Dear Scarlett

By Author / Illustrator

Fleur Hitchcock

Genre

Mystery & Detective

Age range(s)

Publisher

Nosy Crow Ltd

ISBN

9780857631503

Format

Paperback / softback

Published

07-02-2013

Synopsis

All this time Scarlett's thought her dad was a thief, but years after his death a strange man turns up at the door and hands her a box, \"on her father's instructions\". Inside is a baffling series of clues that leads Scarlett and her friend, Ellie, on a wild, scary, often funny journey of discovery about her father and his mysterious life. But the more the girls learn, the more danger they're in. They must stay one step ahead of the sinister mayoress and her chauffer as they race to unravel her dad's final clue: Keep looking up...From the acclaimed author of Saving Sophia and Murder in Midwinter.\"Fleur Hitchcock has cornered the market in hard-boilers for beginners.\" - Alex O'Connell, The Times

Reviews

This book has an amusing characteristic to it and it's a fascinating story that is full of mystery and regret. Scarlett is a young girl who had a dad that was a thief and sadly he died and then she finds this small old rusty box that has interesting things in there. This object that she finds is a gold key and a letter from her dad but where has this key come from she thinks, and she goes on this mystery adventure that she had to go on to find out what her dad meant. I would totally recommend this book to other people.