Friday Barnes (series)

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Friday Barnes is a series written by R.A Spratt, which, surprise surprise, is about Friday Barnes. The series, as of 2021, consists of 9 books, which all have seperate pages her on the wiki. The books are Girl Detective, Under Suspicion, Big Trouble, No Rules, The Plot Thickens, Danger Ahead, Bitter Enemies, Never Fear, No Escape, Under Cover, Last Chance, and the newest book is to be released Jan 31 2024.

Girl Detective is the first book of the series, which introduces pretty much all of the primary characters. It also introduces the format of the Friday Barnes books, which is mini mysteries in the book, but a big mystery which runs through the whole book. The big mystery is the swamp yeti, who is Miss Harrow.

Under Suspicion, like the first book, has many mini mysteries, but unlike the first, there are kind of two big mysteries. Firstly, the holes which are appearing everywhere in Highcrest and secondly, the criminal running loose. Both are solved and have the same answer, which is the new boy, Christopher. It also has the "love triangle" between Friday, Chris and Ian.

Big Trouble is more like the first book in the format, but like Under Suspicion, has a new person who is also the answer to the case. The big mystery is the things which are stolen by someone, nicknamed the Pimpernel, though the person dropping the cards turn out to just be Ian Wainscott. The thief is the "princess", Karina Jones.

No Rules' big mystery is the trouble and havoc everywhere, and the trouble is causing Highcrest to look like a laughing stock, therefore about to be turned into a golf resort. The answer to the big mystery is Lizzie and Max Abercrombie, as well as VP Pete, Lizzie and Max's uncle and new Vice Principal, and Mr Abercrombie.

The Plot Thickens' big mystery is quite different from the others. The mystery, for a while, seems to be the vandalism everywhere. However, in the ending, this is just a subplot done by Epstein Smythe. The real mystery is his father, aka, Mr Brecht, his art teacher. He is a fraud.

Danger Ahead doesn't seem to have a big mystery until the end. The big mystery, if you are a detective yourself, is actually there that whole time but you don't notice it. The big mystery is the secret minks the camp people are hiding in the forest, which can be told by the smell of the camp people and the tiredness.

Bitter Enemies' big mystery are the Headmasters, which is also the whole plot. It seems that people are plotting to kill them, seemingly a student, which is proven when one of the Headmistresses go missing. The answer to this is not obvious, and can only be revealed at the end, when they are actually gym people.

Never Fear focuses on Dr. Belcredi being the suspect, Friday frantically reasearching her credentials to prove her wrong. In the end, it turns out to be Mr. Pisano, or Dirk Schroeder. There is also more of a romantic subplot with Friday and Ian, which is prominent in every book, but more so in Never Fear.

No Escape brings Friday to Italy, on a school trip and to help her uncle. Ian has a new girlfriend, Tatiana and lives with Friday’s uncle, Mrs Wainscott and his new baby sister. They, with Melanie, eventually find an enormous crime in Italy.

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All the Friday Barnes books end on cliffhangers, and normally it is just a small mystery at the beginning of the book.

In Girl Detective, the cliffhanger is that Friday gets arrested. Even though some of this is the key to the plot, it is at first, just a side mystery in Under Suspicion.

In Under Suspicion, the cliffhanger is that Friday's mum disappears, seeming kidnapped. However, she is just collecting a Nobel Prize in Big Trouble, though Dr Rupert Barnes has to stay in Highcrest for the whole book.

In Big Trouble, the cliffhanger is that Friday is not a citizen of Australia, but instead a citizen of Switzerland. Even though she goes to Switzerland and stuff, this really is a side thing in No Rules.

In No Rules, the cliffhanger is that Mr Friedricks, or, Mr Wainscott appears to take custody of Ian. Even though this causes Ian to hate Friday for the whole of Plot Thickens, it is a side thing and more important in Danger Ahead.

In Plot Thickens, the cliffhanger is not as big but still makes you want the next book. The cliffhanger is that Ian gets a ticket to go to the Cayman Islands to visit his father, only for him to get kidnapped. Although this is a big thing, it has nothing to do with the plot.

In Danger Ahead, the cliffhanger is that Friday gets a chance to go to a prestigeous, selective school in Switzerland, where her whole family is. However, Friday instead serves as a temporary "anchor baby" and even though it cause Friday to be sad, it has nothing to do with the plot.

In Bitter Enemies, the cliffhanger is that she gets moved up to Grade 12. It does turn out to be a big thing in Never Fear, as Friday stresses out with Melanie and Ian, and Melanie stresses out without Friday. The other "cliffhanger" is that the Headmaster retires, and gets replaced with Dr Belcredi, a female headmistress is is "losing the plot."

Only in Never Fear, it ends without a cliffhanger, and wraps it all up even though there is a next book. Though it isn't designed to make people cry, it makes some people cry as they are huge Friday Barnes fans. It also makes the readers unsure what is canonically going to happen next, with Ian sent to Italy and Friday studying a university course in Highcrest.

In No Escape, there isn’t a cliffhanger. It’s all happily ever after, Friday has a job with Ian and possibly Melanie. But at the end of the book it says, ‘Coming Soon Friday Barnes, book 10’ titled, ‘Undercover’.

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In every book, Friday changes emotionally. In the first book, she is emotionless, but has the books progresses, she gets more emotions for the other people, particularly Ian Wainscott. In No Rules, she faints when he goes missing and in the Plot Thickens, she cries 2 times. She also gets to know sarcasm, which pays off in Danger Ahead. In Never Fear, she kisses Ian Wainscott out of frustration, much to the delight of many people, fans and friends. It is unsure how their relationship is going to continue when Ian is in Italy, but they appear to be close in the airport.