The Very Merry Murder Club: A wintery collection of new mystery fiction edited by Serena Patel and Robin Stevens

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A wintery middle grade mystery collection of short stories by thirteen of the most exciting and diverse authors in children's books today! The Very Merry Murder Club is a brilliant new anthology, featuring short stories from a range of top authors!'- Booktrust El caso es que el primer relato me gustó mucho (es de mis favoritos de todo el libro) y sí que era justo lo que yo estaba buscando. Un asesinato en un Bed & Breakfast cubierto de nieve, una niña que investiga a los huéspedes... Hasta ahí todo genial. I knew this book would be great just by seeing Robin Stevens name on it. My daughter has read and loved all her Murder most unladylike books.

I feel mean rating this so poorly as I am not the target audience but I don't think most of these stories lived up to the promise of festive childlike mysteries. Many of them had annoying characters and boring plots and I only finished it for a book club where most were in agreement. Abiola Bello, Patrice Lawrence, Annabelle Sami, Benjamin Dean, E. L. Norry, Elle McNicoll, Dominique Valente, Joanna Williams, Maisie Chan, Nizrana Farook A collection of wintery crime and mystery stories by thirteen of the most exciting and diverse authors in children's books today! Co-edited by Serena Patel, the award-winning author of the Anisha: Accidental Detective series and by Robin Stevens, author of the bestselling Murder Most Unladylike series. Thirteen of the UK’s wonderful children’s writers present wintry stories of deception, surprises, game-playing, injustice, suspicion and mystery. Every one is complete, unique and entirely gripping. What’s more, like other good compilations such as Happy Here, every story is so satisfying that we feel a lurch to move onto the next…. until! The title is a bit deceiving as most of the stories are NOT murder mysteries! Just mysteries which is fine but I believed it to be something else, because, you know THE TITLE!Sadly this fell short on both mystery and Christmas spirit.Some of these stories didn't feel like.mysteries at all and a lot of them had little or no relevance to Christmas. With stunning illustrations by Harry Woodgate. Join them as part of the Very Merry Murder Club as they lead you on a snow-covered wintery journey of festive foul play and murderously magnificent mysteries! Serena Patel was shortlisted for the Asian Writer Short Story Prize and was a finalist in the Undiscovered Voices Anthology 2018. Her debut children’s series Anisha Accidental Detective won the fiction category of the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards, being shortlisted for a British Book Award and the Blue Peter Prize 2021 and selected for The Reading Agency’s Summer Reading Challenge.

Co-edited by Serena Patel, the award-winning author of the Anisha: Accidental Detective series and by Robin Stevens, author of the bestselling Murder Most Unladylike series.Co-edited by Serena Patel, the award-winning author of the Anisha: Accidental Detective series and by Robin Stevens, author of the bestselling Murder Most Unladylike series. Diversity has clearly been a priority when selecting authors for this book, and it is very much a strength of the finished piece. It's definitely not at the cost of quality though. Every single one of these authors is there on their own merit and they have all produced really excellent stories. For every bigot and racist who's ever said "Well, they should write their own books then!" here is proof that they can and do. It's absolutely a joy to see the wealth of diverse talent we currently have working in middle grade fiction showcased like this. Grateful a book like this exists for young readers because the diversity is great and there is something for everyone to enjoy. With the story about the dancing, I wasn’t sure how I felt about them taking the trophy/swapping it. It just seemed too far for me. I would have rather had them solve the mystery and get things fixed.

A collection of wintery crime and mystery stories by thirteen of the most exciting and diverse authors in children’s books today! Co-edited by Serena Patel, the award-winning author of the Anisha: Accidental Detective series and by Robin Stevens, author of the bestselling Murder Most Unladylike series. Sleuthing through the snow, on a merry mysterious day, in disguise we go, investigating all the way . . Secondary Col 3 Anthologies for KS3 to KS5 English White Rose Maths Secure Science for GCSE Reimagine KS3 English KS3 Science Now Collins Classroom Classics Everything about this book - middle grade, murder mystery, diverse authors + Christmas - should have equaled something I would absolutely devour and love, but it just didn't.Serena Patel(editor) was shortlisted for the Asian Writer Short Story Prize and finalist in the Undiscovered Voices Anthology 2018. Her debut children's series Anisha Accidental Detective won the fiction category of the Sainsbury's Children's Book Awards, being shortlisted for a British Book Award and the Blue Peter Prize 2021 and selected for The Reading Agency's Summer Reading Challenge. Serena lives in Walsall with her family. What happens when you moved into a new home and you find a card from the old owner that says ‘I knew they’d kill me at Christmas.’? Well, read it and find out in ‘The Cove(n) at Christmas’, the final story in the book (which is a dream come true – I’ve always wanted to be the final story in an anthology!). Join Ali and her sister Tulip – or, the Double Detectives, as they’re also known – as they investigate who has stolen the presents from the children’s grotto at the local hospital. Hold your breath as Evie and her brother Ulric enter their Aunty’s house to feed her cat, and find something they weren’t quite expecting… and try to avoid biting your nails as Arjun witnesses a neighbourhood crime whilst recovering at home from having his tonsils out. A thrilling new short story collection in the number-one bestselling, award-winning Murder Most Unladylike series. Serena Patel was shortlisted for the Asian Writer Short Story Prize and was a finalist in the Undiscovered Voices Anthology 2018. Her debut children’s series Anisha Accidental Detective won the fiction category of the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards, being shortlisted for a British Book Award and the Blue Peter Prize 2021 and selected for The Reading Agency’s Summer Reading Challenge. Serena lives in Walsall with her family.