The Howling Hag Mystery - Nicki Thornton 电子书mobi+epub
Product details
Reading age : 8 - 12 years
Publisher : Chicken House; 1st edition (July 1, 2021)
Language : English
ISBN-10 : 191332270X
ISBN-13 : 978-1913322700
The Howling Hag Mystery: a new series from the author of The Last Chance Hotel Paperback – July 1, 2021
by Nicki Thornton (Author)
From the author of The Last Chance Hotel comes a brand new fantastical mystery series!
'Blending magical adventure with Golden Age crime mystery, this delightfully atmospheric spin-off from the author of The Last Chance Hotel confirms Thornton's place as one of the most original children's writers around.' WATERSTONES
When there's a murder in the village and a hag is heard howling at the local inn, secret witch Raven Charming realizes she could have a rival - one who practises the worst kind of magic.
With the help of amateur sleuth, Mortimer Scratch, and Nightshade, a talking cat with a feline sense of detection, she sets out to solve what's been going on ...
A magical murder mystery perfect for fans of Robin Stevens and Harry Potter
Book 1 in a new spin-off series from the author of The Last Chance Hotel, chosen as Waterstones Book of the Month and nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Award
Features fan-favourite Nightshade as the star of her very own mystery!
Praise for THE LAST CHANCE HOTEL:
'A jolly, atmospheric mystery.' THE TIMES
'All kinds of fun' THE OBSERVER
'[A] mash-up of murder mystery and fantasy ... full of great characters, plot twists and intriguing detail.' METRO
Nicki Thornton
Nicki Thornton’s 'wickedly funny and wildly original haunted whodunit' The Last Chance Hotel, was selected as Waterstone's Book of the Month October 2018 and has gone on to be an international bestseller, being translated into fifteen languages.
Lashings of Harry Potter-style magic is fused with an Agatha Christie whodunit in an exuberant and wickedly funny mystery for 9 to 12 year olds. The Last Chance Hotel is first of the Seth Seppi mysteries. The sequel 'The Bad Luck Lighthouse' returns to a world of sinister sorcerers, even darker magic, an inspired cast of characters and a plot so full of twists it will keep readers guessing right until the end with another unbeatable mystery for Seth to solve.
Nicki Thornton’s debut won the 2019 Ealing Junior Book Award, was nominated for the Carnegie Medal 2019, was shortlisted for the 2019 CrimeFest Best Crime Novel for Children, the 2019 Oxfordshire Book Award Best Junior Novel, Shortlisted for the Warwickshire 2019 Junior Book Award and longlisted for the Specsavers National Book Awards 2018.
The Last Chance Hotel was a 'Best Book of 2018' in The Observer, The Telegraph and The Sunday Times.
Nicki is a former bookseller, and still lives in Oxfordshire where she ran a bookshop for more than ten years. She remains passionate about books, bookshops and anything that celebrates reading for pleasure and writes a regular Mystery Journal at nickithornton.co.uk
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