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Author: Thompson, Lisa
Crime & mystery fiction (Children's / Teenage)
Published on 3 July 2025 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom.
Paperback | 352 pages
128 x 197 x 23 | 240g
Return to the wonderful characters of beloved, bestselling,
award-winning The Goldfish Boy, one of the most talked-about
debut children's books of recent years. The Magpie Riddle was
previously published as The Graveyard Riddle.
Melody Bird has discovered an old abandoned house in the corner
of the graveyard, and a mysterious boy hiding out there...
Hal tells her that he's a spy-in-training, using the
house as a base for his undercover surveillance of a known local
criminal.
Her friends Matthew and Jake don't believe that a teenager would
be entrusted with this mission and turn the tables to spy on him,
uncovering secrets and unravelling a mystery as they
go.
A clever, very moving mystery for young readers to help solve
'One of our most inventive writers for children' The Times
The Goldfish Boy is a modern classic.
