Visitors to the Moscow Public Library may have noticed a small but fashionable (stuffed) rodent perched on the edge of the circulation desk. This is no ordinary rodent. This is
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THE GRAVEYARD RIDDLE
by Lisa Thompson (Scholastic £6.99, 304 pp)
The children from Lisa Thompson’s bestselling The Goldfish Boy make a welcome reappearance here, but the focus is now on Melody Bird, an only child who finds her special friendship with OCD-sufferer Matthew has been hijacked by cocky local lad, Jake. She then discovers an older boy, hiding out in the ruins of a churchyard plague house, who claims to be an undercover spy and enlists her help. Lonely Melody willingly agrees to trap a wanted criminal but Matthew is sceptical. Who should she trust?
As ever, Thompson weaves threads of complicated family relationships and emotional pain into an absorbing detective mystery with great wit and warmth. Let’s hope we see more of Melody and Matthew.