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The Detention Detectives: Murder By Mistake

Lis Jardine author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Random House Children's UK

Published:25th Jan '24

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The Detention Detectives: Murder By Mistake cover

‘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

Ideal for fans of Robin Stevens * The Week Junior *

ISBN: 9780241523407

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 17mm

Weight: 202g

288 pages