If you wanted to find Tally you would have to go down the hall...down the spiral staircase...
into the kitchens...and then find the scullery.

Ten-year-old Tally is a servant girl at Mollett Manor. She sleeps in the scullery sink, and spends her days scrubbing, polishing and ironing (when she's not secretly reading books). Then Tally and her squirrel friend, Squill, find a secret library hidden under the manor - a magical library where the books come to life! When Mollett Manor is burgled, can Tally use the knowledge she finds in the books to catch the criminals? Can they even help her solve the mystery of her missing mother?

This book features in the following series: Tally And Squill, The Trapdoor Mysteries .

There are 192 pages in this book. This book was published 2016 by Hachette Children's Group .

Abie Longstaff wrote the Tally and Squill books because she wanted to feature an intelligent, inquisitive heroine who solves crimes by the power of her brain!