The Magpie Riddle: A Goldfish Boy Mystery Category_CRIME/THRILLER ’ – Publishers Weekly

’ – Publishers Weekly

and disappointment as local mob wars

that’s probably going to the new guy—the "man-doctor" who’s already registering an eighty-friggin'-seven on Briana’s pain-in-my-ass scale

'A hell of a debut novel

The Magpie Riddle: A Goldfish Boy Mystery Category_CRIME/THRILLER ’ – Publishers WeeklyIn **The Magpie Riddle: A Goldfish Boy Mystery by Lisa Thompson**, Chestnut Close returns with another wonderfully twisty **middle grade mystery** full of warmth, humour and sharp eyed sleuthing. When clever, curious Melody Bird finds an abandoned house tucked away in the graveyard, she also discovers Hal a boy hiding inside with a story thats almost too exciting to be true. He claims hes a spy in training, running secret surveillance on a local