, Sally, now twenty-two and established in her own business, and her companions Frederick and Jim try to solve the mystery surrounding the unexpected collapse of a shipping firm and its ties to a sinister corporation called North Star.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740

The Ruby In The Smoke

author: Pullman, Philip
In nineteenth-century London, sixteen-year-old Sally, a recent orphan, becomes involved in a deadly search for a mysterious ruby.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
subjects: mystery and detective stories [X], orphans, mystery fiction, london (england) [X], readers rule, criminals, historical fiction [X], great britain, london

The Case Of The Missing Marquess

author: Springer, Nancy
Enola Holmes, much younger sister of detective Sherlock Holmes, must travel to London in disguise to unravel the disappearance of her missing mother.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 55
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1020
subjects: mothers, missing persons, mystery and detective stories [X], historical fiction [X], london (england) [X], characters in literature, great britain

The Mystery Unravels

author: Odom, Mel
Matt Hunter vows revenge against the evil Lucius Creighdor after Lucius kills Matt's father and enlists the help of his friends to defeat their deadly foe.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: murder, teenagers, good and evil, historical fiction [X], mystery and detective stories [X], london (england) [X]

Death And The Arrow

author: Priestley, Chris
After his friend Will, a pickpocket in London in 1715, is murdered as part of a series of mysterious deaths, fifteen-year-old Tom Marlowe asks his friend Dr.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: serial murderers, historical fiction [X], mystery and detective stories [X], serial killers, london (england) [X], murder

Death And The Arrow

author: Priestly, Chris
After his friend Will, a pickpocket in London in 1715, is murdered as part of a series of mysterious deaths, fifteen-year-old Tom Marlowe asks his friend Dr.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: murder, mystery and detective stories [X], historical fiction [X], homicide, mystery fiction, london (england) [X]

The Raven League

author: Simmons, Alex
Archie Wiggins and the other members of the Raven League are thrilled when they meet Buffalo Bill Cody himself, but when a policeman is attacked and Buffalo Bill is the prime suspect, the Raven League vows to prove Bill's innocence.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: buffalo bill, mystery and detective stories [X], historical fiction [X], mystery fiction, london (england) [X]

The Playmaker

author: Cheaney, J. B
While working as an apprentice in a London theater company in 1597, fourteen-year-old Richard uncovers a mystery involving the disappearance of his father and a traitorous plot to overthrow Queen Elizabeth.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: theater, mystery and detective stories [X], historical fiction [X], mystery fiction, london (england) [X], great britain

Ripper

author: Reeves, Amy Carol
Sent to do volunteer work at the Whitechapel Hospital in the east end of London in 1888, seventeen-year-old Abbie discovers the identity of Jack the Ripper.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: jack, homicide, mystery fiction, historical fiction [X], murder, mystery and detective stories [X], london (england) [X], great britain

Rivals In The City

author: Lee, Y. S
Hesitating to accept James' marriage proposal out of fear of losing her independence, Mary watches over a dying prisoner whose wife holds a grudge against James, at the same time a familiar Chinese prizefighter arrives in London.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 820
subjects: mystery and detective stories [X], great britain, london (england) [X], detective and mystery fiction, household employees, murder, historical fiction [X], sex role, orphans

A Spy In The House

author: Lee, Y. S
Rescued from the gallows in 1850s London, young orphan and thief Mary Quinn is offered a place at Miss Scrimshaw's Academy for Girls where she is trained to be part of an all-female investigative unit called The Agency and, at age seventeen, she infiltrates a rich merchant's home in hopes of tracing his missing cargo ships.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680

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