Elegant, atmospheric, delicate, spine-chilling: if you’re not yet reading Emma Carroll, you’re missing a trick. (Luckily, not anymore!) Her wondrous books tick so many boxes we hardly even know where to start. Perfect nostalgia reads. Haunting spine-chillers. Grand adventures in the Blyton tradition. Doorways into a long-long past. There’s a wartime mystery involving hidden codes & kids who live in an actual lighthouse. There’s the spooky tale of a lost pharaoh’s tomb & an explorer’s cursed mission to Egypt. Or how about flying high above Paris on the first-ever hot air balloon? Instantly classic: truly perfect fiction. Prepare to fall in love with it. Wonderfully nostalgic & thrilling tales of adventure By the author of Frost Hollow Hall & Strange Star Beautiful, delicate writing that shivers with atmosphere Perfect for fans of Philip Pullman & Katherine Rundell