Top-Secret Grandad and Me: Death by Soup

By David MacPhail and Laura Aviñó

Since his dad literally did a vanishing act (he's a magician!), Jay Patel has turned detective, and now, with the help of his ghostly grandad, he's on a new case – a murder in a fancy country hotel where the cause of death appears to be – s

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kelpies
• Release date: Aug 16, 2018
• ISBN: 9781782505372

David MacPhail

David MacPhail left home at eighteen to travel the world and have adventures. After working as a chicken wrangler, a ghost-tour guide and a waiter on a tropical island, he now has the sensible job of writing about yetis, Vikings and ghostly detectives. At home in Perthshire, Scotland, he exists on a diet of cream buns and zombie movies. David is also the author of Yeti on the Loose and the Thorfinn the Nicest Viking series.

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