From the author of The Accidental Stowaway, it’s 1950s London and Caro Monday and her friends have become embroiled in a dangerous art heist!
When Caro Monday’s mother disappears on one of her jaunts, she has no choice but to go and stay with a miserable woman that she’s never met. Not only that but she’s told that her beloved rabbit, His Nibs, is not allowed to go with her.
Luckily, Caro’s not one for following rules. With her rabbit in hiding, and her wild behaviour getting her into trouble as soon as she walks through the door, Caro is only going to find herself in deeper water. In the lining of her suitcase is a small but extraordinary painting of a thrush . . . a painting that some dangerous art thieves are hunting down!
Can Caro and her friends solve the mystery of the stolen songbird and find its owners before it’s too late? Here ensues an exciting dash across London, with twists and turns as plentiful as the cobbled streets which Caro and her friends must navigate!
Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Publication date: 03/08/2023
The Stolen Songbird
by Judith Eagle
Review by Rebecca
Caro and her best friend Horace spend their summer in “The Rubble”, an area of London left after the Blitz of WWII. When Caro is sent to live with her Great Aunt Mary, she finds a stolen painting in her mother’s suitcase. Is it linked to “The Snakes” gang? And how is her mother mixed up with them?
Exciting page-turner!
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