The Magpie Riddle: a Goldfish Boy Mystery

by Lisa Thompson

 


Return to the wonderful characters of beloved, bestselling,
award-winning The Goldfish Boy, one of the most talked-about
debut children's books of recent years.
Melody Bird has discovered an old abandoned house in the corner
of the graveyard, and a mysterious boy hiding out there...



Hal tells her that he's a spy-in-training, using the
house as a base for his undercover surveillance of a known local
criminal.


Her friends Matthew and Jake don't believe that a teenager would
be entrusted with this mission and turn the tables to spy on him,
uncovering secrets and unravelling a mystery as they
go.


The sequel to huge bestseller The Goldfish Boy - originally
published as The Graveyard Riddle
A clever, very moving mystery for young readers to help solve

"One of our most inventive writers for children" The Times

350 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 3, 2025

About the author

This is the disambiguation profile for otherwise unseparated authors publishing as Lisa Thompson

See also:
Lisa Thompson, author of The Goldfish Boy
Lisa Thompson, author of multiple early readers
Lisa Thompson, author of Fleeced!
Lisa Thompson, author of Citizenship and Social Movements