The Beanstalk Murder

This is a book with wit, imagination and suspense - it will keep readers gripped until the very end. Exciting, a bit giggly, cryptic and pacy. It’s a full blown fairy tale adventure, with more red herrings than you can shake a stick at. It is such a brilliant concept - A murder mystery following all the traditional plots, with an exciting whodunit, wrapped up in a human vs giants fairy tale world war! Fantastic! When the Giants’ king is murdered, 11-year-old Anwyn Sledge the Meadow Witch apprentice and her nemises, Cerys Powell, have to work together to discover who-done-it. I LOVED following the conflict between the main characters, as this made for some hilarious scenes – they are great examples of ‘show rather than tell.’ I am really looking forward to reading the next book in the series, The Big Bad Wolf is Dead - I can’t wait for it to be released. My favourite quotes: - ‘Don’t pretend that you didn’t understand me because I’m fluent in horse’ - ‘I don’t think he is in any hurry.. he’s dead. - Her gold hair cascaded over the folds of a beautiful sea-blue dress, which glimmered like sunlight on water.’ - ‘But if you ask a seagull what they call themselves, the answer’s always either ‘cross’ or ‘hungry’. So I called mine Colin’