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Maidservants, Mystery, and Murder! Everyone''s favourite housemaid-detective is back! Now Nancy has a new job working at Oxcoombe Grange. It''s great except for one thing - Nancy is convinced the house is haunted! Ella Otter, now a reluctant pupil at nearby Seabourne Grammar School for Girls, demands a scientific investigation. Together, Nancy and Ella set out to do some spooky snooping, and to uncover the mysteries of the Grange''s cellars. But in doing so they make a few enemies, discover a few surprising secrets, and put themselves into a little more danger than they were bargaining for . . .A funny and energetic middle-grade mystery, narrated part in the third person and part through Nancy''s illustrated journal. Perfect for fans of Murder Most Unladylike and The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow.

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Praise for The Mysterious Misadventures of Clemency Wrigglesworth a magnificent, madcap book - Julia Lee is like an anarchic Frances Hodgson Burnett * Katherine Rundell, author of Rooftoppers. *
Praise for Nancy Parker's Diary of Detection Intrepid housemaid-turned-detective Nancy Parker is a heroine to root for. * Katherine Woodfine, author of The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow *
Praise for Nancy Parker's Diary of Detection This junior sleuth is worth investigating * Children's book of the week, Alex O'Connell, Times *

Nancy Parkers Spooky Speculations

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      Publisher: Oxford University Press
      Publication Date: 05/01/2017
      ISBN13: 9780192746979, 978-0192746979
      ISBN10: 0192746979

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      Book Synopsis
      Maidservants, Mystery, and Murder! Everyone''s favourite housemaid-detective is back! Now Nancy has a new job working at Oxcoombe Grange. It''s great except for one thing - Nancy is convinced the house is haunted! Ella Otter, now a reluctant pupil at nearby Seabourne Grammar School for Girls, demands a scientific investigation. Together, Nancy and Ella set out to do some spooky snooping, and to uncover the mysteries of the Grange''s cellars. But in doing so they make a few enemies, discover a few surprising secrets, and put themselves into a little more danger than they were bargaining for . . .A funny and energetic middle-grade mystery, narrated part in the third person and part through Nancy''s illustrated journal. Perfect for fans of Murder Most Unladylike and The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow.

      Trade Review
      Praise for The Mysterious Misadventures of Clemency Wrigglesworth a magnificent, madcap book - Julia Lee is like an anarchic Frances Hodgson Burnett * Katherine Rundell, author of Rooftoppers. *
      Praise for Nancy Parker's Diary of Detection Intrepid housemaid-turned-detective Nancy Parker is a heroine to root for. * Katherine Woodfine, author of The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow *
      Praise for Nancy Parker's Diary of Detection This junior sleuth is worth investigating * Children's book of the week, Alex O'Connell, Times *

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