Description

A thrilling, mysterious and very, very funny new adventure from the award-winning author of EINSTEIN THE PENGUIN, with brilliant illustrations from bestseller David Tazzyman.

Cecily Sawyer has spent the evening in the attic, training her pet mouse, Mrs Maple-Syrup – an unusually intelligent mouse, in Cecily’s opinion – when her parents disappear.

Luckily, Cecily is more than ready to investigate such a thing. She has wanted to be a spy her whole life, and has all the spy handbooks, manuals and code-cracking kits a girl could need.

But soon, Cecily discovers several very strange things in her city. She’s not the only spy out there – far from it, in fact. And Mrs Maple-Syrup is not the only unusually intelligent mouse…

Publisher Review

‘A charming and elegant corrective to the notion that 10 year-old girls and mice have no role to play in espionage.’ – Luke Jennings, author of Killing Eve

‘I firmly recommend this book. A very good start for those who want to join the profession or who just want a good read.’ – Sir John Scarlett, former Chief of MI6 (really)

Praise for EINSTEIN THE PENGUIN:

‘Funny, intriguing and utterly heart-warming … Wonderful’ Booktrust

‘A delight’ Sunday Times