Thanks so much for your lovely message and for everything that you do with Book Wagon. Yourself and Bob are much cherished in our booky world and I personally really appreciate everything that you do. Reference Col 1 Times Books A-Z Astronomy Gardening National Parks National Trust Books Road Maps & Atlases World Atlases I would have called this book The Very Merry Mystery Club instead so that all the stories work better as a collection. Otherwise only include stories which involve murder. The title is a bit deceiving as most of the stories are NOT murder mysteries! Just mysteries which is fine but I believed it to be something else, because, you know THE TITLE! Serena Patel was shortlisted for the Asian Writer Short Story Prize and was a finalist in the Undiscovered Voices Anthology 2018. Her debut children’s series Anisha Accidental Detective won the fiction category of the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards, being shortlisted for a British Book Award and the Blue Peter Prize 2021 and selected for The Reading Agency’s Summer Reading Challenge. Serena lives in Walsall with her family.

This was SO difficult not to read but I really wanted to save this boy for Christmas. And I managed to do that, but I had to hold myself in many a time.Join Ali and her sister Tulip – or, the Double Detectives, as they’re also known – as they investigate who has stolen the presents from the children’s grotto at the local hospital. Hold your breath as Evie and her brother Ulric enter their Aunty’s house to feed her cat, and find something they weren’t quite expecting… and try to avoid biting your nails as Arjun witnesses a neighbourhood crime whilst recovering at home from having his tonsils out. Co-edited by Serena Patel, the award-winning author of theAnisha: Accidental Detectiveseries and by Robin Stevens, author of the bestsellingMurder Most Unladylikeseries. El caso es que el primer relato me gustó mucho (es de mis favoritos de todo el libro) y sí que era justo lo que yo estaba buscando. Un asesinato en un Bed & Breakfast cubierto de nieve, una niña que investiga a los huéspedes... Hasta ahí todo genial. The Very Merry Murder Club is a brilliant new anthology, featuring short stories from a range of top authors!'- Booktrust The Very Merry Murder Club is a collection of thirteen short wintery mysteries edited by Serena Patel and Robin Stevens with gorgeous illustrations by Harry Woodgate.

So as you can see, I had tons and tons of fun reading this book. It was a perfect read for Christmas! Porque supongo que la búsqueda de originalidad ha sido en parte uno de los objetivos de este recopilatorio. Y sí que le tengo que conceder el mérito de la gran diversidad que incorpora, ya no solo en temáticas (desde un asesinato en un hotel hasta historias bastante más fantásticas) sino también en tema de razas, orientación sexual, etc. Ese aspecto creo que es muy positivo, sobre todo en un libro para niños.

Funny, surprising, creepy and chilling. There's something for everyone here. This book is a real treat.' - The Week Junior, Book of the Week The diversity rep was brilliant but the storytelling just fell flat for me in the majority of the stories.