THE SWIFTS - MYSTERY. MISCHIEF. MURDER
'A stunning debut . . . laugh-out-loud funny' - Observer
Discover the hilarious New York Times bestselling mystery adventure perfect for fans of Robin Stevens and Lemony Snicket.
On the day they are born, each Swift is brought before the Family Dictionary. They are given a name and a definition, and it is assumed they will grow up to match. Unfortunately, Shenanigan Swift has other ideas.
So what if her relatives all think she's destined to turn out as a troublemaker, just because of her name? Shenanigan knows she can be whatever she wants - pirate, explorer or even detective.
Which is lucky, really, because when one of the Family tries to murder Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude, someone has to work out whodunit.
With the help of her sisters and cousin, Shenanigan grudgingly takes on the case, but more murders, a hidden treasure and an awful lot of suspects make thing seriously complicated.
Can Shenanigan catch the killer before the whole household is picked off? And in a Family where definitions are so important, can she learn to define herself?
Winner of the Nero Book Award and the Barnes Noble Children's Book Award, and nominated for the Carnegie Medal.
BETH LINCOLN
Beth Lincoln is the 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Swifts. Raised in a former Victorian railway station in the North of England, her childhood fears included porcelain dolls, the Durham panther, and wardrobes that looked at her funny. She grew neither tall nor wise, and never learned to play an instrument - but she did write stories, a bad habit that has persisted to this day. When she isn't writing, Beth is woodcarving, or making a mess of her flat, or talking the nearest ear off about unexplained occurrences. Her favourite things include ghosts, crisps, and weird old words like bumbershoot and zounderkite. Among its many accolades, The Swifts was the winner of the Nero Book Award for Children's Fiction and the Barnes Noble Children's YA Book Award. Beth lives in Newcastle upon Tyne with her partner and hopefully, by the time you are reading this, a dog.
Edad recomendada: A partir de 11 años.
LINCOLN BETH
Beth Lincoln creció en el norte de Inglaterra, en una antigua estación de tren de la época victoriana. De pequeña le daban miedo muchas cosas, entre ellas las muñecas de porcelana, el puma de Durham y los armarios que la miraban de forma extraña. No se hizo muy alta ni muy lista, y no aprendió a tocar ningún instrumento, pero escribía historias, una mala costumbre que todavía conserva. Cuando no escribe, talla madera, enreda en su piso o habla sin parar con quien tenga más cerca sobre sucesos inexplicables. Le encantan los fantasmas, las patatas fritas de bolsa y las palabras antiguas raras. Los Swift es su primera novela. Nació de su amor por las palabras, lo gótico y las historias de misterio clásicas. Claire Powell es diseñadora de personajes e ilustradora de literatura infantil y juvenil. Comenzó haciendo diseños para varias marcas de televisión hasta que, en 2016, le encargaron su primer libro, y desde entonces no ha parado. Todas sus colaboraciones con Kes Gray y Simon Farnaby: The Night Before The Night Before Christmas, The Night after Christmas, The Wizard and Me, han encabezado las listas de libros más vendidos. Ha ilustrado también libros para Jeanne Willis, Peter Bently y Michelle Robinson. Se formó como editora en el sello Oberon, del grupo Anaya. Desde 2002 dedica sus esfuerzos a los libros. Traduce y corrige, a veces corrige y traduce, pero nunca se aleja demasiado de una u otra faceta.