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High-Rise Mystery #2.5
Peak Peril
From the award-winning author of the High-Rise Mystery series, a new short story written especially for World Book Day 2022. "Thinking of doing a bit of investigating? A little light snooping? A sprinkle of scammery?' Nik and Norva are headed to the Peak District, for a school trip and a break from being The Tri's best detectives. But, a new mystery is never too far away!
112 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2022
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About the author
Sharna Jackson
24 books74 followersSharna Jackson is a best-selling author and curator who specialises in developing and delivering socially-engaged initiatives for children and young people across culture, publishing and entertainment.
Her debut novel High-Rise Mystery (2019) won numerous awards and accolades including Best Book for Younger Readers at the 2020 Waterstones Book Prize and Sunday Times Book of the Week. The sequel, Mic Drop, was released in 2020. Sharna also develops books to encourage participation in the arts, with two activity books released with Tate in 2014 (which won the FILAF award for Best Children’s Art Book in 2015) and Black Artists Shaping the World in 2021. She was Southbank Centre’s Imagine A Story Author in 2019/20 creating London/Londoff with over 1200 school children in the capital.
She was recently the Artistic Director at Site Gallery, an international contemporary art space in Sheffield, UK, and was formerly the editor of the triple BAFTA-nominated Tate Kids website.
Sharna was a member of BAFTA’s Children’s and Learning and New Talent committees and the Children’s Media Conference advisory board. She was also on the board of Sheffield Doc/Fest, New Writing North and Upswing. Every year she curates Playground – an exhibition showcasing work that blends digital play with physical objects and Ensemble – a show highlighting ethnic minority talent and achievement in the UK games industry.
Her debut novel High-Rise Mystery (2019) won numerous awards and accolades including Best Book for Younger Readers at the 2020 Waterstones Book Prize and Sunday Times Book of the Week. The sequel, Mic Drop, was released in 2020. Sharna also develops books to encourage participation in the arts, with two activity books released with Tate in 2014 (which won the FILAF award for Best Children’s Art Book in 2015) and Black Artists Shaping the World in 2021. She was Southbank Centre’s Imagine A Story Author in 2019/20 creating London/Londoff with over 1200 school children in the capital.
She was recently the Artistic Director at Site Gallery, an international contemporary art space in Sheffield, UK, and was formerly the editor of the triple BAFTA-nominated Tate Kids website.
Sharna was a member of BAFTA’s Children’s and Learning and New Talent committees and the Children’s Media Conference advisory board. She was also on the board of Sheffield Doc/Fest, New Writing North and Upswing. Every year she curates Playground – an exhibition showcasing work that blends digital play with physical objects and Ensemble – a show highlighting ethnic minority talent and achievement in the UK games industry.
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July 2, 2024
Grammatical errors throughout
Very boring
Skim read it
Very boring
Skim read it
April 7, 2022
Why should I read it? This is a super easy read, with short chapters, and only about 100 pages in length. If you are looking for a way into reading, this could be a great start. A really good story for WBD. The mystery slowly unravels as you make your way through the story. The main characters are easy to like and understand. Each of the suspects is artfully focused on, interviewed and discarded. I did find at some points that some of the other characters didn't really stand out as much as I needed them to, and I found myself forgetting who they were, but in such a short story it must be hard to make all the characters instantly recognisable. I like the idea of halfway through the story of having a table with a list of the suspects on it and their motive and alibi etc - very Agatha Christie! It's amazing how relaxing it can be reading about crime, and like Norva says at the end of the story: "It was just getting good...I loved this journey for us." Well done WBD for putting out these books. In the modern climate of people worrying about money and resources, it's great to see that these free books are still being put out there.
March 19, 2022
PEAK PERIL is a companion to HIGH RISE MYSTERY and MIC DROP, set after both of them, though I have yet to read MIC DROP. It doesn't spoil either mystery, which is nice.
Nik and Norva are on a holiday in the Peak District designed to get city girls out in the countryside, but when rumours reach them of hidden treasure and someone slide a map under their door, they are on the case.
It was a fun little read, taking the girls away from their comfort zones. I liked seeing Norva's city-orientated mindset baffled by the hills and lack of signal, and the change let Nik's boundless knowledge shine as she had the skills they needed to deal with the orienteering course.
Nik and Norva are on a holiday in the Peak District designed to get city girls out in the countryside, but when rumours reach them of hidden treasure and someone slide a map under their door, they are on the case.
It was a fun little read, taking the girls away from their comfort zones. I liked seeing Norva's city-orientated mindset baffled by the hills and lack of signal, and the change let Nik's boundless knowledge shine as she had the skills they needed to deal with the orienteering course.
April 28, 2022
Living in London and having not been to the countryside, Nik and Norva are on a school trip to the Peak district where they will be staying in a large manor house and taking part in lots of outdoor activities but when certain things start to appear amiss the girls must do what they do best, investigate.
This book was a good read overall but for me it was let down by poor editing as there were far too many mistakes. The overall story worked well and there was some charm to this but by the end I did feel slightly let down overall that it had not been as good as I felt it could have been with that little bit more attention to detail.
This book was a good read overall but for me it was let down by poor editing as there were far too many mistakes. The overall story worked well and there was some charm to this but by the end I did feel slightly let down overall that it had not been as good as I felt it could have been with that little bit more attention to detail.
February 20, 2022
Great mystery. Fun to follow along and solve. Loved spending time with Nik and Norva and it was interesting to solve a crime outside of The Tri.
March 5, 2022
I’ve been on the fence about reaching the high-rise mystery books, so I jumped at the chance of a sample. I fell in love with the characters and can’t wait to read the full books!
March 7, 2022
It was ok
March 16, 2022
It wasn’t for me but it was alright :)
April 2, 2022
Sharna Jackson has a very unique writing style and this world book day book didn't disappoint. Nik and Norva crack the case in lightning speed.
April 5, 2022
A bit slow but good in the end.
April 23, 2022
3.5* took me so long to get through for no reason and I found the dialogue kinda weird lol
April 30, 2022
An okay tale of mystery, let down by some really poor spelling and grammatical errors consistently throughout. As a World Book Day selected book, I expected it to be proofread at least once.
July 11, 2022
This book was incredible I loved the twists and turns it had to offer.
May 8, 2023
When Nik and Norva go on a school trip to the Peak District, a mystery begins. The girls are told about a supposedly treasure hunt called the Sheaf Stash. A mysterious clue and a hurt girl, the sisters must work out who is trying to steal away the hall.
It is a mystery, instead of a murder- mystery book.
It is a mystery, instead of a murder- mystery book.
June 6, 2022
EW what the hell was this book.
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