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Join them as part of the Very Merry Murder Club as they lead you on a snow-covered wintery journey of festive foul play and murderously magnificent mysteries! About This Edition ISBN: I have even talked the head into a little revamp of the library so that we can display them properly! The diversity rep was brilliant but the storytelling just fell flat for me in the majority of the stories. The Frostwilds by Dominique Valente was a creepy but delightful fairytale with echoes of The Snow Queen and The Hunger Games fantastically paced and creative
I’m so pleased to hear this! I really enjoyed reading Mystery and Mayhem, so I’m excited to read another mystery anthology- especially a Christmas-themed one! I love reading festive mysteries. This will be a perfect Christmas present for many mystery fans. I’m especially looking forward to reading mystery stories from authors I haven’t read. It only takes one strike! A powerful feminist reworking of the Hans Christian Andersen classic, from bestselling and award-winning creators Emma Carroll and Lauren Child.
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. Reference Col 1 Times Books A-Z Astronomy Gardening National Parks National Trust Books Road Maps & Atlases World Atlases
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. A collection of wintery crime and mystery stories by thirteen of the most exciting and diverse authors in children’s books today! Abiola Bello, Annabelle Sami, Benjamin Dean, E. L. Norry, Maisie Chan, Roopa Farooki, Nizrana Farook, Patrice Lawrence, Joanna W A wintery middle grade mystery collection of short stories by thirteen of the most exciting and diverse authors in children's books today!About Abiola Bello, Annabelle Sami, Benjamin Dean, E. L. Norry, Maisie Chan, Roopa Farooki, Nizrana Farook, Patrice Lawrence, Joanna W 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. This book (physically) is so so so pretty! But the contents were less so and I feel bad even writing this. 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.
An exhilarating, awe-inspiring debut from a master storyteller writing for children for the first time, perfect for fans of Philip Pullman, Katherine Rundell and Eva Ibbotson. I knew this book would be great just by seeing Robin Stevens name on it. My daughter has read and loved all her Murder most unladylike books. No obstante, muchas de las historias no han llegado a entusiasmarme demasiado. Y uno de los motivos ha sido que no se trata de misterios de asesinato, como sugiere el título, sino que muchos eran misterios de otro tipo, y alguno de ellos ni siquiera tenía muchísimo misterio. La verdad, creo que The very merry detective club habría sido un título más acertado.
Wow that looks awesome! I loved reading the Crime Club’s Mystery and Mayhem. All the short stories were just as good as full sized ones! Maybe one day, the short stories will be turned into novels… Co-edited by Serena Patel, the award-winning author of the Anisha: Accidental Detective series and by Robin Stevens, author of the bestselling Murder Most Unladylike series. Ha sido una lectura entretenida, pero la verdad es que esperaba mucho más. Como siempre, valorar una antología es difícil, porque no todos los relatos gustan por igual.
Thirteen of the UK’s wonderful children’s writers present wintry stories of deception, surprises, game-playing, injustice, suspicion and mystery. Every one is complete, unique and entirely gripping. What’s more, like other good compilations such as Happy Here, every story is so satisfying that we feel a lurch to move onto the next…. until! Y habría seguido siendo genial si el resto de historias hubieran seguido en esa línea, pero no. Los siguientes relatos varían mucho en un montón de aspectos, pero yo habría preferido que me recordaran más a un buen misterio de los clásicos en vez de diferenciarse tanto unos de otros.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. 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! It started off well with Shoe-dunnit (4 stars), went downhill rapidly (It’s snow crime and Beast of Bedleywood 2 1/2 stars), and lost total interest at The Christmas heist (1 star for pathetic characters and plot). Serena Patel(editor) was shortlisted for the Asian Writer Short Story Prize and 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. Since this year I am trying to actually follow my reading goals and not forget I ever made them after two days, I have decided to DNF this anthology. It's just not for me and I am not getting anything out of it, so I see no reason to push through when I could already be moving on to the next read that has more potential to be amazing and breath-taking.