Watchman William - Tapa blanda

“I’m William and I’m wearing these clothes because I was a night watchman at the time of Good Queen Bess. I’m a ghost you see!”

With his young friend Thomas, and the great Sherlock Holmes for inspiration,

William sets out to investigate mysterious happenings in and around Hardleigh Manor, all with a little help from his readers ...

Can William stop the bicycle thief? Who is causing the sabotage at Hardleigh Hotel? Floods, false trails, enormous exploding marrows and suspects upended in pig swill - all in a day’s work for William!

Loaded with clue summaries, suspect lists and lots of action, readers can pitch in with the detective work and help William and Thomas in their efforts to become great detectives.

Diana Shaw spent her career teaching in primary schools. Now semi-retired, she divides her time between writing for children and reading to them in schools and bookshops up and down the country. Her first book, ‘Septimus Smythe and the Spectre Detectors’, was published in 2008 heralding the ‘Cockleshore Castle’ series of stories. She lives in Cheshire with her husband, Brian.