The books were not good at all, read three books in the series and the same bad guy escaped all of them, some characters are very stupid, which made the book frustrating to read. For example, a guy just can't let the kids to catch the bad guys because he think they are just kids, and it happens in F--King two books. The first book is ok, but the endings in each books are terrible, make you mad even. It's like you were beating your high score on a game, and fails because your mother turned off the TV. I hope they can make the tv series better, Storyline especially. I don't recommend the books, but you can certainly read them before the TV series come out, and You WILL know what I meant.