Friday Barnes Books in Order

In Last Chance, Friday Barnes travels to Paris after a newly discovered letter suggests the Mona Lisa in the Louvre is a forgery. Disguised as an art student, she and Melanie investigate high tech thieves, guerrilla artists and one very complicated boyfrenemy.

Undercover sends Friday to Norway, where she rushes to clear Binky after a disastrous encounter with a polar bear leaves him facing court martial. Between royal romances, impossible art thefts and a perilous trip to the Global Seed Vault, she has plenty to untangle.

No Escape picks up two years later, as Friday walks out of prison vowing to give up detecting. That promise falls apart when Uncle Bernie begs her to guard Florence’s Uffizi Gallery from art thieves, drawing her back into danger and toward a very familiar nemesis.

Never Fear finds Highcrest under a new headmaster who wants Friday fast tracked to graduation and Ian expelled over a suspicious pair of pants. Rumours of hidden gold on campus push her into one last explosive mystery, even as friendships and first crushes get complicated.

In Bitter Enemies, a reunion of four former headmasters turns Highcrest’s anniversary celebration into a circus of secrets. While everyone chokes down paleo meals, Friday juggles a weepy witness, a possible stalker and a trail of pranks that threaten the school’s future.

In The Plot Thickens, Friday’s friendship with Ian implodes when she uncovers uncomfortable truths about his powerful family. At the same time Highcrest is plagued by baffling acts of vandalism, a celebrity art teacher and a zealous PE instructor, forcing her to investigate on several fronts.

Danger Ahead begins with Ian’s trip to see his disgraced father in the Cayman Islands and spirals into a kidnapping that only Friday can solve. Back at school she is marched off to a harsh wilderness camp, where ghost stories and survival training hide a very real threat.

Under Suspicion sees Friday arrested soon after cracking the swamp yeti case, then released into a school full of fresh puzzles. From a sabotaged quiche competition to mysterious holes in the playing field and a decades old secret, she must clear her name and face an unexpectedly kind new classmate.

No Rules opens with Friday deported to Switzerland, leaving Highcrest in chaos after all the teachers are mysteriously fired. Racing back, she must prove Ian is not the saboteur, outwit a tie dyed vice principal and expose the prankster before the school falls apart.

Big Trouble brings the mysteries painfully close to home when Friday’s mother is kidnapped. Between tracking a master thief known as the Pimpernel and managing a demanding Norwegian princess at Highcrest, Friday has to balance family loyalty with the never ending stream of school crimes.

Girl Detective introduces Friday Barnes, an eleven year old brain who solves a bank robbery and uses the reward to enroll at elite Highcrest Academy. She soon discovers a hotbed of crime involving missing homework, diamond theft and a swamp monster rumour, plus the first sparks of rivalry with Ian Wainscott.