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Book cover for review: image shows a blue background that turns into a skyline at the top of the picture. In the centre-left is an arched window, through which we can see three children climbing some stairs. The girl at the front is red-haired and holding a torch. Behind her is an Indian boy looking around cautiously, and behind him is a smaller girl with a blond ponytail. Vines are growing through and around the window. The title 'Murder at the Ivy Hotel' is in large across most of the image. The small middle words are on a silver tray being held up by an unseen waiter. In the 'o' of 'Hotel' is a suspicious silhouette of a person.
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Murder at the Ivy Hotel | Book Review

Kim

By Emily Hourican (pub. Scholastic, February 2026)

Bob’s words hung in the air. It could be murder.

And suddenly, the giddiness went out of everything they had discovered. A chill descended over them all, and the satisfaction of tracing clues and finding pieces of the puzzle vanished. If it ever had been, this was no longer a game. There was, Meredith realized with shock, a big difference between thinking something was murder, and knowing it truly could be.

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A Box Full of Murders book cover for review: two worried-looking children stand in the open; a girl on the left holds a cardboard box, the slightly smaller boy on the right holds a torch. In the background there is a campsite, with tents on both sides and a campfire on the left. Behind this there are trees, then yellowish clouds. Above that is the night sky, over which the title 'A Box Full of Murders' is written in orange. There is a red pin on each side with red string wrapped around them. Above this is the author's name, Janice Hallett.
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A Box Full of Murders | Book Review

Kim

By Janice Hallett (pub. Puffin Books, 2025)

1983. A hot summer. Bright sunshine. Starry nights. No parents. A happy group of children enjoying a camping trip together. The perfect summer…

Except…

A terrible crime was committed and no one knows who did it.

Not then. Not now.

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Nine Night Mystery book cover for review
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The Nine Night Mystery | Book Review

Kim

By Sharna Jackson (pub. Puffin Books, 2024)

I’m at our neighbour Rachel’s house in her room. I just dropped a paintbrush she asked me for on her floor, and she didn’t do or say anything when it rolled under the bed.

Not because she’s asleep or lazy.

But because she’s dead.

Rachel Kohl. Dead in her bed.

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Lynda’s Lockdown Library 2 | Book Reviews

Lynda

Welcome to the second entry in our Lockdown Library! This one is aimed at slightly older children than part 1 (which you can see here), though younger children will likely still enjoy reading along too!

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