Friday Barnes: Girl Detective
When girl detective Friday Barnes solves a bank robbery she uses the reward money to send herself to the most exclusive boarding school in the country, Highcrest Academy. On arrival, Friday is shocked to discover the respectable school is actually a hotbed of crime.
She's soon investigating everything from disappearing homework to the Yeti running around the school swamp. That's when she's not dealing with her own problem – Ian Wainscott, the handsomest boy in school, who inexplicably hates Friday and loves nasty pranks.
Can Friday solve Highcrest Academy's many strange mysteries, including the biggest mystery of all – what's the point of high school?
About the Friday Barnes Series
Books in series order
- 1.Friday Barnes: Girl Detective(2014)
- 2.Friday Barnes: Under Suspicion(2015)
- 3.Friday Barnes: Big Trouble(2015)
- 4.Friday Barnes: No Rules(2016)
- 5.The Plot Thickens(2016)
- 6.Danger Ahead(2017)
- 7.Bitter Enemies(2017)
- 8.Never Fear(2018)
- 9.No Escape(2021)
- 10.Undercover(2022)
- 11.Last Chance(2023)
- 12.Collision Course(2024)
- 13.In Plain Sight(2025)
Reading age: 9+ years
This series should be read in order.
Imagine if Sherlock Holmes was an eleven-year-old girl!
When girl detective Friday Barnes solves a bank robbery she uses the reward money to send herself to the most exclusive boarding school in the country, Highcrest Academy. On arrival, Friday is shocked to discover the respectable school is actually a hotbed of crime and it's up to this plucky young sleuth to investigate!
R.A. Spratt, the author of the hilarious Nanny Piggins series, returns to us with the clever, funny and very shrewd Friday Barnes.