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      The Detention Detectives: Murder By Mistake

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      ‘Top-grade misbehaviour’ – THE GUARDIANTHE DETENTION DETECTIVES ARE BACK! And there's been another murder... Headstrong LYDIA leads the new case. As a school reporter, she’s great at getting the facts. But when someone unexpected arrives at Gran’s, it’s clear she...

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      Product ID:9780241523407
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Series:The Detention Detectives
      Title:The Detention Detectives: Murder By Mistake
      Authors:Author: Lis Jardine
      Page Count:288
      Subjects:Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction, Crime & mystery fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories, School stories (Children's / Teenage), Interest age: from c 9 years
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      ‘Top-grade misbehaviour’ – THE GUARDIANTHE DETENTION DETECTIVES ARE BACK! And there's been another murder... Headstrong LYDIA leads the new case. As a school reporter, she’s great at getting the facts. But when someone unexpected arrives at Gran’s, it’s clear she’s missing some clues…Sensitive DANIEL is convinced this case is linked to their first. As a young carer he’s got a lot on his plate, so he needs the trio to work on this together. He just needs to persuade…Not-so-new-boy JONNO, who’s settled in at Hanbridge High. But he’s so distracted by his new band – maybe solving crimes just isn’t cool anymore? Or maybe he’s scared of finding out the truth…Can you solve the case before THE DETENTION DETECTIVES?Praise for book one:'a fresh new take on the murder mystery genre' - The School Library Association'Friendship, trust, courage and determination are at the heart of this extremely funny murder-mystery tale' - BookTrust'Lis Jardine is an exciting new voice...This new school set crime series is well worth investigating' - LoveReading4Kids'splendidly assured' - The Guardian

      ‘Top-grade misbehaviour’ – THE GUARDIAN

      THE DETENTION DETECTIVES ARE BACK! And there''s been another murder...

      Headstrong LYDIA leads the new case. As a school reporter, she’s great at getting the facts. But when someone unexpected arrives at Gran’s, it’s clear she’s missing some clues…

      Sensitive DANIEL is convinced this case is linked to their first. As a young carer he’s got a lot on his plate, so he needs the trio to work on this together. He just needs to persuade…

      Not-so-new-boy JONNO, who’s settled in at Hanbridge High. But he’s so distracted by his new band – maybe solving crimes just isn’t cool anymore? Or maybe he’s scared of finding out the truth…

      Can you solve the case before THE DETENTION DETECTIVES?

      Praise for book one:


      ''a fresh new take on the murder mystery genre'' - The School Library Association

      ''Friendship, trust, courage and determination are at the heart of this extremely funny murder-mystery tale'' - BookTrust

      ''Lis Jardine is an exciting new voice...This new school set crime series is well worth investigating'' - LoveReading4Kids

      ''splendidly assured'' - The Guardian


      Imprint Name:Puffin
      Publisher Name:Penguin Random House Children's UK
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2024-01-25

      Additional information

      Weight204 g
      Dimensions198 × 128 × 19 mm