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A brand new and intriguing Garvie Smith mystery, featuring the same brilliant characters and dry humour as Costa Prize-shortlisted Running Girl.

About the Author

Simon Mason is an author of children's and adult books. His first adult novel won the Betty Trask first novel award, and his YA novel Moon Pie was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction prize. Running Girl was shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book Award. Simon lives in Oxford with his wife and their two children.

Reviews

Sassily written, it is driven irresistibly forward by a twisty mystery
*Sunday Times*

There's never been a school-age sleuth quite like the excellent Garvie Smith
*Guardian*

A clever crime novel which keeps you guessing until the very last page
*The Bookseller*