Riley Dare: Slightly Witchy Sleuth
257 pages · Released Sep 15, 2026 · Penguin Group
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Riley Dare is a middle-grade mystery with magical and ghost elements that enhance the puzzle-solving adventure without becoming horror. The story emphasizes friendship, problem-solving, and perseverance as Riley works to save her aunt's business while investigating a disappearance. There is a ghost present and some mild peril, but nothing graphically violent or deeply disturbing for the target age group. This first book in a trilogy should appeal to fans of cozy mysteries with a magical twist.
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Riley Dare is the Queen of Mysteries, master of puzzles, player of all the games. (She's maaaybe not yet a whiz with her magic, but she'll get there.) And she's got her very first real-life case to solve! Riley Dare is a master of solving puzzles. After all, she helps run her aunt’s beloved escape room, Level Up, and m... Riley Dare is the Queen of Mysteries, master of puzzles, player of all the games. (She's maaaybe not yet a whiz with her magic, but she'll get there.) And she's got her very first real-life case to solve! Riley Dare is a master of solving puzzles. After all, she helps run her aunt’s beloved escape room, Level Up, and makes it extra special thanks to the flicker of magic she’s gifted with. Need some extra shadows? Some spooky lighting? She’s got it covered. But when a celebrated author of children’s mysteries vanishes during the latest, greatest escape room she’s designed with her aunt, one themed after the biggest unsolved heist in her small town’s history, things get complicated fast. Not only is the author missing—and oh, maybe there’s a ghost inside the escape room—but with reservations being canceled left and right alongside the police investigation, there’s a chance Level Up might not survive. Riley will have to team up with her closest friends to figure out what’s going on, and how all this might be tied to that same unsolved heist from twelve years ago. A heist that happened on the day she was born… It’s her greatest puzzle yet, and Riley Dare is on the case. This first book in a trilogy promises that Riley's magical mystery-solving is only just getting started!
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