IT’S CHRISTMAAAAAAS!

My family LOVE Christmas and this year their excitement levels are off the charts because, drum roll with extra jingle bells…Dad has been put in charge of the festive fayre! Everyone’s ready to help – my friend Milo and I have loads of SPARKLY ideas, Aunty Bindi’s got a mountain of TINSEL, and we’ve even got a BIG RED SLEIGH for Santa’s grotto!

Well, we did have a big red sleigh, until someone STOLE IT in the middle of the night. So now I’m on the case to track down the THIEF before they ruin Christmas. I just wish I didn’t have to dress as an ELF to do it!

Looks like a case for me, Anisha, accidental Christmas detective!

Praise for the Anisha, Accidental Detective series:

Winner of the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Prize and of the Crimefest Best Crime Novel for Children

Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award, the British Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year, and the Laugh Out Loud Book Award

“DELIGHTFUL! Perfect for younger detectives – so funny and clever and sweet” Robin Stevens, author of the Murder Most Unladylike series

“An absolute joy” Jennifer Killick, author of Crater Lake

“Super funny and packed with lovable characters” Swapna Haddow, author of Dave Pigeon

Pia LOVES pets, but no matter how much she begs her parents for one, the answer is always NO! But Pia doesn’t give up easily…

She decides to help her friend Hari train his troublesome puppy, Luna, to show her parents that she can look after one of her own. But when Luna continues to cause CHAOS, Pia will need to work really hard to show her how to behave.

It’s time to join forces with her animal-loving friends, and form Pet Club! But will Pia ever get a pet of her very own?

And don’t miss the official World Book Day 2026 book, Pia’s Pet Club: Iguana Escape!

Co-edited by Serena Patel, the award-winning author of the Anisha: Accidental Detective series and by Robin Stevens, author of the bestselling Murder Most Unladylike series.

This gorgeous summery collection brings back together thirteen bestselling, award-winning and exciting authors: Abiola Bello, Annabelle Sami, Benjamin Dean, E.L. Norry, Elle McNicoll, Dominique Valente, Maisie Chan, Nizrana Farook, Patrice Lawrence, Robin Stevens, Roopa Farooki, Serena Patel and Sharna Jackson. With stunning illustrations by Harry Woodgate.

Grab your sunnies and your magnifying glass, and join the Murder Club for more sensational short stories as they lead you on a journey of foul play and murderously magnificent mysteries! Including sun-thieves, fantastical creatures of the deep, airport mayhem, weddings gone wrong, tropical resort travesties, and a very sticky situation at a berry picking farm.

This is the prefectly entertaining collection to pack in every young reader’s summer holiday bag.

Serena Patel is the winner of the This Week Junior‘s Young Fiction Book of the Year award. Her debut children’s series Anisha Accidental Detective won the fiction category of the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards, being shortlisted for a British Book Award and the Blue Peter Prize 2021 and selected for The Reading Agency’s Summer Reading Challenge. Serena lives in Walsall with her family.

Robin Stevens is the award winning and bestselling author of the Murder Most Unladylike mystery series. She was born in California and has been making up stories all her life. When she was twelve, her father handed her a copy of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and she realised that she wanted to be either Hercule Poirot or Agatha Christie when she grew up. She spent her teenage years reading a lot of murder mysteries and hoping that she’d get the chance to do some detecting herself (she didn’t). Robin lives in Oxford.

Maths test? Nightmare! Arun is determined to get out of a Maths test at school. But how? A schoolwide protest against all tests? Pretending to be sick? He’s ready to try anything, but maybe he’s not the only one who feels this way, and maybe in the end it’s better to face your fears?

It’s finally time for our Year 6 residential trip, and we’re off to the beach! I can’t wait for three days having fun with my friends, learning about animal habitats and being free from grown-ups. We might even win a prize for our project!

Except, Granny Jas has turned up as a surprise chaperone, and she won’t stop showing everyone my embarrassing baby photos. And now someone is messing with our habitat project – breaking things and dumping litter on the beach.

Someone needs to stop them, before they ruin all our hard work. Looks like a case for me, Anisha, accidental eco-detective!

Praise for the Anisha, Accidental Detective series:

Winner of the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Prize and of the Crimefest Best Crime Novel for Children

Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award, the British Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year, and the Laugh Out Loud Book Award

“DELIGHTFUL! Perfect for younger detectives – so funny and clever and sweet.” Robin Stevens, author of the Murder Most Unladylike series

“An absolute joy.” Jennifer Killick, author of Crater Lake

“Super funny and packed with lovable characters.” Swapna Haddow, author of Dave Pigeon

Co-edited by Serena Patel, the award-winning author of the  Anisha: Accidental Detective  series and by Robin Stevens, author of the bestselling  Murder Most Unladylike  series.

Sleuthing through the snow, on a merry mysterious day, in disguise we go, investigating all the way . . .

This gorgeous wintery collection brings together thirteen bestselling, award-winning and exciting debut authors: Abiola Bello, Annabelle Sami, Benjamin Dean, E.L. Norry, Elle McNicoll, Dominique Valente, Joanna Williams, Maisie Chan, Nizrana Farook, Patrice Lawrence, Roopa Farooki, Serena Patel and Sharna Jackson. With stunning illustrations by Harry Woodgate.

Join them as part of the Very Merry Murder Club as they lead you on a snow-covered wintery journey of festive foul play and murderously magnificent mysteries!

Serena Patel was shortlisted for the Asian Writer Short Story Prize and was a finalist in the Undiscovered Voices Anthology 2018. Her debut children’s series Anisha Accidental Detective won the fiction category of the Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards, being shortlisted for a British Book Award and the Blue Peter Prize 2021 and selected for The Reading Agency’s Summer Reading Challenge. Serena lives in Walsall with her family.

ROBIN STEVENS is the award winning and bestselling author of the Murder Most Unladylike mystery series. She was born in California and has been making up stories all her life. When she was twelve, her father handed her a copy of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and she realised that she wanted to be either Hercule Poirot or Agatha Christie when she grew up. She spent her teenage years reading a lot of murder mysteries and hoping that she’d get the chance to do some detecting herself (she didn’t). Robin lives in Oxford.

My whole family wanted to tag along and visit a festival first, where this super-famous, mega-expensive diamond is on display. But guess what? The diamond has been STOLEN! And the police think MY GRANNY did it so she’s in serious TROUBLE.

Someone needs to prove Granny Jas is innocent, so it looks like Milo and I might need to go UNDERCOVER. It’s lucky I’m Anisha, Accidental Detective!

HELP! My super-dramatic Aunty Bindi is getting married tomorrow and she’s having a mega meltdown.

But sssh! I’ve just found a ransom note, pushed through the letter box, saying Uncle Tony, Bindi’s husband-to-be, has been kidnapped, and will only be freed if the wedding is cancelled!

I have to keep this a secret otherwise it’ll be panic-central…

I guess it’s up to me – Anisha, ACCIDENTAL DETECTIVE, to save the day.