Riz Chester: The Fingerprint Code

by R.A. Stephens, Em Hammond (illustrator)

Riz Chester has a passion for forensic science. One day at school there is a commotion outside the music room and something is missing. Riz recruits her friends, Jenny, Sabrina, Lachie A and Lochie C and breaks out her fingerprint tools. Is it more than a misunderstanding? How can they work out what happened when no one will even tell them what is missing? And is the mark left behind in the music room really a fingerprint?

Join the five friends as they recruit some extras to take fingerprints from everyone who might have gone into the music room and find a potential suspect.

96 pages, Paperback

Published November 1, 2023

About the author

R. A. Stephens is a teacher by day, writer, editor and publisher by night. She is passionate about the written word, what stories can do to take a reader to a new world and open our eyes to love, compassion, the bigger picture and much more. When not working, teaching or writing, she enjoys living in the country and spending time with her kids and cats. R. A. Stephens is a teacher and careers advisor and works with teenagers to help them think about their career past school. She is working on a large range of stories for children with a focus on science, mathematics and investigation. R.A. Stephens lives in country Queensland and writes from the experience of both city and country life.

Reviews

[Benita Al-Samarrie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the second book in the Riz Chester series. In this book Riz and her friends use their forensic skills to solve the mystery of the missing musical instruments using some fingerprints that were left on the door of the music room.

I really enjoyed this second book and would highly recommend it for teachers or parents who have children in middle primary school.

I love how Rochelle integrates science into her storylines and engages the reader with a mystery using the new concept being taught. Riz and her friends are really loveable characters and I can't wait to read book 3!