LoveReading4Kids Says
LoveReading4Kids Says
This new mystery series has distinguishing features that are going to make it a huge hit with young readers. These include the sprightliest of plots, packed with incident, humour and more than a touch of the supernatural; wonderful two-colour illustrations by Pam Smy that bring even more life and drama to the story; and a particularly appealing detective duo comprising psychic assistant and professional ‘ghost child’ Matilda Lockett, and actual ghost, Edgar Wilde.
The two meet when Matilda’s Aunt Evelyn, stage spiritualist, is hired to ‘move on’ the ghost haunting Beauchamp Manor. Matilda might pretend to be ‘Dead Edna’ in her aunt’s stage act, but she’s able to see real ghosts too, which is why she can talk to Edgar, who’s been haunting the house unnoticed by anyone for years. As the two become friends, they set to working out what the other ghost in the Manor is up to, and what it all has to do with a priceless missing jewel.
One to recommend to young crime aficionados, lovers of ghost stories, fans of adventure stories and everyone else besides.
Andrea Reece
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Lockett & Wilde's Dreadfully Haunting Mysteries: The Ghosts of the Manor Synopsis
New from Waterstones Prize-shortlisted author-illustrator team, Lucy Strange and Pam Smy: a spirited series of "cosy gothic" mysteries, starring supernatural sleuths, Lockett & Wilde.
Matilda Lockett is used to playing the role of Poor Dead Edna on stage with her spirit-medium aunt, Signora Valentina, and theatrical uncle Barnabus - but when they all decamp to Beauchamp Manor to deal with a most dreadful haunting, she discovers she really can see ghosts! There she meets ghost boy, Edgar Wilde, who shares her love of supernatural snooping, and together they set about unravelling the case of The Ghosts of the Manor.
Classic spooky mystery reimagined for fans of cosy crime by the Waterstones Prize and Carnegie-shortlisted creators, Lucy Strange and Pam Smy. You'd have to be DEAD not to love it...
Perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket and Robin Stevens
Stunning colour-illustrated storytelling
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Lucy Strange Press Reviews
'This book has more shadowy mysteries than twelve graveyards and more delicious twists than my favourite pretzel. All hail Lockett & Wilde!' - Lemony Snicket
'Wildly funny.' - Ben Miller
'A stunningly spooky mystery.' - Maz Evans, author of Who Let the Gods Out?
'Funny, spooky and cosy - I loved it!' - Andy Stanton, author of Mr Gum
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About Lucy Strange
Lucy Strange is the best-selling children's author of titles including The Secret of Nightingale Wood, a Waterstones Children's Book of the Month, and Our Castle by the Sea, which was nominated for the Carnegie Medal, shortlisted for the Waterstones Book Prize, and was the first Independent Booksellers' Children's Book of the Month.
After studying English Literature at Sheffield University, Lucy Strange trained at the Oxford School of Drama and worked as an actor, singer and storyteller for some years before becoming an English and Drama teacher. On moving to Dubai, she launched the award-winning blog Homesick and Heatstruck and has worked as a freelance writer.
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