RA Spratt 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.

The Final Mission wraps up the series with international spies closing in on Currawong and the Peski family. Ordered to act normal, the kids attempt to enjoy the town’s potato festival, but their mother’s return and a looming global plot force them into one last risky operation.

Near Extinction sends the Peski kids on a geography excursion to a dinosaur themed park that rapidly turns dangerous. April tries to smash out of a moving bus, Fin gets his head bitten by a fake dinosaur, Joe hauls an apparently injured classmate and Loretta’s blowtorch antics attract real criminals.

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.

In Stuck in the Mud, Currawong hosts its annual mud run and chaos descends. April is strapped to a vision impaired teammate, Joe battles ruthless competitors and Fin plots revenge with mud balls, then the prize money vanishes and the siblings must solve the crime buried under all that muck.

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.

Bear in the Woods finds April insisting she has seen a huge bear near Currawong while no one believes her. As Fin is blamed for injuring the fearsome Cat Lady and Loretta buys their bewildered dad new underwear, the Peski kids struggle to behave during the town’s beloved Daffodil Festival.

The Mystery of the Squashed Cockroach kicks off The Peski Kids series as Joe, Fin and April are dumped in the odd town of Currawong after their spy mother disappears. With perfect neighbour Loretta and disaster prone dog Pumpkin, they investigate a trail of flattened cockroaches and small town sabotage.

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.

The Nanny Piggins Guide to Conquering Christmas turns the holiday season into a mission instead of a chore. Nanny dishes out chaotic recipes, games, stories and highly opinionated advice about nativity plays, relatives and Santa, all firmly centred on chocolate, jokes and doing things her own way.

In Nanny Piggins And The Race To Power, the outrageous pig nanny decides the best way to stop Mr Green’s political ambitions is to run for mayor herself. Her campaign runs on towering cakes, dangerous stunts and a wonderfully wobbly understanding of democracy.

In Nanny Piggins And The Daring Rescue, a frantic phone call from a tropical island reveals that Mr Green has been kidnapped. Reluctantly, Nanny sets off to save him, bungee jumping, bluffing officials and performing her legendary dance of the seven cakes to outwit the culprits.

In Nanny Piggins and the Rival Ringmaster, the pig nanny confronts the ruthless circus boss from her past. Between counselling a nervous Moldovan princess, impersonating her own respectable sister and catching up with Esmeralda the elephant, she must decide how to protect both circus and family.

Nanny Piggins and The Pursuit Of Justice begins with an illegal tightrope stunt that lands her in court and sentenced to thousands of hours of community service. She promptly turns punishment into adventure, rescuing neglected pensioners, posing as a pirate and borrowing a bus to deliver justice her way.

Nanny Piggins and the Accidental Blast Off catapults the Green children into space when their nanny unintentionally launches a rocket. On the way back she wrestles crocodiles, foils a snack obsessed jewel thief and even wires up the chimney to keep an untrustworthy Santa out.

In Nanny Piggins and the Runaway Lion, a loose lion terrifies the neighbourhood while mostly making Nanny hungry for cake. She calms the Green children, tames both lion and lion tamer and thwarts Mr Green’s plan to send the kids away, all while reinventing winter sports and neighbourhood watch.

The Adventures of Nanny Piggins introduces the Green children to their new nanny, a former flying pig from the circus who loves chocolate more than rules. Each chapter delivers a stand alone escapade, from spending uniform money at the amusement park to tracking thieves and outwitting their miserly father.

Nanny Piggins and the Wicked Plan pits the nanny against Mr Green’s latest scheme to find a wife who will work for free so he can fire her. To sabotage the romance she stages wild adventures that involve cannon blasts, prison break ins, jury duty and mountains of cake.