The Littlest Detective in London & The Littlest Detective in Paris – Suzy Brownlee

These stories are about a nine-year-old girl called Clementine Cordelia Bird, Clemmy for short, who has lost her Mummy, and as well as that an outrageously evil (and pretty) daughter of  a crime lord, Natasha Commonov, is after her!

Clemmy decides that she needs to find her missing Mummy and in these books she begins to search for her, first in London and then in Paris.  The only information she has is a copy of her favourite poem which her Mummy wrote some things on just before she disappeared and Clemmy needs to piece together the different clues contained in the poem and the writing.  She also has some friends: Mrs Mac who is her babysitter – and a retired spy! – and Origami Pete, a policeman from Japan who is trying to escape from Eunice who wants to marry him. They both help her with her search, although they don’t believe that Natasha is trying to catch up with Clemmy but think that she is in a boarding school in Slakistan.

Where is Clemmy’s Mummy being hidden and how long will it be before she is found?  Will Natasha be able to get her father out of prison?  Will Mrs Mac ever stop eating?

The story is exciting because Clemmy is beginning to collect information which fits with the clues in her poem but Natasha is always getting in her way so you never know what will happen.  There are also some bits which made me laugh a lot like the names that Eunice uses for Pete.  My favourite character is Clemmy because she does some clever and funny things, like pouring sticky glue into a lock to stop Natasha helping her father escape!  I enjoyed these books because they are so interesting I didn’t want them to end and I’m looking forward to book 3, The Littlest Detective in Tokyo, so I can find out what happens when Pete has to return to Japan. I expect that Clemmy and the others will go there too and continue looking for her Mummy.

Thanks, Bethan – sounds like you enjoyed these books, courtesy of Prospera publishing. They are both available in our shop now.

There are more and more books we want to find out about, so this can only mean that we need a few more on our review panel. If you’re interested, send in a review of any book, along with your name, age and what you like reading.