EVERY WORD

Sparks fly when Watts follows Mycroft to London in this second sophisticated thriller about the teen crime-fighting pair.

Rachel is still getting used to the idea of Mycroft being her boyfriend when he disappears to London with Professor Walsh. They’re investigating the carjacking death of the rare books conservator, which appears to be linked to the theft of a Shakespeare First Folio from the Bodleian Library. Worried about similarities between the conservator’s accident and the death of Mycroft’s own parents, Rachel follows Mycroft to London... and straight into a whole storm of trouble. Ellie Marney was born in Brisbane, and has lived in Indonesia, Singapore, and India. Now she writes, teaches, and gardens when she can, while living in a country idyll near Castlemaine, in north-central Victoria. Her short stories have won awards (including the 2010 Scarlet Stiletto Award for women’s short crime writing) and been published in anthologies (such as Award Winning Australian Writing 2009 and 2011). Ellie’s first YA crime novel, Every Breath, was re- leased by Allen & Unwin in August 2013. Her partner and four sons still love her, even though she often forgets things and lets the housework go.