Girl Detective: A Friday Barnes Mystery

"A must-have series for middle-grade readers." --Booklist

Imagine if Sherlock Holmes was an eleven-year-old girl

When Friday Barnes, girl genius, solves a bank robbery, she uses the reward money to send herself to Highcrest Academy, the most exclusive boarding school in the country--and discovers it's a hotbed of crime

Soon she's investigating everything from disappearing homework to the terrifying Yeti haunting the school swamp. But the biggest mystery yet is Ian Wainscott, the handsomest (and most arrogant) boy in school who inexplicably hates her. Will the homework be found? Can they ever track down the Yeti? And why is Ian out to ruin her?

Girl Detective is the first book in the hilarious Friday Barnes Mystery series.


About the Author

R.A. Spratt is an award-winning author with 16 years experience writing comedy and children's programs for TV. She's the author of The Adventures of Nanny Piggins series, which went onto 9 bestselling volumes in Australia. She lives in Bowral, Australia with her husband and two daughters.

Phil Gosier is an independent art director and designer working in the Washington, D.C. area. His illustration and design clients include Kellogg's, the Discovery Channel, Marvel and DC Comics, and Macmillan. He graduated from the University of Maryland and lives in suburban Maryland with his family.