Books like The Traitor in the Tunnel by Y. S. Lee

At the heart of a bustling Paris train station lives a 12‑year‑old orphan, Hugo Cabret, who keeps the clockwork heart of his father’s old watch; when a new girl and a mysterious toy‑seller enter his cramped world, secrets, a hidden mechanism, and a mechanical man unite in a striking blend of story and illustration.

When a century‑old porcelain doll family meets a newcomer plastic doll clan that ignores the family’s long‑held Code of Honor, the dolls must find a way to coexist and learn the value of inclusion.

A teenage girl from a New Orleans brothel embarks on a murder investigation to get into a prestigious college.

In ‘The House of Dies Drear,’ a Black family discovers that their new home, a former Underground Railroad stop, is haunted by secrets that force them to confront their past and the legacy of slavery.

A young girl on a transatlantic voyage faces a shocking murder accusation and courtroom trial, capturing the turbulent realities of teenage life at sea.

In Victorian London, thirteen‑year‑old Lucy’s quiet family life turns mysterious when a bedraggled woman who looks exactly like her mother arrives at their doorstep.

When the beloved bride of a high school party dies, a shy new student must clear her name and uncover the hidden truth about the death.

"A thrilling Cold War narrative exploring two harrowing attempts to rescue East Germans by tunneling beneath the Berlin Wall, the U.S. television networks who financed and filmed them, and the Kennedy administration's unprecedented attempt to suppress both films. In the summer of 1962, one year after East German Communists built the Berlin Wall, a group of daring young West Germans came up with a plan. They would risk prison, Stasi torture, even death to liberate friends, lovers, and strangers in East Berlin by digging tunnels under the Wall. Among the tunnelers and escape helpers were a legendary cyclist, an American student from Stanford, and an engineer who would later help build the tunnel under the English Channel. Then two U.S. television networks, NBC and CBS, heard about the secret projects, and raced to be first to air a spectacular 'inside tunnel' special on the human will for freedom. The networks funded two separate tunnels in return for exclusive rights to film the escapes. In response, President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of State Dean Rusk, wary of anything that might raise tensions and force a military confrontation with the Soviets, maneuvered to quash both documentaries. Unfolding week by week, sometimes hour by hour, Greg Mitchell's riveting narrative deftly cuts back and forth from one extraordinary character to another. There's the tunneler who had already served four years in the East German gulag; the Stasi informer who betrays the 'CBS tunnel'; the young East Berliner who escapes with her baby, then marries one of the tunnelers; and broadcast legend Daniel Schorr, who battled unsuccessfully to save his film from White House interference and remained bitter about it to the end of his life. Looming over all is John F. Kennedy, who was ambivalent about--even hostile toward--the escape operations. Kennedy confessed to Dean Rusk: 'We don't care about East Berlin.' Based on extensive access to the Stasi archives, long-secret U.S. documents, and new interviews with tunnelers and refugees, The Tunnels provides both rich history and high suspense. Award-winning journalist Mitchell captures the hopes and fears of everyday Berliners; the chilling reach of the Stasi secret police; U.S. networks prepared to 'pay for play' yet willing to cave to official pressure; and a White House and State Department eager to suppress historic coverage. The result is 'breaking history, ' a propulsive read whose themes reverberate even today"--

In Victorian London, Mary Quinn, an apprentice builder and key member of Miss Scrimshaw’s all‑female detective academy, infiltrates the city’s underworld to expose a hidden murderer.

Seven girls at St. Etheldreda's School for Young Ladies must uncover the mystery behind their headmistress and brother’s untimely deaths while keeping the school open.

Maisie Hunt investigates a mysterious new lodger in her grandmother's boarding house, only to find herself tangled in a dangerous secret that challenges her sense of safety and friendship.

After escaping the gallows in 1850s London, orphaned thief Mary Quinn joins Miss Scrimshaw’s Academy for Girls, training with the all‑female investigative unit, The Agency, to infiltrate a wealthy merchant’s home and uncover his lost cargo ships.

Victorian detective drama starring Agent Mary Quinn, a young woman rescued from the gallows and hidden in Miss Scrimshaw's Academy—an undercover investigative school that unravels political intrigue and swindling.

At 14, Sherlock Holmes discovers his first murder while staying with his eccentric relatives in Hampshire, setting him on a path that leads to a diabolical villain.

Eleven-year-old Nell moves to Chicago to live with her aunt, Kate Warne, the pioneering female detective of Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency, and helps her solve intriguing mysteries including one linked to Abraham Lincoln and her own family.

While on summer vacation, little Irene Adler meets a young William Sherlock Holmes. The two share stories of pirates and have battles of wit while running wild on the sunny streets and rooftops. When Sherlock's friend, Lupin, joins in on the fun, they all become fast friends. But the good times end abruptly when a dead body floats ashore on the nearby beach. The young detective trio will have to put all three of their heads together to solve this mystery.

Undercover agent Mary Quinn returns to Victorian London, disguising herself as a boy to investigate a murder at the Houses of Parliament clock tower, confronting her own harrowing childhood memories along the way.

Irene Adler, Sherlock Holmes and the famed thief Arsène Lupin plan a reunion in London, but Lupin is missing while his father, Théophraste, is arrested on a murder charge.