Peril at Owl Park

Written by Marthe Jocelyn · Illustrated by Isabelle Follath

Part of the Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen series

A Christmas murder mystery unfolds at a grand manor, challenging young detectives to catch a killer.

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389 pages· 72,960 words· Est. 8 hour read

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Bookroo's summary

Young detective Aggie Morton eagerly anticipates Christmas at Owl Park, a grand manor filled with secrets and a cursed emerald. But when a body is discovered instead of gifts, Aggie and her friend Hector must unravel the mystery. With a nosy reporter's help, they navigate hidden passageways and suspicious guests to catch a cunning murderer. Can they solve the case before the holiday cheer turns into a chilling nightmare? Dive into a world of intrigue, disguises, and festive danger in this thrilling mystery adventure.

From the publisher

For young detective Aggie Morton and her friend Hector, Christmas becomes a lot more exciting when a dead body is found in this second book in the Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen series, inspired by the life of Agatha Christie as a child and her most popular creation, Hercule Poirot. For fans of The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency. Aspiring writer Aggie Morton is looking forward to Christmas. Having just solved a murder and survived her own brush with death inal her small town of Torquay on the coast of England, Aggie can’t wait to spend the holidays with her sister Marjorie, the new Lady Greyson of Owl Park, an enormous manor house in the country; Grannie Jane and her fellow sleuth and partner in crime, Hector Perot. Owl Park holds many delights including Aggie’s almost cousin Lucy, exciting and glamorous visitors from Ceylon and disguises aplenty in the form of a group of travelling actors, not to mention a secret passageway AND an enormous, cursed emerald. Not even glowering old Lady Greyson (the Senior) can interfere with Aggie’s festive cheer. But when Aggie and her friends discover a body instead of presents on Christmas morning, things take a deadly serious turn. With the help of a certain nosy reporter, Aggie and Hector will once again have to put their deductive skills and imaginations to work to find the murderer on the loose. Filled with mystery, adventure, unforgettable characters and several helpings of tea and Christmas pudding, Peril at Owl Park is the second book in a new series for middle-grade readers and Christie and Poirot fans everywhere.

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