Pierdomenico Baccalario

Detecticat. The Sunday Weasel – vol. 8

Humorous

Mystery

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

Detecticat faces big trouble when the bumbling architect Mr. Gallone is found dead under mysterious circumstances, crushed by a huge object. It quickly becomes clear that Gallone had many enemies—he was clumsy, inept, and drowning in debt. But who disliked him enough to get rid of him forever?

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: 5-7

Year: 2025

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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