Books with author Simon Russell Beale

At the Wings & Co. Fairy Detective Agency, Emily Vole and her friends are beginning to worry. It's five months since their official opening and they still haven't had one case. Then Sir Walter Cross dies suddenly and mysteriously. And when Mr Rollo the tailor mysteriously loses everything and Pan Smith's wedding plans are ruined the night before her big day, they're convinced there must be magic at play. Can they solve the mystery of who is stealing people's luck before the meddling fairy goes too far?Interest age: 7+

Emily Vole makes headline news when she is found in an abandoned hatbox in Stansted Airport. Then, a few years later, her neighbour Mrs String dies leaving Emily an old shop, a small bunch of golden keys and a cat called Fidget. It's the beginning of an adventure of a lifetime as the old Fairy Detective Agency comes back to life. It is up to Emily to reopen the shop, and recall the fairies to duty. Together they must embark on their first mystery and do battle with their great fairy-snatching enemy, Harpella.Interest age: 7+