Robin Stevens's top 10 crime capers

The author of the Murder Most Unladylike series picks her favourite sleuthing stories, from Sherlock Holmes to Sally Lockhart

Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes in the BBC adaptation of Conan Doyle’s classic stories. Photograph: Robert Viglasky/PA

Thursday 20 August 2015 The Guardian

In the real world, crime may be a bad thing, but in fiction it’s usually extremely entertaining. My third Murder Most Unladylike mystery, First Class Murder, features a train journey across Europe, priceless jewels, international spying, fancy pastry and a dreadful murder. What could be more fun?

So here are my 10 favourite crime capers in children’s literature (with a guest appearance from some of my favourite adult crime writers). Sometimes crime does pay . . .