The Plotting Shed

by Tim Flanagan

“I’m Sam Trowel—twelve-year-old master of disguise, spy, and Sudoku genius. Oh yes, I also work for MI6. Well, when I say work, it’s more like a voluntary post, really. Cutbacks and overseas commitments mean that the government have no money left to spy on its own citizens. And that’s why the Special Patrol Youth (or SPY for short) was founded—a government initiative to give kids a purpose in society whilst also reducing crime. But as it’s so top secret, I’m not allowed to talk about my life. If I did, you’d have to undergo mind-altering experiments to make you forget, and they can be pretty nasty. I’ve heard what happens to others after they’ve been altered—they’re never the same again.”

Pensioners are revolting! When a surprising syndicate of old-aged pensioners begin flooding the market with fake banknotes there’s only one twelve-year-old who can stop them—SAM TROWEL, MI6’s newest recruit.

Also by Tim Flanagan

Read the complete Moon Stealer series:
The Moon Stealers and the Quest for the Silver Bough (Book 1)
The Moon Stealers and the Queen of the Underworld (Book 2)
The Moon Stealers and the Everlasting Night (Book 3)
The Moon Stealers and the Children of the Light (Book 4)
The Moon Stealers Box Set (Books 1-4)

Lawrence Pinkley Mysteries - Winner of the Coffee Reader's Book Award 2015
The Curious Disappearance of Professor Brown
The Mystery of Van Gogh's Missing Heart
Lawrence Pinkley's Casebook. Vol. 1
Lawrence Pinkley's Casebook. Vol. 2

The New Savants: Surge of the Red Plague

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99 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 14, 2016

About the author

At some point in Tim's childhood, he was abducted by aliens and sent on a voyage of knowledge and discovery across the universe. Eventually the aliens realised how pointless this was and, as a failed student, he was returned to Earth and left with a family who brought him up as a human bean. But, the persistent memories of new worlds, dragons and other creatures, continued to knock at his frontal lobe, desperately trying to break out. To avoid making a mess and calm his imagination, Tim began writing as a way to communicate with Earthlings. Fuelled by Chilli and Nachos and a bottle of wine, Tim manages to balance a love of loud rock music and fast cars (preferably red!) with emotional chic flicks, smart leather shoes and a well tailored suit. He has successfully infiltrated the humans and hides behind the façade known as a family. He learns from his children, but is regularly told to stop acting like a child by his wife. Naturally shy and unsociable by nature, he is selective of the human company he keeps, preferring to be around old books, bonsai and art. He cries at 'It’s a wonderful life' but sulks if fed evil vegetables disguised as Parsnips or Peas. He is bored by mundane conversation, excited by architecture and castles and fuelled by Caramel Latte Macchiato's. Occasionally, he likes to catch up with old acquaintances on Tatooine, Westeros, and Middle Earth, and stare at fantasy and concept art as if it is a window to his childhood adventures. He is always trying to learn lessons from the masters; Mr Charles Darwin and Mr Lionel Ritchie, about life and love. Tim's galactic mission is to translate his brain activity into a language that inspires and entertains you, transports you to different worlds and grants you an audience with the characters you have dreamt about, but never dared to remember. All of this in an attempt to redeem himself with his childhood alien abductors and travel the stars once more.

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Reviews

[Tiffany · Rating 4 out of 5]

*This read was given to me as a result of giving an honest review.

Fun cute read that was enjoyed by myself and my 9-year old. The humor was clean and fun and it was interesting to see the main character "talk" to his audience. I enjoyed the dialogue the character had with his audience and with himself. I enjoyed the adventure. I would have liked to see the book last a little longer as I felt like it was getting exciting and then it all came together too fast. Although the 9-year old loved the amount of reading and adventure involved.

I would recommend this book because the author is just fun in his descriptions and the book has a great twist in it.

[Heath · Rating 4 out of 5]

For a Young Adult Novel it was a good read. The story jumped into the plot with Sam's first mission. The book was a quick read with the mission solved in a believable way for the young spy.