Three Pickled Herrings

by Sally Gardner

First published 2014

Emily Vole stares at the empty case files at Wings & Co. Fairy Detective Agency. Five months since opening and not a single mystery has walked through their door. Then Sir Walter Cross drops dead under strange circumstances, and suddenly Emily and her friends have their first real case. But the mysteries multiply fast. Mr. Rollo the tailor wakes up to find his fortune vanished overnight. Pan Smith watches her wedding plans crumble just hours before the ceremony. Three separate disasters, three clients desperate for answers. Emily realizes someone is stealing luck itself from the townspeople. She must track down this thief before more lives fall apart. The agency that once worried about having no cases now faces the challenge of solving three pickled herrings simultaneously.

Genres: adventure, mystery, fantasy, cozy-mystery

Vibes: cozy, suspenseful, whimsical

Tropes: found-family, mystery-solving

Setting: Wings & Co. Fairy Detective Agency

192 pages · Hardcover · Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

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