A mysterious figure on an old fishing boat, anonymous postcards, disappearing cousins - Mizzy is thrilled to have a new mystery to solve! The next installment of this charming series for middle-grade readers, starring a girl with Down syndrome.
Mizzy is spending half-term with cousins in St Jude's-on-Sea: a seaside town struggling to accommodate an influx of refugees. When she sees a spooky shadow on a wrecked old fishing boat on the shore, she thinks she's found her next mystery. But her cousins seem determined to keep her in the dark about their comings and goings to the wreck, and she's left alone to help their old Greek-Cypriot grandfather Papou sort out his papers.
Then an anonymous postcard arrives for Papou, featuring a picture of the old wreck and the words WHAT REALLY HAPPENS? Mizzy must solve the mystery of the postcard sender and prove once again that she is the best detective in town.
| ISBN: | 9781774885147 |
| Publication date: | 25th August 2026 |
| Author: | Claire HatcherSmith |
| Publisher: | Tundra an imprint of Tundra Book Group |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 232 pages |
| Series: | The Mizzy Mysteries |
| Genres: |
Crime & Mystery Stories about Family and Friends PSHE: Family Issues PSHE: Special educational needs and disability (SEND) Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction |
A mysterious figure on an old fishing boat, anonymous postcards, disappearing cousins - Mizzy is thrilled to have a new mystery to solve! The next installment of this charming series for middle-grade readers, starring a girl with Down syndrome.
Mizzy is spending half-term with cousins in St Jude's-on-Sea: a seaside town struggling to accommodate an influx of refugees. When she sees a spooky shadow on a wrecked old fishing boat on the shore, she thinks she's found her next mystery. But her cousins seem determined to keep her in the dark about their comings and goings to the wreck, and she's left alone to help their old Greek-Cypriot grandfather Papou sort out his papers.
Then an anonymous postcard arrives for Papou, featuring a picture of the old wreck and the words WHAT REALLY HAPPENS? Mizzy must solve the mystery of the postcard sender and prove once again that she is the best detective in town.
The Shadow on the Wreck features in the following genres: Crime & Mystery, Stories about Family and Friends, PSHE: Family Issues, PSHE: Special educational needs and disability (SEND), Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
The Shadow on the Wreck is available in Hardback
The Shadow on the Wreck was written by Claire HatcherSmith and published by Tundra an imprint of Tundra Book Group
The Shadow on the Wreck has 232 pages
Yes it is part of The Mizzy Mysteries series