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Riddle of the Runes

"Exciting Viking set crime mystery recommended for brave girls and boys"

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July 2018 Debut of the Month | One of our 2018 Books of the Year

Historian Janina Ramirez’s TV programmes  are as inspiring as they are informative.  Her passion for Viking history comes through loud and clear in this story for young readers, which is also inspiring, and a great crime mystery too.  Young Alva lives with her mother, uncle, baby brother and pet wolf Fenrir in the Viking settlement Kilsgard.  Her father is away ‘a-Viking’ and much missed. The peace of their community is disturbed by the arrival of an English monk. He says he’s on the trail of treasure – certain to catch Viking attention – but has been attacked, a companion kidnapped. Alva is determined to investigate and soon on the trail, at first independently, then as semi-official assistant to her investigator uncle. The mystery comes closer to home still when the two discover secret messages from Alva’s father amongst the clues.  Readers will pick up a real sense of Viking life as they compulsively turn the pages of this gripping adventure and Alva is a great new character in children’s books. 

Readers who can’t wait for the next book in the series will enjoy Caroline Lawrence’s historical crime series The Pinkerton Mysteries or the Artie Conan Doyle series by Robert J. Harris.

Andrea Reece

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