Pippa the Werefox Series

Can you solve the mystery? You're an orphan (well, maybe not in real life, but in these books you are) and you've gone to live with your Aunt Vivian and cousin Pippa out in the country. Their house is in a small village surrounded by lush forest and the two of them welcome you with open arms. But you have a secret that you've never told anyone. There's something about Pippa, though. She seems to know your secret already. When someone ruins the main corridor of your new school, tearing down paintings and spilling paint everywhere, Pippa is determined to learn that secret, too. She sneaks into your room at night and asks you to go to the school with her to crack the case. To solve it, you must collect four clues, and Pippa will follow YOUR lead. You decide where to explore in the darkened school; you decide which order to uncover the clues. Do you think you can solve the mystery before Pippa does?

Someone has left a fork in the garden. You find it one morning, sticking out of a rotting piece of wood. It's a nice fork, and an odd thing to lose in the forest. Your cousin Pippa is intrigued and decides that this is the next case she must solve. Together you investigate all the clues and get the fork back to its rightful owner. As always, YOU decide in what order to look at the clues. The true mystery, though, is why the owner left it in your garden. See if you can crack the case before Pippa does!

It is a plain, boring pencil to most people, but you've had it for ages. It's your lucky pencil, but now it's missing. What's worse, your cousin Pippa sees you crying over it. But she doesn't laugh. She sees this as a new mystery to solve, and she needs your help. The werefoxes are on the move again, this time to track down that missing pencil! Pippa needs YOU to decide where to look and what order to collect clues. See if you can solve the mystery of who has your missing pencil before Pippa does?

It appears in your window every night, a mysterious configuration of lights that hovers for a moment, then is gone. You don't dare tell your Aunt Vivian or Cousin Pippa. Surely they'll laugh. But Pippa pries the secret from you and doesn't laugh. Instead, she gets out her notebook and declares it the next mystery she wants to solve. It's your most difficult mystery yet, and your cousin needs your help to gather clues. You choose where to search and in what order to discover the clues. See if you can crack the case before she does!

Your cousin, Pippa, cannot find her wellies. She'll need those rubber boots the next time it rains, and so she must solve the mystery of where they've gone. She'll want YOUR help to decide where to look and how. See if you can figure out how someone would sneak up to the cottage and swipe a pair of wellies without being seen. More importantly, who would do such a thing? See if you can solve the mystery before Pippa does!

"I hear you're quite the sleuths." Nils's mother is onto you and your cousin, Pippa. She knows that you are good at solving mysteries, and now she has a new one. Who is stealing Nils's lunch every day? Pippa needs your help to discover all the clues. You decide where to look and when, and once you have done your investigation, see if you can solve the mystery before Pippa does!

You and Pippa can read the handwritten journal, given to you by your grandfather, but when your Aunt Vivian looks at it, she sees only blank pages. It's another mystery for your cousin Pippa to solve! As always, YOU decide where to go in your small English village. Do you want to visit your grandfather in the care home first, or see if another friend your age can read the journal? You decide in what order to investigate the clues. See if you can solve the mystery before Pippa does.

When a priceless artifact disappears, a play-date becomes an investigation. You and Pippa are at your friend, Robert's, manor house when his family discovers that an antique quill pen is missing. Robert's great-great-great grandfather cut the quill himself and presented it to your great-great-great grandfather, his loyal game warden. You, Pippa, and Robert are all heartbroken at its loss. But Pippa's on the case, and she needs your help. Will you question witnesses first, or try to decipher a cryptic piece of paper left in the quill's place? Pippa will follow your lead. See if you can crack the case before Pippa does!

Grandfather never goes out in his fox-form during the day, but here he is, scratching at your window. "I need your help," he explains, "but you may think it's silly. I need you to find a gift my grandmother gave me long ago. A toy car." You and Pippa can never resist a good mystery, and this one proves to be quite difficult. How does a toy vanish from inside a box and into thin air? That's what appears to have happened, but with you and Pippa on the case, perhaps it won't stay vanished for long. See if you can find it before Pippa does.

You know when Nils comes to you and Pippa for help, the situation must be dire, and it is. His little sister's stuffed dinosaur has gone missing, and she is inconsolable. Pippa's not keen to go to Nils's house, but she never could resist a good mystery. As she always tells you, though, mysteries are about secrets and the more mysteries you solve for Nils, the more secrets you learn. Perhaps this time you can discover a secret that can heal the rift between you, or perhaps you'll discover one that makes it worse than ever. See if you can solve the mystery before Pippa does!

A mysterious disease is killing trees in the forest, and this case is going to require the help of a scientist. The good news is that your Aunt Vivian is a scientist, but she can't discover what is killing the trees if you don't tell her where to look and what to look for. If you cannot solve this mystery, the entire forest could be in danger. You and Pippa have always solved your mysteries on your own, so this is a new kind of investigation for you. See if you can uncover enough clues to help Aunt Vivian discover whether the disease that is killing the trees is a natural part of the forest, or something much more sinister.

Nils is furious when someone tampers with his lunch, but your cousin, Pippa, is ready to solve the mystery. Where Nils sees only mischief, Pippa sees a secret message meant for the person who can discover all the clues and piece together what they mean. But this time, the mystery is the easy part. Mysteries are about secrets, and it is often difficult to know what to do with secrets once you learn them. See if you can solve the mystery before Pippa does—and then it's your turn to teach your family the true spirit of the season.

Can you solve the mystery before Pippa does?   Kiran's corgi puppy has gone missing in the woods and Kiran is beside himself with worry. There was a nasty rainstorm last night and the poor little thing is out there alone. This is a case you and Pippa know how to solve.   Or is it a set-up? Pippa's good at making friends, but she also has enemies, and she fears someone is out to learn her secret. Can you find the puppy in the woods? Or should you stop the search before someone catches on to the fact that neither you nor your cousin are quite what you seem?   Get your copy and see if you can crack the case!