The Magpie Riddle: a Goldfish Boy Mystery

Welcome back to Chestnut Close, whose residents may not always be exactly who they seem … Clever, curious Melody Bird has discovered an old abandoned house in the corner of the graveyard, and a mysterious boy hiding there. Hal tells her that he’s a spy-in-training using the house as a base for his undercover surveillance of a known local criminal. Her friends Matthew and Jake don’t believe that a twelve year old would be entrusted with this mission and turn the tables to spy on him, uncovering secrets and unravelling a mystery as they go. This companion novel to huge bestseller, The Goldfish Boy, has the same middle grade magic formula of heart, humour, a page-turning mystery plot and a cast of wonderfully real characters.