This is another remarkable mystery from Fleur Hitchcock. I love these easy to read, but hard to solve mysteries for middle grade readers. They strike the right balance between adventure, mystery and mayhem.
In this tale, George and his Dad are spending Christmas with some of the family in a holiday rental. George isn’t all that keen on his cousin Isla and so dreads some of the holiday. He is looking forward to spending time with his Dad. His new step mother is heavily pregnant and staying home and George is keen to just be with his dad, granddad and uncle Edwin.
When George sees a light falling off the cliff, he is intrigued but doesn’t realise what he is witnessing. Hearing about a body washed up on the beach the next morning, he believes he saw the man fall- or was he pushed?
Clues (and bodies) keep finding George and Isla- uniting them as friends as well as family. Can they figure it all out before they find themselves in even more danger? Which also seems to find them!
Brilliantly wirrten and perfect for whiling away an evening- I was completely lost in this mystery!
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