Order of Trixie Belden Books
Trixie Belden is the star of a series of mystery books written by author Julie Campbell Tatham and, later, under the house pen name of Kathryn Kennedy. The books were released between 1948 and 1986 and are considered some of the best introductury mysteries for kids.
The series focuses on Beatrix “Trixie” Belden, a young teen who is living in the fictional town of Sleepyside-on-Hudson in the Hudson Valley in New York state. She lives on a farm that has ben in her family for generations. The books see her teaming up with her lonely, sheltered rich girl friend Honey Wheeler to solve mysteries. The two get help with brothers and friends as they have adventures, solve mysteries, and struggle with school.
Publication Order of Trixie Belden Books
(By: Julie Campbell, Kathryn Kenny)
| The Secret of the Mansion | (1948) |    |
| The Red Trailer Mystery | (1950) | |
| The Gatehouse Mystery | (1951) | |
| The Mysterious Visitor | (1954) | |
| The Mystery Off Glen Road | (1956) | |
| Mystery in Arizona | (1958) | |
| The Mysterious Code | (1961) | |
| The Black Jacket Mystery | (1961) | |
| The Happy Valley Mystery | (1962) | |
| The Marshland Mystery | (1962) | |
| The Mystery at Bob-White Cave | (1963) | |
| The Mystery of the Blinking Eye | (1963) | |
| The Mystery on Cobbett's Island | (1964) | |
| The Mystery of the Emeralds | (1965) | |
| The Mystery on the Mississippi | (1965) | |
| The Mystery of the Missing Heiress | (1970) | |
| The Mystery of the Uninvited Guest | (1977) | |
| The Mystery of the Phantom Grasshopper | (1977) | |
| The Secret Of The Unseen Treasure | (1977) | |
| The Mystery Off Old Telegraph Road | (1978) | |
| The Mystery of the Castaway Children | (1978) | |
| The Mystery at Mead's Mountain | (1978) | |
| The Mystery of the Queen's Necklace | (1979) | |
| The Mystery at Saratoga | (1979) | |
| The Sasquatch Mystery | (1979) | |
| The Mystery of the Headless Horseman | (1979) | |
| The Mystery of the Ghostly Galleon | (1979) | |
| The Hudson River Mystery | (1979) | |
| The Mystery of the Velvet Gown | (1980) | |
| The Mystery of the Midnight Marauder | (1980) | |
| The Mystery at Maypenny's | (1980) | |
| The Mystery of Whispering Witch | (1980) | |
| The Mystery Of The Vanishing Victim | (1980) | |
| The Mystery Of The Missing Millionaire | (1980) | |
| The Mystery of the Memorial Day Fire | (1984) | |
| The Mystery of the Antique Doll | (1984) | |
| The Pet Show Mystery | (1985) | |
| The Indian Burial Ground Mystery | (1985) | |
| The Mystery of the Galloping Ghost | (1986) | |
| The Mysterious Code | (2012) | |
| The Mystery on Cobbett's Island | (2012) | |
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The Secret of the Mansion is the first book in the Trixie Belden series. This book establishes the friendship between Trixie and Honey Wheeler. The book starts with Trixie (not) looking forward to a boring summer as her older brothers go off to camp. Her circumstances change when a millionaire’s daughter named Honey Wheeler moves into the mansion next door. The girls have an adventure on their hands when an old miser hides a fortune in his decrepit house, and a runaway kid starts hiding out in Sleepyside.
The series continues with The Red Trailer Mystery. Trixie and Honey are together here when their friend Jim runs away from town. He leaves before anyone could tell him that his is an heir to a huge fortune so the girls set off across upstate New York to track him down and tell him about his inheritance. However, the girls ends up stumbling into another mystery along the way and go about solving the case as it is what they are best at.