Mysteries with a techie theme (compiled by MSLA members):
The Secret Agent Jack Stalwart series by Elizabeth Singer Hunt
Dan Gutman's Qwerty Stevens Back in Time mysteries
Room One by Andrew Clements
The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity by Mac Barnett
Edgar Allan's Official Crime Investigation Notebook by Mary Amato
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz (note: graphic novel version of Storm Breaker is a lower reading level than the books)
The 39 Clues series
"Cyberia" by Chris Lynch
Warner, Gertrude Chandler, 1890-1979. The mystery in the computer game. Morton Grove, IL : A. Whitman & Comany, c2000, 2003.
The Aldens, while testing the latest version of their favorite computer game, are surprised to find messages directed specifically at them.
Brezenoff, Steven. The painting that wasn't there. Minneapolis, Minn. : Stone Arch Books, c2010.
James "Gum" Shoo goes to the museum with his art class, and while everybody has been learning about forged art, they are surprised to find a fake in the gallery, and James and his friends attempt to solve the mystery.
Cheshire, Simon. The treasure of Dead Man's Lane : and other case files. 1st American ed. New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2009, c2008.
Saxby Smart, a young detective who solves cases from a tool shed, deals with a case of stolen comics as well as neighborhood intruders while sharing clues to allow the reader to help solve the mysteries.
Kelly, David A. (David Andrew), 1964-. The Fenway foul-up. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2011.
Cousins Mike Walsh and Kate Hopkins are watching batting practice at Fenway Park when Red Sox slugger Big D's lucky bat is stolen, and with Big D in a slump, Mike and Kate rush to find the bat before the Sox lose the game.
Montgomery, Lewis B. The case of the haunted haunted house. New York : Kane Press, 2009.
Amateur detectives Milo and Jazz try to figure out if the haunted house they are building for the school fair has a real ghost.
Robbins, Trina. Chicagoland Detective Agency. Minneapolis : Graphic Universe, c2010.
Megan Yamamura, who has a knack for investigation, tries to stop the students at a summer preparatory school from being turned into mindless automatons by the principal, the cafeteria lady, and the school psychiatrist.
Tracker by Patrick Carman.--embedded video and secret codes
Anything by Vivian van Velde
Swindle by Gordon Korman
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
