Mystery & mayhem
Subtitle: twelve deliciously intriguing mysteries
By: the Crime Club
Contributors: Crime Club
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9781405282642; 9781780317465
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: English Detective and mystery stories; JUVENILE FICTION / Mysteries & Detective Stories; Children's stories, English; Fiction
Other titles: Mystery and mayhem
Description: Twelve mysteries. Twelve authors. One challenge: can YOU solve the crimes before the heroes of the stories? These are twelve brand-new short stories from twelve of the best children's crime writers writing today. These creepy, hilarious, brain-boggling, heart-pounding mysteries feature daring, brilliant young detectives, and this anthology is a must for fans of crime fiction and detection, especially the Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries, The Roman Mysteries and The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow. The Crime Club are twelve UK-based authors who are mad about crime fiction. Clementine Beauvais, Elen Caldecott, Susie Day, Julia Golding, Frances Hardinge, Caroline Lawrence, Helen Moss, Sally Nicholls, Kate Pankhurst, Robin Stevens, Harriet Whitehorn and Katherine Woodfine can be found anywhere there is a mystery to be solved, a puzzle to be cracked or a bun to be eaten, and they are always ready for the next puzzling case.
Table of contents: title: Emily and the detectives / by Susie Day; title: Rain on my parade / by Elen Caldecott; title: The mystery of the Green Room / by Clementine Beauvais; title: The mystery of Diablo Canyon Circle / by Caroline Lawrence; title: Mel Foster and the Hound of the Baskervilles / by Julia Golding; title: Dazzle, dog biscuits and diaster / by Kate Pankhurst; title: God's eye / by Frances Hardinge; title: The mystery of the pineapple plot / by Helen Moss; title: The murder of Monsieur Pierre by Harriet Whitehorn; title: Safe-keeping / by Sally Nicholls; title: The mystery of the purloined pearls / by Katherine Woodfine; title: The mystery of Room 12 / by Robin Stevens.