Katherine Woodfine, Sufiya Ahmed and Patrice Lawrence

Join Katherine Woodfine, Sufiya Ahmed and Patrice Lawrence to explore the joy of mystery novels and their various books, from Edwardian murder, to World War II spies and unsolved contemporary mystery. A mystery and murder panel for all budding detectives and soon-to-be sleuths.

Woodfine is author of the bestselling Sinclair’s Mysteries, the Taylor & Rose Secret Agents series and other children’s books. Her latest is Taylor & Rose Secret Agents novel is Secrets on the Shore, which finds her sleuths in the seaside town of Rye where they have evidence that a band of German spies are plotting dastardly deeds.

Ahmed’s Rosie Raja series follows the adventures of a mixed Indian and British girl who joins her father as a spy in World War II. Her latest book is Time Travellers: Adventure Calling, which sees a group of friends transported back in time to 1911 where they find themselves in the middle of a women’s suffrage demonstration.

Lawrence’s debut young adult novel, Orangeboy, won The Bookseller’s YA Book Prize and the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize for Older Children. Her latest book, People Like Stars, is a mystery novel about three 13-year-old strangers connected by one big secret and what happens when their paths cross.