The Case of the Perilous Palace (The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency, Book 4)
  • Published: 15 April 2018
  • ISBN: 9780553536447
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $38.00

The Case of the Perilous Palace (The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency, Book 4)

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The history-mystery-science series concludes as the Wollstonecraft Detectives--Ada Byron Lovelace and Mary Shelley--take on a case by royal request.

The history-mystery-science series continues as the Wollstonecraft Detectives--Ada Byron Lovelace and Mary Shelley--take on a case by royal request.

Ada's imperious grandmother has absolutely shut the Wollstonecraft Detective Agency down--until they get a case from a princess, that is.

The princess Alexandrina Victoria, age 9 (who will grow up to be Queeen Victoria), is the most closely watched girl in England. She is never alone. Every morsel she eats is catalogued. Every visitor overseen. Every move noted down. She has but one thing of her own--a sketchbook she uses as a secret diary, where she records her private thoughts in code. But now, somehow, that sketchbook has disappeared.

And so the princess enlists Ada and Mary to figure out what has happened to the sketchbook without arousing the suspicions of her minders. A most clandestine case indeed! One that will involve breaking into Kensington Palace and uncovering a host of surprising royal secrets...

This funny, Christmas-time romp of a caper will delight history and mystery fans alike.
  • Published: 15 April 2018
  • ISBN: 9780553536447
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $38.00
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Jordan Stratford

Jordan Stratford has been pronounced clinically dead, and was briefly (mistakenly) wanted by INTERPOL for international industrial espionage. He is an ordained priest, has won numerous sword fights, jaywalked the streets of Paris, San Francisco, and São Paulo, and was once shot by a stray rubber bullet in a London riot. He lives on a tiny windswept Pacific island populated predominantly by realtors and carnivorous gulls.

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Praise for The Case of the Perilous Palace (The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency, Book 4)

Praise for The Case of the Mising Moonstone:
"An enjoyable plot, resourceful heroines and fun writing." --Wall Street Journal

"This is a winner." --School Library Journal

"The detectives in training use quick thinking, book smarts, and social know-how to find a stolen gemstone. Comical narration and dialogue will charm readers thoroughly." --Publishers Weekly

Praise for The Case of the Girl in Grey:
"Mystery fans ... will relish the girls' romp around the stately home; discovery of an encrypted clue (in the crypt, of course); and unraveling of the mystery."--Booklist

"Excellent writing."--Kirkus Reviews