Simon Cheshire

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  • Bibliography:
    37 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 2004
  • Latest Book:
    January 2018
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Full Series List in Order

Saxby Smart, Private Detective

Pirate's Blood and Other Case Files (Aug-2008)
The Curse of the Ancient Mask and Other Case Files (Apr-2009)
The Treasure of Dead Man's Lane and Other Case Files (Jun-2010)

Book List in Order: 37 titles

  • Kissing Vanessa

    The instant Kevin Watts sees the new girl, he falls head over heels in love. Not only is Vanessa gorgeous, sophisticated, and intelligent -- but she’s also into photography, just like Kevin. He’s sure they’d be perfect for each other . . . if i...

  • The Prince and the Snowgirl

    Everyone thinks Tom Miller is lucky. For starters, Tom looks so much like England's Prince George that he makes money impersonating him. Unfortunately, that usually involves signing autographs at the latest supermarket opening. Still, Tom is one of t...

  • Plastic Fantastic

    Readers will be drawn in by the fun premise here: Dominic, a fanboy of pop group Plastic, gets trapped in an elevator with the band's gorgeous, talented, self-assured, powerful, respected frontwoman. It takes more than two hours to fix, during wh...

  • The Fangs of the Dragon

    Three wise-cracking mysteries in one where YOU are the supersleuth! Saxby Smart, private detective, is back. Operating out of his garden shed, Saxby takes on cases brought to him by other pupils at his school, never failing to uncover a web of intrig...

  • Pirate's Blood and Other Case Files

    Saxby Smart, Private Detective

    In this third volume of the Saxby Smart: Private Detective series, Saxby solves three more daunting cases: The Pirate’s Blood, The Mystery of Mary Rogers, and The Lunchbox of Notre Dame. With the help of his Thinking Chair (located in his headquart...

  • The Curse of the Ancient Mask and Other Case Files

    Saxby Smart, Private Detective

    Saxby Smart is no ordinary school kid. He's the best detective in the world, or at least the best one who also happens to be in elementary school. In this brand new series--with three cases in each book--the reader solves the mystery alongside Saxby,...

  • Jeremy Brown

    The action-packed, totally loopy adventures of a schoolboy spy! He fights aliens! He battles Egyptian mummies! He combs his hair! THREE complete stories in one volume: Jeremy Brown Of The Secret Service, Jeremy Brown And The Mummy's Curse and Jeremy ...

  • The Hangman's Lair

    Three wise-cracking mysteries in one where YOU are the supersleuth!Saxby Smart, private detective, is back with three more puzzling cases: a terrifying visit to The Hangman's Lair to recover stolen money, blackmail is threatened in The Diary of Fear,...

  • The Treasure of Dead Man's Lane and Other Case Files

    Saxby Smart, Private Detective

    Put on your detective hat . . . Take out your magnifying glass. The Saxby Smart series lets readers solve the case! Using wit, logic, and the help of his friends, young detective Saxby Smart is back to work, recovering a valuable comic book, sear...



  • Bottomby

    Sam worries about things. A lot. But when a family crisis looms, and the clock starts ticking, Sam and his friends must go on a madcap undercover mission to recover a stolen painting from a notorious con-man....

  • Pants On Fire

    A hilarious tale of fame, fortune, fake celebrities and shocking lies, for 8-12 year olds. Tom Bland thinks he's the world's greatest actor. People at his school disagree. He's not a popular kid. When he's mistaken for a new soap opera star, and sudd...

  • Run in the Rainforest

    This title is part of Bug Club, the first whole-school reading programme that joins books with an online reading world to teach today's children to read. In this Turquoise-A level Adventure Kids book: Ed and Lin have gone with their Dad to the rainfo...

  • They Melted His Brain!

    Matthew Bland will grow up to be the greatest movie director of all time. Or so he thinks. His home-made movies are awful. However, one night he stumbles across a secret transmission which could literally change the world. Only he and his two friends...

  • Totally Unsuitable For Children

    The travelling theatre's owner Julian Chimes admits the acts are rubbish. Well, now he's got something new: a creature that is ferocious, terrifying and unsuitable for children. The question worrying backstage-boy George is where Julian got it from....

  • The Book Of The Nearly Dead

    A horror story to make you laugh your head off, for 8-12 year-olds. Ben finds a book buried in his garden. It turns out to be a horror story. What he doesn't know at first is: he's IN it! And so is his sister, and his best friend. As the three of the...

  • Secret of the Skull

    Three wise-cracking mysteries in one where YOU are the supersleuth!What strange and sinister secret is lurking at the home of Saxby's classmate? Who is the shadowy person in need of Saxby's help, and why won't they reveal their identity? Why is the s...

  • The Curse of the Ancient Mask

  • The Eye of the Serpent

    Crack three more puzzling crimes with Saxby Smart: a valuable work of art vanishes into thin air, a notorious crook returns from the dead, and there’s an eerie case of stolen identity.Saxby Smart  -- schoolboy detective  -- returns to unravel t...

  • Five Seconds to Doomsday

    Saxby’s arch-enemy plots his ultimate revenge, a truckload of video games vanish into thin air, and the school office is the target of an apparently pointless robbery...In his sixth book of case files, Saxby Smart, schoolboy detective, solves three...



  • The Poisoned Arrow

    What kind of dirty tricks are being played at the local theatre? Why would someone take the blame for a crime they couldn’t have committed? And how do the top team in the school quiz seem to know the answers before they hear the questions?Solve thr...

  • The Frankenstein Inheritance

    ..".I could see the two creatures stirring. They had been dead flesh, but now their limbs began to jerk. In sudden, horrible spasms, their fingers flexed and their arms reached out. Their thin hands were first pressed flat against the inside of the g...

  • Jeremy Brown and the Mummy's Curse

  • Jeremy Brown of the Secret Service

  • Jeremy Brown on Mars

  • Sam's Home-Made Brain Scrambler

    A tale of weird science, fiendish crimes and really bad smells! Sam's a genius at inventing things, but somehow his inventions always seem to go wrong. His new brain-boosting machine is his deadliest yet: it accidentally swaps his family's brains wit...

  • Deadline

    When Sam and Karen's mum is dragged away by heavily armed police, their whole lives change. With no clues apart from a cryptic message screamed out as she leaves, the kids suddenly find themselves embroiled in a high-adrenalin race against time to st...

  • Airlock

    George and his friends have won an incredible prize, the chance to visit the Berners-Lee space station for a special overnight school trip. But after less than an hour in space, a devastating explosion rips through the orbiting platform, killing most...

  • Operation Sting

    The Secret Intelligence Agency has a new weapon: SWARM - artificially intelligent robotic bugs that act as undercover agents. Operating below the radar, they can fly faster, see further and sting harder! They won't stop until they've complete...

  • Underworld

    Perfect for pupils with a low reading age of 8 to 9, but a high interest age of 12 to 15, our Teen Reads will have readers on the edge of their seats. Just the right level of challenging vocabulary and plot-lines make these books highly accessible, d...



  • Project Venom

    The Secret Intelligence Agency has a new weapon: SWARM - artificially intelligent robotic bugs that act as undercover agents. Operating below the radar, they can fly faster, see further and sting harder! They won't stop until they've complete...

  • Flesh and Blood

    Sam Hunter's neighbours are pillars of the community, the most influential people in town. But they're liars too. The Greehills are hiding something and Sam's determined to find out what it is. As his investigation unfolds, he realizes th...

  • Code Name Firestorm

    Code Name Firestorm is the third book in the exciting, action-packed SWARM series. The Secret Intelligence Agency has a new weapon: SWARM artificially intelligent robotic bugs that act as undercover agents. Operating below the radar, they can fly fas...

  • Deena's Dreadful Day

    Deena is preparing for her big moment -- a part in the local talent contest -- but everything is going wrong. Will Deena succeed and wow her audience, or will her dreadful day end in disaster?...

  • Vampire Quest

    James is an ordinary boy, but his best friend Vince is a bit... odd. For one thing, it turns out that Vince is a vampire. His parents are vampires, too. And so are the people who live at Number 38. There are vampires all over the place, it seems, but...

  • Target Silverclaw

    Target Silverclaw is the fourth book in the exciting, action-packed SWARM series. The Secret Intelligence Agency has a new weapon: SWARM artificially intelligent robotic bugs that act as undercover agents. Operating below the radar, they can fly fast...

  • The House on Strange Street

  • They Melted His Brain

    Matthew Bland will grow up to be the greatest movie director of all time. Or so he thinks. His home-made movies are awful. However, one night he stumbles across a secret transmission which could literally change the world. Only he and his two friends...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Simon Cheshire has published 37 books.

Simon Cheshire does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, They Melted His Brain, was published in January 2018.

The first book by Simon Cheshire, Kissing Vanessa, was published in October 2004.

Yes. Simon Cheshire has 1 series.
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