This graduate thesis deals with contemporary children’s crime stories from the 80s to the present. The focus of the work was the analysis of these stories according to some relevant genre categories. Among the world's authors of children's crime stories, the thesis deals with the works of Tomas Brezine Divers in the Fog (1996), Joachim Friedrich 4 ½ Friends (1992) from the series Juniors - Young Detectives, and Stefan Wolf's (pseudonym Rolf Kalmuczak) Fear in grade 9A (1980) from the TKKG series. I have analyzed Croatian writers of children's literature with the topics of crime stories: Ante Gardaš - Duh u močvari (Ghost in the Swamp) (1989.) and Miron u škripcu (Miron Up a Gum Tree) (1999.) - Maja Gluščević - Neman u gradskom parku (Monster In the City Park) (1995.), Tihomir Horvat - Tajna Gornjeg grada (The Secret of the Upper Town) (1993.), Hrvoje Kovačević - Tajna crne kutije (The Secret of the Black Box) (1998.) and Tajna graditelja straha (The Secret of the Builder of the Fear) (2003.), Zlatko Krilić - Zagonetno pismo (A Mysterious Letter) (1987.), Ivan Kušan - Ljubav ili smrt (Love or Death) (1987.), Nada Mihaljevi - Junaci prašnjavog tornja (Heroes of the Dusty Tower) (2008.) and Pavao Pavličić - Trojica u Trnju (Three in Trnje) (1984.).