Pierdomenico Baccalario

Detecticat. Escape from Alpacraz – vol. 9

Humorous

Mystery

When the case looks closed… Detecticat sniffs out the truth.

Home to the country’s most dangerous criminals, Alpacraz has one unbeatable reputation: no one has ever escaped. Until the impossible happens. A prisoner vanishes without a trace, leaving behind only one clue—a giraffe-shaped hole in the cell wall. For Detective Cat, it’s the most baffling case of his career. But as the investigation unfolds, the truth proves to be even more astonishing than the escape itself. And suddenly, the real question is: should you always follow the law… or your heart?

Engaging detective stories for early readers, featuring small, humorous mysteries that captivate children’s curiosity and encourage independent reading.
Clues clearly visible to readers: each story provides clear, easy-to-spot clues that enable young readers to anticipate solutions before the protagonist, Detecticat, does.

Publisher: HarperCollins

Target: 6+

Year: 2026

Author

Pierdomenico Baccalario

Pierdomenico Baccalario has been writing children’s novels since 1997, when he won the Il Battello a Vapore literary prize with La strada del Guerriero (The Way of the Warrior) using his neighbour’s name. Since then, his bestsellers have been written under as many pseudonyms (the best known being Ulysses Moore and Irene Adler), translated into more than thirty languages and published with major Italian and foreign publishers. He has collaborated with Lucca Comics & Games for more than twenty years, has written for Repubblica and is a columnist for the newspaper Corriere della Sera’s La Lettura literary supplement. In 2014, he founded the Book on a Tree creative agency in London.

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