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The Clockmaker's Secret: The Adventures of Ivy Sharp
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: May 26 2026
Pages: 126
Weight: 0.29
Height: 0.27 Width: 5.06 Depth: 7.81
Language: English
A gripping mystery series for children aged 10+
When the clockmaker is found dead in his locked shop, twelve-year-old Ivy Sharp knows something is very wrong.
Ashwick looks like a perfectly ordinary English town on a perfectly ordinary summer morning. But Ivy notices things other people miss - a chair facing the wrong wall, a cold untouched teacup, and every clock in the shop stopped at exactly twenty-three minutes past eight.
The police call it a heart attack. Ivy calls it murder.
Armed with her father's leather satchel and her trusty red notebook, Ivy begins to investigate. But the clockmaker's secret goes back thirty-five years, to wartime Europe, to two young men who were supposed to be dead, and to a shadowy organisation with a very long memory.
And they've just found out about the girl.
Perfect for fans of:
- Robin Stevens' Murder Most Unladylike
- Enid Blyton's mystery series
- The Secret Seven and Famous Five
- Sherlock Holmes young reader editions
- Eva Ibbotson's adventure stories
Why children and parents love Ivy Sharp:
- A clever, fearless heroine who solves problems with her mind
- Set in the golden 1930s - cobbled streets, church bells and summer mysteries
- A mystery that genuinely surprises
- Real wartime history woven naturally into the story
- Perfect for confident readers ready for something meatier
- A series with a thrilling ongoing story arc across five books
About the series: The Adventures of Ivy Sharp is a five-book mystery series set in the fictional northern English town of Ashwick. Each book solves a standalone mystery while building toward a thrilling series finale. Book Two - The Vanishing at Velvet Hall - coming soon.
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