Serena Patel was shortlisted for the Asian Writer Short Story Prize and was a finalist in the Undiscovered Voices Anthology 2018. Her debut children’s series Anisha Accidental Detective won the fiction category of the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards, being shortlisted for a British Book Award and the Blue Peter Prize 2021 and selected for The Reading Agency’s Summer Reading Challenge. Serena lives in Walsall with her family. Co-edited by Serena Patel, the award-winning author of theAnisha: Accidental Detectiveseries and by Robin Stevens, author of the bestsellingMurder Most Unladylikeseries. Co-edited by Serena Patel, the award-winning author of the Anisha: Accidental Detective series and by Robin Stevens, author of the bestselling Murder Most Unladylike series. A thrilling new short story collection in the number-one bestselling, award-winning Murder Most Unladylike series.

Serena Patel(editor) was shortlisted for the Asian Writer Short Story Prize and finalist in the Undiscovered Voices Anthology 2018. Her debut children's series Anisha Accidental Detective won the fiction category of the Sainsbury's Children's Book Awards, being shortlisted for a British Book Award and the Blue Peter Prize 2021 and selected for The Reading Agency's Summer Reading Challenge. Serena lives in Walsall with her family. Secondary Col 3 Anthologies for KS3 to KS5 English White Rose Maths Secure Science for GCSE Reimagine KS3 English KS3 Science Now Collins Classroom Classics Funny, surprising, creepy and chilling. There's something for everyone here. This book is a real treat.' - The Week Junior, Book of the WeekWow, this is so exciting! I can’t wait for it to come out as there are some great author contributing. A collection of wintery crime and mystery stories by thirteen of the most exciting and diverse authors in children's books today! Co-edited by Serena Patel, the award-winning author of the Anisha: Accidental Detective series and by Robin Stevens, author of the bestselling Murder Most Unladylike series. I would have called this book The Very Merry Mystery Club instead so that all the stories work better as a collection. Otherwise only include stories which involve murder. Y habría seguido siendo genial si el resto de historias hubieran seguido en esa línea, pero no. Los siguientes relatos varían mucho en un montón de aspectos, pero yo habría preferido que me recordaran más a un buen misterio de los clásicos en vez de diferenciarse tanto unos de otros. Diversity has clearly been a priority when selecting authors for this book, and it is very much a strength of the finished piece. It's definitely not at the cost of quality though. Every single one of these authors is there on their own merit and they have all produced really excellent stories. For every bigot and racist who's ever said "Well, they should write their own books then!" here is proof that they can and do. It's absolutely a joy to see the wealth of diverse talent we currently have working in middle grade fiction showcased like this.

Since this year I am trying to actually follow my reading goals and not forget I ever made them after two days, I have decided to DNF this anthology. It's just not for me and I am not getting anything out of it, so I see no reason to push through when I could already be moving on to the next read that has more potential to be amazing and breath-taking. There's something here for every one, a brilliant range of stories in different styles with different kinds of representation, and so, so many mysteries to solve!

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Join them as part of the Very Merry Murder Club as they lead you on a snow-covered wintery journey of festive foul play and murderously magnificent mysteries! I know I will try to read it when I have finished Arsenic for tea. My favourite are Mistletoe and Murder, Jolly Foul Play and A spoon scum of Murder!!😀😀

I loved the illustrations, there style was just so much fun, though I just wish there were more of them and not just one per story. Haha. Thanks so much for your lovely message and for everything that you do with Book Wagon. Yourself and Bob are much cherished in our booky world and I personally really appreciate everything that you do. The Frostwilds by Dominique Valente was a creepy but delightful fairytale with echoes of The Snow Queen and The Hunger Games fantastically paced and creative It’s another Bookwagon day in our house. The kids were so excited to get their latest books in the post. The Very Merry Murder Club is a collection of thirteen short wintery mysteries edited by Serena Patel and Robin Stevens with gorgeous illustrations by Harry Woodgate.What happens when you moved into a new home and you find a card from the old owner that says ‘I knew they’d kill me at Christmas.’? Well, read it and find out in ‘The Cove(n) at Christmas’, the final story in the book (which is a dream come true – I’ve always wanted to be the final story in an anthology!). Armistice Day: A Collection of Remembrance - Spark Interest and Educate Children about Historical Moments I was quite looking forward to reading this anthology, but I think an expectation mismatch meant that it ended up being quite disappointing overall. From the title, I was expecting 13 murder mysteries, but I didn't even get 13 mysteries. Instead I got maybe 9 mysteries (and 4 murders) and some adventures that didn't even have a mystery with a crime to solve at the heart (but had riddles or just strange events instead.) Maybe a different title and a better description of the stories would have helped.