Overview

Rita Wong lives an ordinary life in Morecambe. That's until she pursues a dragon called Lester Thyme into Neon City where the streets are dark with magic. Lester and Rita become detectives for hire. Their first case seems to be about stolen swords, but they soon discover there are much darker forces at work and that there is no one they can trust in a race against times to stop a master criminal from taking over Neon City. A breakneck detective story set in a landscape studded with danger. A fast, spine-chilling thriller that makes you laugh out loud!

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9781911427186

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'A brilliant cast of fantastical characters' GET KIDS INTO BOOKS 'Hold on to your seat, believe in the powerful magic of the storytelling, and you will be rewarded with a tale full of danger, mystery, subterfuge and lots of humour as this amazing story leads Wong and Thyme and the reader into a world that is enticingly scary and full of mind-bending surprises.' SCHOOL READING LIST 'This breakneck page turner combines classic crime thrillers with plenty of laughs, secretive magic and fantastical characters.' LOVEREADING4KIDS BOOK OF THE MONTH 'A classic crime thriller with a twist. Full of funny, fantastical characters and a dark edge, children will love trying to solve the mystery along with Jade and her dragon friend, Lester Thyme.' SCOPE FOR IMAGINATION

Author Information

Mark Jones lives in the small village of Lowton near Warrington, Cheshire. He worked in Delhi for just under two years as an editor of graphic novels, and and in Singapore for a little over a year as a teacher.

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