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Inspired by the global phenomenon of the Murdle puzzle books comes the first novel in a new thrilling mystery series. Perfect for fans of Mr. Lemoncello's Library and The Swifts.
It’s a cloudy day on the Sacred Kidney playground, but Jake likes it that way—dark and uncertain. For a junior detective like Jake, standing up to bad guys is a piece of cake. After all, she’s the only detective at Sacred Kidney Elementary with a hard-earned badge to her name. But just as Jake and her sidekick Sterling prepare to face off against the biggest bully in school, there’s a scream from inside the library.
The kids are sure they heard Miss Saffron cry out, but when they arrive at the scene of the crime, the library is how it’s always been: filled with books, but no Miss Saffron to be found! None of the adults still there after school are talking, but Jake, Sterling, and Brick the bully are determined to find out what happened. This unlikely trio pinky promises to solve…the crime at Sacred Kidney!
The second Murdle Jr. puzzle book Ready, Set, Solve! is a companion for this novel, with some Easter egg puzzles to solve between the pairing of books, for readers with the keenest of eyes!
Solve the Puzzles:
Curious Crimes for Curious Minds
Ready, Set, Solve!
Read the Mysteries:
Sleuths on the Loose
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Chris Grabenstein is the multiple award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of many series of children’s and young adult novels. J. J. Grabenstein is an author, stage actress, and award–winning narrator who coauthors several of the fiction series with her husband, Chris Grabenstein.
Laura Darrell is a conservatory-trained actress in Los Angeles (USC), New York (NYU), and the UK (BADA), andl has acted professionally since the age of ten. She has appeared on TV and in several independent feature films, indie shorts, and webseries, many of which have appeared in major festivals, including Sundance and Cinequest. Laura has also performed lead roles in theaters across the country. Laura is currently shooting a recurring role, Sister Lee, on SYFY's Happy!, starring Christopher Meloni. She also played a recurring role on the first season of Dietland on AMC. Before that Laura was seen in movie theaters as mean girl Eileen in Alicia Slimmer's feature film debut Creedmoria, starring Stef Dawson (Hunger Games), which won many awards, including Best Comedy at the Cinequest Film Festival. A few of her favorite theater credits include Encores!: The Golden Apple at New York City Center, directed by Michael Berresse, as well as Suze in John Kander and Greg Pierce's new musical Kid Victory, which ran Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theater, directed by Liesl Tommy. The official Off-Broadway cast album came out in September 2017. Before that she debuted as Anna in the opening cast of Frozen Live at DCA, also directed by Liesl Tommy. Laura has workshopped new pieces at several prestigious New York companies, including the Araca Group, Signature, and EST, among others. Besides working in New York and Los Angeles, Laura has performed at several professional regional theaters across the country, and has sung with orchestras from Portland to Orlando. She is also a proud narrator of audiobooks, narrating over twenty titles for Audible and now Tantor! She graduated a Phi Beta Kappa scholar and magna cum laude from the USC School of Dramatic Arts. Before that she attended NYU Tisch School of the Arts.