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intrigue

Books about intrigue for readers of all ages.

Starling

Fiona Paul

Ages 13–18mysteryadventure

Stories & Poems [12 stories, 11 poems]

Edgar Allan Poe, David Plunkert

Ages 10–16mysteryimagination

The Roman Conspiracy

Jack Mitchell

Ages 9–13historyadventure

Spycatcher (Pathway Books)

Barbara Mitchelhill, Tony Ross

Ages 7–11mysteryadventure

The chess queen enigma

Colleen Gleason

Ages 12–16mysterystrategy

The swami's ring

Carolyn Keene

Ages 8–14mysterydetective work

Inferno

Jo Macauley

Ages 10–14espionageadventure

The New Windmill Book of Mystery Stories of the Nineteenth Century

Robert Etty, Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Charles Dickens, Montague Rhodes James, Thomas Hardy, Bram Stoker, Ambrose Bierce, Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford, Guy de Maupassant, H. G. Wells

Ages 10–16mysterydetective work