Books like Christie & Company down east by Katherine Hall Page

A locked‑in murder on the Orient Express forces detective Hercule Poirot to unravel a mystery among a diverse group of passengers during a snowbound night.

A pioneering English detective story in which a priceless diamond, once stolen from a Hindu idol and presented to a young woman on her eighteenth birthday, disappears again, sparking intrigue and danger.

A charming and clever women detective, Precious Ramotswe, solves mysteries in Botswana's small town of Midsomin, South Africa, from 1986 to 1997, facing dangers and love in the process. The novel is beloved by readers worldwide for its clever dialogue and characters who are as flawed as the rest of us. The book is a bestseller and has been translated into 45 languages, including Polish, German, and Japanese, among others. It was also voted one of the International Books of the Year and the Millennium by the Times Literary Supplement.

Colonel and Mrs Bantry find a dead young woman in their library, and her body may be linked to another murder. With their own detective skills stalled, they turn to Miss Marple to unravel the mystery.

Ten‑year‑olds Petra and Calder tackle a mysterious art heist when a Vermeer vanishes, using their unique skills to solve a cross‑continental scandal.

Nick Itch and his new friends Bruno and Loretta help him uncover the mystery of a stolen bicycle and track down Arthur Bobowicz, the eccentric owner of a 266‑pound chicken named Henrietta, in the lively town of Hoboken, New Jersey.

Travis and Corey spend a summer at their grandmother’s Vermont inn, where a string of ghost stories sparks mischievous pranks that unearth a spiteful spirit. Only the siblings can uncover Fox Hill’s dark secret and set the restless ghost to rest.

Eleven‑year‑old Caitlin, living with Asperger’s, struggles to accept her brother Devon’s death and her father’s absence, learning that life is more than black and white and finding closure in color.

In the early 1700s, twelve‑year‑old Suzette, an Ojibwa‑French girl, must uncover a theft when her father is accused in a fur‑trapping contest, using both her French and Ojibwa heritage to solve the mystery.

A sixth‑grade misfit named Hero uncovers a precious diamond hidden in her new home and a mysterious neighbor, while navigating the attention of the popular boy in school.

When Zachary Beaver Came to Town is a juvenile fiction set in the World War I era, exploring friendship, family and the challenges of living in a small Texas town.

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec investigates a surprising death in the quiet village of Three Pines, uncovering a sinister truth beneath the seeming hunting accident.

A 13‑year‑old left‑handed boy struggles to accept his uniqueness when his pastor‑father insists it is evil, forcing him to choose between conformity and self‑acceptance.

A young girl from a poor island community finds friendship and a new home in a wealthy Maine town in 1911.

Twelve‑year‑old Sarny endures a harsh life in slavery until a new fellow servant offers to teach her literacy, placing her in a perilous but hopeful path.

Twelve‑year‑old Ariana and her cousin Laila band together to protect their family grocery shop in San Francisco after a rival Afghan market threatens their livelihood.

In his wickedly brilliant first novel, Debut Dagger Award winner Alan Bradley introduces one of the most singular and engaging heroines in recent fiction: eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison. It is the summer of 1950--and a series of inexplicable events has struck Buckshaw, the decaying English mansion that Flavia's family calls home. A dead bird is found on the doorstep, a postage stamp bizarrely pinned to its beak. Hours later, Flavia finds a man lying in the cucumber patch and watches him as he takes his dying breath. For Flavia, who is both appalled and delighted, life begins in earnest when murder comes to Buckshaw. "I wish I could say I was afraid, but I wasn't. Quite the contrary. This was by far the most interesting thing that had ever happened to me in my entire life."To Flavia the investigation is the stuff of science: full of possibilities, contradictions, and connections. Soon her father, a man raising his three daughters alone, is seized, accused of murder. And in a police cell, during a violent thunderstorm, Colonel de Luce tells his daughter an astounding story--of a schoolboy friendship turned ugly, of a priceless object that vanished in a bizarre and brazen act of thievery, of a Latin teacher who flung himself to his death from the school's tower thirty years before. Now Flavia is armed with more than enough knowledge to tie two distant deaths together, to examine new suspects, and begin a search that will lead her all the way to the King of England himself. Of this much the girl is sure: her father is innocent of murder--but protecting her and her sisters from something even worse....An enthralling mystery, a piercing depiction of class and society, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie is a masterfully told tale of deceptions--and a rich literary delight.From the Hardcover edition.

When a train rides along California’s coast, seventh‑grader Steve Brixton discovers a hidden plot involving a fleet of priceless cars, an assassin, and a secret rail car, sending him back into the world of detective work.

In the small town of Middleburg, Indiana, constant church bell chimes and a mysterious bat sighting stir chaos. Bernie Magruder and his friends investigate the rumors of the elusive Indiana Aztec bat and the cause of the relentless ringing.

Thirteen‑year‑old Jasmine Schuler rescues a broken gelding called Shadow, and together they uncover a mystery that could change their lives.

Three siblings flee to a distant grandmother’s house to escape foster care, only to discover a cold welcome and a harrowing secret hidden within the family's past.

At 13, Lady Grace Cavendish, a spirited young lady‑in‑waiting to Queen Elizabeth I, must unravel a deadly court mystery after her mother’s death, using wit and stealth to protect England’s future.

The new tutor at Goody Hall senses that the house hides a mystery, prompting a subtle detective adventure for young readers.

Twin siblings July and Liberty Starbuck uncover a mysterious manuscript and a ghostly detective in London, using their telepathic bond to solve a hidden mystery.

Two boys at a boarding school stumble upon the remnants of an ancient underground civilization, sparking a mystery that tests their friendship and courage.