A Box Full of Murders is even more exciting and funny than the first book. Recommended to anyone who likes mysteries with a twist.
Death at the Museum is a very intriguing and exciting second book of The Box Full of Murders series. It is about Ava and Luke, who start a new case that happened on a school trip to a museum.
The Box Full of Murders series has a unique way of being written but I think it’s cool and quirky. It’s set up so we can solve the mystery too if we can, (I couldn’t: it was a very tricky case). I also like how some people from the previous book, the campers, were in the story. It helps the story move on.
My favourite part was when Charles Dickens, and Marie Curie are walking around the Natural History Museum, and no one is really paying attention. My favourite character has to be Luke. He’s funny and sometimes quite silly like when he keeps suggesting Charles Dickens and Marie Curie are vampires.
Even though it was written in a format I don’t usually read, I felt strongly that I was there and watching it all happen like a movie. As soon as I opened the book I didn’t want to put it down. The story was so well explained and different then the first story but also kind of the same. This really helped me believe that I was there.
I loved this and couldn't put it down until I had solved the mystery
This is a unique and cleverly written book- one which I have not read before. Written in the style of text messages and paper files, the story about two young children with boxes in their attic, which contain secret files about a long-ago murder, takes you along on a crime-solving mission.
This story grabbed my attention straight away because of all the chaos that school kids made (some got stuck on a whale, others left in a museum!). I liked the way that the Dad knows something about the boxes and why they are in the attic, but the only hints we get are the emoji's linking to the event which just happened, even though he's not been reading the files.
I'd recommmend it to anybody who likes detective stories and is looking to solve a mystery and use their own detective skills.
A class trip that ends in murder… A daring heist… A strange connection… And dormant lies awoken.
Have you ever wondered what lies within the cobwebbed walls of your loft? If the spiders are messengers from the past? Perhaps the ubiquitous dust carries fragments of the past…
Follow Luke and Ava Hunter as they embark on an unforgettable journey in this spectacular sequel to A Box Full Of Murders.
In 1983, a series of strange events happen, centred around the natural history museum. Exhibits moving with no explanation, treasure, awakened explorers, and a dead body. It is up to you to read between the lines and decipher what happened in times gone by… and perhaps deliver justice. Can you solve the murder before history repeats itself?
This book took me on a thrilling rollercoaster ride through an exquisite case. I watched “jellyhead” Jackson as he clambered atop a whale, nearly doubling over with laughter as he got his foot stuck in the blowhole, explored the basement tentatively, jumping at every noise in fright, and chased after a venomous snake, wondering how I got myself into this mess.
The characters in this book are wonderfully unique - whether they are within or outside the pages of history. My favourite character was probably Florence, the gossip columnist, who was secretly reporting on her school trip the whole time; from creeping down to the basement to “get a scoop”, to taking two workbooks to report on the trip, she is always trying to get the “story behind the story”.
I loved how there were touches of humour: one of the teachers being left on her own while the others went out shopping, 2 girls eating lunch early and locking the door behind them, thinking they are being helpful, and lastly, an apparently sentient coach named Dolly.
I also loved the connections to the first box of murders.
A mind-boggling, wonderful book that tests your brain cells and yet all neatly ties up at the end, I would recommend this book to fans of a good mystery, where no thread is left loose.