<p>'Sharply drawn... convincingly humorous and stroppy' - The Guardian<br><br><b><i>"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!"</i></b><br><br>Murder comes to Hanbridge High, and three Year Seven misfits want to solve the crime:<br><br>New boy <b>Jonno</b> hopes playing detective will convince his parents that moving to Hanbridge was a big mistake.<br>School reporter <b>Lydia</b> thinks her news story will sweep everything else off the front page.<br>And young carer <b>Daniel</b> needs the police to arrest the right culprit - for his mum's sake.<br><br>They may not be friends, but they're about to become. . .The Detention Detectives.<br><br><b>'a fresh new take on the murder mystery genre' - The School Library Association</b><br><br><b>'Friendship, trust, courage and determination are at the heart of this extremely funny murder-mystery tale' - BookTrust</b><br><br>Misfits and murder meet in this brilliantly fun new mystery series by debut author Lis Jardine. <b>A perfect next read for fans of Sharna Jackson's <i>The High-Rise Mysteries</i>, Fleur Hitchcock's <i>Murder in Midwinter</i>, and Robin Stevens' <i>Murder Most Unladylike</i>.</b></p>

Binding: Paperback;352 pages; Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK; Classification: Children?s / Teenage fiction and true stories; Weight: 314 g; Dimensions: 128 x 196 x 29

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