"Cleverly plotted, hugely original, witty from start to finish, bravo for A Gallery of Rogues."
September 2024 Book of the Month
Wildly inventive, extremely funny and a cracking country house murder mystery to boot, The Swifts was one of the outstanding books of 2023. The good news is that the follow up, The Swifts A Gallery of Rogues, is just as good, another dazzling cambriolage – sorry, heist story, this time set in Paris and sparked by the theft of artworks, including from Swift House and possibly by a group of art vigilantes known as Ouvolpo.
It ends up with another murder and, in Paris with Uncle Maelstrom and her sister Phenomena, and reunited with her best friend Erf, Shenanigan Swift is ready to track down those responsible and maybe in the process put right an age-old family dispute – Swifts versus their French cousins, Martinets.
There are so many delights it’s hard to single out just one, but the cast of new family members - Débris, Gourmet, Souris, Soufflé et al – is formidable. Cleverly plotted, hugely original, witty from start to finish and full of the most wonderful wordplay, this also manages to be a another proper whodunnit. Shout out for Claire Powell’s stylish illustrations too!
Bravo, and thank heavens there are more adventures to come for Shenanigan.
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It is an exciting adventure, involving art, long words, family and mystery. I recommend this book to any one who likes adventures and words - its brilliant!
I loved this book, it is just as brilliant as the first book and was exciting to read.
I recommend reading The Swifts first as otherwise you might struggle to understand the characters in this peculiar family, and if nothing else the second books gives away some of the story of the first book!
This time the swifts set off on an adventure to Paris to meet with the French branch of the family who like the swifts are named using a dictionary. There are lots of French words that have found their way into the English language to enjoy and I think it made my French just a little better!... Read Full Review
A famous painting has been stolen from the Swifts and Shenanigan Swift is determined to get it back. I'd never read a mystery before and this book made me want to read the first book, and now I love all mysteries! 5 out of 5.
If you've read the first book in this series, The Swifts, you will recognise not just the title and characters, but the format of a mystery that needs to be solved. This is one of the best stories I have ever read! I like the aspect of mystery because I love trying to guess what's going to happen next and how the story is going to end.
The book is about a young girl called Shenanigan Swift and her sisters Phenomena and Felicity.... Read Full Review
An amazing whirlwind of mystery. I would highly recommend this book to all children who love perplexing cases, daring heists, and shocking murders!
The Swifts: A Gallery of Rogues is such an amazing sequel by Beth Lincoln. Not only has it got humour, but it also has a very peculiar mystery. First, a painting gets stolen from Swift House by a gang of criminals called Ouvolpo, but then when a dead body is found at one of Ouvolpo’s latest heists things get extremely complicated. What’s more the French relatives of the Swifts, the Martinets, have something to do with the disappearance of the famous artist Pierrot! Who can Shenanigan trust in this perplexing whirlwind of mystery?
This book could have not been better in any way! I absolutely loved it and read it all in one sitting. Gorgeous pictures compliment the amazing story, and the story is as fluid as a river!... Read Full Review
