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  • Published: 4 July 2023
  • ISBN: 9781529120448
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $21.00

Minerva Keen’s Detective Club




James Patterson's new page-turning mystery series is packed with thrills, chills, laughs, and unforgettable characters, and will leave kids eager to join the best club around.

Living in the luxurious Arcanum building - with its interior balconies perfect for playing tag, an elevator like an iron birdcage, and quirky neighbours behind every apartment door - has always been fun and games for twelve-year-old Minerva Keen . . . until her neighbours start getting poisoned. Anyone could be next, and everyone is a suspect, including Minerva herself.

To clear her name and help the police crack the case, Minerva starts her own detective club. So what if it only has two other members, one Minerva's accident-prone daredevil brother and the other the biggest and quietest kid in school, who happens to be afraid of his own shadow? Minerva knows that with her brainpower, the club's sleuthing skills, and case files full of suspects, they can unmask the poisoner . . . hopefully before it's too late.

  • Published: 4 July 2023
  • ISBN: 9781529120448
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $21.00

About the author

James Patterson

JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. His books have sold in excess of 375 million copies worldwide. He is the author of some of the most popular series of the past two decades – the Alex Cross, Women’s Murder Club, Detective Michael Bennett and Private novels – and he has written many other number one bestsellers including romance novels and stand-alone thrillers.

James is passionate about encouraging children to read. Inspired by his own son who was a reluctant reader, he also writes a range of books for young readers, including the Middle School, I Funny, Treasure Hunters, House of Robots, Confessions, and Maximum Ride series. James has donated millions in grants to independent bookshops and has been the most borrowed author of adult fiction in UK libraries for the past eleven years in a row. He lives in Florida with his wife and son.

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Praise for Minerva Keen’s Detective Club

Wonderfully quirky characters, slapstick buffoonery, and smart pacing propel this rambunctious detective story – and its charismatic narrator – into a dynamic mystery

Publishers Weekly

A flying start for a smart sleuth who’s not averse to heading into harm’s way

Kirkus Reviews