A fast-paced historicalmystery adventure for readers aged 9+ years, with gorgeous Edwardian period detail.Perfect for fans of Chris Riddell's Goth Girl series, Enid Blyton and Robin Stevens's Murder Most Unladylike series. You are cordially invited to Sinclairs Midnight Peacock Ball! The festive season has come to Sinclairs and Sophie and Lil are spending the holidays at snowy Winter Hall. But it turns out that this is no ordinary house party Assinister secretscome to light, ourintrepid heroinesfind themselves faced with a morebaffling mysterythan ever before! With the help of their friends, can they uncover the truth in time to foil a trulydiabolical plot?Or will Mr Sinclairs New Years Eve Midnight Peacock Ball spelldisasterfor the dauntless young detectives? Prepare for shocks and surprises in the thrilling conclusion to the Sinclairs Mysteries! Praise forThe Midnight Peacock: 'Katherine Woodbine brings her tautly plotted Edwardian series The Sinclair's Mysteries to a stylish conclusion, in a book filled with deft characterisation and delectable period detail.' TheGuardian ****** Praise for The Clockwork Sparrow: 'A wonderful book, with a glorious heroine and a true spirit of adventure KatherineRundell,authorofRooftoppers A real page-turner, it has murders, spies and gangs of thieves. Thrilling! Indiana, aged 10 years,LoveReadingforKidsreviewer 'Dastardliness on a big scale is uncovered in this well-plotted, evocative novel' Nicolette Jones,The Sunday Times 'It's a dashing plot, an atmospheric setting and an extensive and imaginative cast. Katherine Woodfine handles it all with aplomb' Julia Eccleshare,Guardian 'An incredible read full of mystery, wonder and adventureThis is now one of my top ten.'- Celeste, age 13 years, LoveReading4Kids reviewer The Midnight Peacockis the fourthbook in the Sinclair's Mysteries quartet. The other two books are the bestsellingThe Clockwork Sparrow,The Jewelled Mothand The Painted Dragon. Katherine Woodfine is a true champion of childrens literature. Until 2015 she was Arts Project Manager for Booktrust, where she project-managed the Children's Laureateship and YALC, the UKs first Young Adult Literature Convention, curated by Malorie Blackman. She is part of the founding team at Down the Rabbit Hole, a monthly show for Resonance FM discussing childrens literature. Katherine blogs at followtheyellow.co.uk. She lives in London.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Sinclairs Mysteries .

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

There are 352 pages in this book. This book was published in 2017 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Katherine Woodfine is the author of the bestselling Sinclair's Mysteries and Taylor & Rose Secret Agents series. Her debut novel The Clockwork Sparrow was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, longlisted for the Branford Boase Award, and nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal.