The Clockmaker's Secret

A gripping mystery series for children aged 10+

When the clockmaker is found dead in his locked shop, twelve-year-old Ivy Sharp knows something is very wrong.

Ashwick looks like a perfectly ordinary English town on a perfectly ordinary summer morning. But Ivy notices things other people miss - a chair facing the wrong wall, a cold untouched teacup, and every clock in the shop stopped at exactly twenty-three minutes past eight.

The police call it a heart attack. Ivy calls it murder.

Armed with her father's leather satchel and her trusty red notebook, Ivy begins to investigate. But the clockmaker's secret goes back thirty-five years, to wartime Europe, to two young men who were supposed to be dead, and to a shadowy organisation with a very long memory.

And they've just found out about the girl.

Perfect for fans of:

• Robin Stevens' Murder Most Unladylike
• Enid Blyton's mystery series
• The Secret Seven and Famous Five
• Sherlock Holmes young reader editions
• Eva Ibbotson's adventure stories

Why children and parents love Ivy Sharp:

• A clever, fearless heroine who solves problems with her mind
• Set in the golden 1930s - cobbled streets, church bells and summer mysteries
• A mystery that genuinely surprises
• Real wartime history woven naturally into the story
• Perfect for confident readers ready for something meatier
• A series with a thrilling ongoing story arc across five books

About the series: The Adventures of Ivy Sharp is a five-book mystery series set in the fictional northern English town of Ashwick. Each book solves a standalone mystery while building toward a thrilling series finale. Book Two - The Vanishing at Velvet Hall - coming soon.