Friday Barnes: Under Suspicion
Who knew boarding school could be this perilous! When Friday Barnes cracked the case of Highcrest Academy's mysterious swamp-yeti, the last thing she expected was to be placed under arrest. Now with the law on her back and Ian Wainscott in her face, Friday is not so sure boarding school was the smartest choice. From a missing or not-so-missing calculator to the appearance of strange holes in the school field, she is up to her pork-pie hat in crimes — and she swears not all of them are hers.
There's also new boy Christopher, who has taken quite a shine to Friday, to contend with.Can Friday navigate the dangerous grounds of Highcrest Academy and decipher a decades-old mystery without getting caught in an unexpected love triangle?
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.