Mystery of the Man with the Black Beard
When her private investigator dad goes missing, Annie will need all the help she can get to solve the mystery … A funny and intriguing spy caper from an award-winning author.
Annie's dad is a private investigator. She's used to mysterious things going on, but when a string of visitors come to her dad's office, it results in the most mysterious event of all – her dad has disappeared! Annie knows something is wrong and she enlists the help of her friends Matt and Ruth to follow a trail of very sticky clues…
Particularly suitable for readers aged 7+ with a reading age of 8.
Gillian Cross is perhaps best known for her Demon Headmaster series and its BBC adaptation. She has won many of the most prestigious awards for children’s fiction, including the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Children’s Book Award and the Smarties Prize. She lives near Coventry with her husband.