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Murder at Snowfall

by Fleur Hitchcock

Interest age: 9 to 11
Reading age: 9+

Published by Nosy Crow, 2022

  • Thriller

About this book

It’s a cold, wintry evening. Ruby and her annoying step-brother Lucas are walking home from school when they spot the abandoned trunk on the roadside. There’s no way it could actually contain a body – is there? But when Lucas dares Ruby to open it, that’s exactly what she findsand it’s someone she knows, too: her mum’s boss, Dr Price. 

Who would want to kill Dr Price and why? Does it have anything to do with the recent break-in at the surgery, or the creepy car that follows them home later that week? Ruby and Lucas are soon caught up in a chilling chain of events as they try to piece everything together. And as they get closer to the truth, it becomes clear that whoever is responsible will do anything to stop the two teenagers from finding them out. 

Set on the outskirts of Bath, this atmospheric winter murder mysteryhas plenty of intrigue and page-turning tension. Ideal for readers who love puzzles and crime-solving, it should keep them guessing about who the culprit is right up to the final, icey chase.  

About the author

Born in Chobham, by an airfield, and raised in Winchester on the banks of the River Itchen, Fleur Hitchcock grew up as the youngest child of three. When she was eight, she wrote a story about an alien and a jelly. It was called THE ALIEN AND THE JELLY and filled four exercise books. She grew up a little, went away to school near Farnham, studied English in Wales, and, for the next twenty years, sold Applied Art in the city of Bath. When her younger child was seven, she embarked on the Writing for Young People MA at Bath Spa and graduated with a distinction. Now living outside Bath, between parenting and writing, Fleur Hitchcock works with her husband (a toy maker), looks after other people's gardens and grows vegetables.

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