When Otto returns home from school one day to find his mother missing, and then discovers an advert for the Magical Detective Agency, he decides there's nothing for it but to call on their services. In fact, the agency is just one man, a strange character call Maximillan Hawksmoor, who becomes convinced that Otto's mother has been abducted by Elementals - beings who live in a completely different world. It's not long before Otto, plus his friend Juliet and her cat Cornelius, join Max on a strange and dangerous journey to rescue Otto's mother - in a world where anything is possible...

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book features in the following series: The Magical Detective Ag, The Magical Detective Agency .

This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.

There are 224 pages in this book. This book was published in 2011 by Hachette Children's Group .

Brian Keaney is the author of Family Secrets and The Hollow People.