The Magpie Riddle: a Goldfish Boy Mystery

by Thompson, Lisa | Crime & mystery fiction (Children's / Teenage)
Published 03/07/2025 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom
Paperback | 352 pages
128 x 197 x 23mm | 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.