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The Detention Detectives

(2023)
(The first book in the Detention Detectives series)
A novel by

 
 
Awards
2024 Branford Boase Award (longlist)
2024 CrimeFest: Best Crime Fiction Novel for Children (nominee)

'Top-grade misbehaviour' - The Guardian

'Jardine mixes laugh-out-loud humour with plenty of super sleuthing!'
- Lucy Brandt, author of Leonora Bolt

Finding a dead body at my new school was a pretty rubbish way to start. But actually getting mixed up in the case? I was bound to get into deep, deep trouble for that!

Murder comes to Hanbridge High, and three Year Seven misfits want to solve the crime:

New boy
Jonno hopes playing detective will convince his parents that moving to Hanbridge was a big mistake.
School reporter
Lydia thinks her news story will sweep everything else off the front page.
And young carer
Daniel needs the police to arrest the right culprit - for his mum's sake.

They may not be friends, but they're about to become. . .
The Detention Detectives.

Misfits and murder meet in this brilliantly fun new mystery series by debut author Lis Jardine. A perfect next read for fans of
The High-Rise Mysteries, Anisha, Accidental Detective and Murder Most Unladylike.




Genre: Children's Fiction

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