Octavius O'Malley and the Mystery of the Exploding Cheese
Author: Alan Sunderland
Illustrator: Ben Redlich
Book 1 in the Octavius O'Malley series
Pages: 192
Published: 2006
Age: 8+
Someone has just blown up the biggest cheese factory in town, and Detective Inspector Octavius O'Malley, of the Rodent Police is on the case.
Even as the steaming globs of cheese are still running down the walls, it becomes clear that there is something very strange about this case and something stranger still about Octavius O'Malley himself!
Before this journey is over you will meet the most evil rat in the world, take a strange trip through the sewers and over the rooftops of town and discover a hidden diary in a most unexpected place. There will be a dangerous train journey, two kidnappings, three narrow escapes and a poisonous plot that threatens to destroy Octavius O'Malley's world forever.
And as if that weren't enough, there is a fat ginger cat lurking in an alley...
About the Octavius O'Malley Series
Books in series order
- 1.Octavius O'Malley and the Mystery of the Exploding Cheese(2006)
- 2.Octavius O'Malley and the Mystery of the Missing Mouse(2007)
- 3.Octavius O'Malley and the Mystery of the Criminal Cats(2008)
Reading age: 8+ years
This series should be read in order.
Inspector O'Malley is strange because he has fur, and a tail, and long whiskers. In a mixed-up world of rats, mice and people, crime can be a complicated matter at the best of times, but this is certainly not the best of times. Praise for Alan Sunderland's Octavius O'Malley books: 'A fast-paced mystery laced with humour and delightful illustrations' - Good Reading. 'Gripping, warm, thrilling and suspenseful' - Reading Time. 'Compulsive reading' - Magpies. 'Filled with action, humour and amusing black and white illustrations throughout that add to the text, this book is sure to be a hit with primary aged children, in particular boys.' - Dale Harcombe, Aussie Reviews.