SOLVED. Series about friends that solve crimes [s]

[Andy]

i remember reading this in primary school and it was a series about a group of friends who had adventuresand solved crimes (its definetly not the famous five) and each book was from a different ones perspective, one of the books had a girl called rachel i think get kidnapped only to figure out where they had gone later by the smell of the place, and another one about a jewel theif in a mall who was getting his message accross to his accomplice through writing on a chalk board, there was possibly a charaacter called tom, the front cover had the whole group sitting together and one kid had a leather jacket on and an authors name or a publishing company was written in cursive writing that i thin said robinson or something wherabouts, if anyone has any idea what i am talking about i would really appreciate the help

[Bess]

Are you talking about the Trixie Belden series written by Julie Campbell Tatham? It was written about a group of friends who solved mysteries they were in a club called the Bob-Whites, although Trixie was the main sleuth. There was also a character called Tom, he was like a stablehand though

[Andy]

no, thats not is but thanks anyway... im pretty sure it was from the 90's or 80's by what the front cover looked like

[Ann aka Iftcan]

Andy--a lot of the "classic" kids detective books were/still are re-issued all the time, with slightly up-dated cars/slang/clothing. (Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew are the first 2 that come to mind this way.)

How many kids were in this "club" I know you said it wasn't the Famous Five, but were you aware that Enid Blyton has a second mystery series with kids in it too? Check it out if you are familiar with the FF. :o)

[Kate]

That sounds a lot like the series I read when I was younger. It was called Teen Power Inc by Emily Rodda

[Andy]

thankyou so much Kate... you got it exactly right ive been searching so long and this is just awesome

[Kate]

Glad I could help, I must have read those books ten times over if not more, it's a great little series.