The Swifts

A Gallery of Rogues

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Beschreibung

<p><b>An instant <i>New York Times</i> bestseller and sequel to the multi-award-winning <i>The Swifts</i> - a gleeful gothic mystery perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket and Robin Stevens.</b><br><br>Shenanigan Swift hates burglars . . .<br>So when the famous criminal gang Ouvolpo target Swift House and swap a valuable painting for an exploding inflatable bird, Shenanigan sets off in pursuit, determined to make them pay.<br>The trail leads to Paris, home of her eccentric French cousins, the Martinets. The two sides of the Family have been squabbling for centuries, but when a body is discovered at the scene of Ouvolpo's latest robbery, the quarrelsome cousins must join forces to solve the mystery.<br>Did Ouvolpo kill hotel caretaker Bernard? Why is Uncle Maelstrom wearing an earring again? And what does it all have to do with a disappearing clown?<br>Can Shenanigan uncover the answers and set right a century-old injustice? Or will she be left adrift as her Family pulls itself apart?<br><b><i>The Swifts</i> won the 2023 Nero Children's Fiction Award and the Barnes &amp; Noble Children's Book Award, and was nominated for the Carnegie Medal.</b></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780241670873

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

218 x 157 x 45 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Verlag / Hersteller

DK Children