The Matchbox Mysteries
Wings and Co: The Fairy Detective Agency Series
Author: Sally Gardner
Illustrator: David Roberts
Book 4 in the Wings and Co: The Fairy Detective Agency series
Pages: 192
Published: 2014
Age: 7+
It's Hallowe'en and Podgy Bottom is in trouble. All over town cars are being shrunk to the size of a matchbox in the blink of an eye; a giant purple bunny rabbit is running riot and a strange-looking broomstick is causing chaos and calamity... Sounds like a case for Wings & Co, the famous fairy detective agency! Can Emily, Buster and Fidget put a stop to this magical mischief before it's too late?
About the Wings and Co: The Fairy Detective Agency Series
Books in series order
- 1.Operation Bunny(2012)
- 2.The Three Pickled Herrings(2013)
- 3.The Rollercoaster Case(2013)
- 4.The Matchbox Mysteries(2014)
- 5.The Flying Carpet Thief(2016)
Reading age: 6+ years
This series should be read in order.
A detective series brimming with mystery and magic by acclaimed author, Sally Gardner, and illustrated by Dirty Bertie's David Roberts.
Emily Vole makes headline news in the first weeks of her life, when she is found in an abandoned hatbox in Stansted Airport. Then, only a few years later, her neighbour Mrs String dies leaving Emily a mysterious inheritance: an old shop, a small bunch of golden keys and a cat called Fidget.
It's the beginning of an adventure of a lifetime as the old Wings and Co Detective Agency comes back to life. It is up to Emily to reopen the shop, and recall the fairies to duty. Together they must embark on their first mystery and do battle with their great enemy, Harpella. Includes Wings and Co detective case notes, character profiles and clues.