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Detective Linus and the Turquoise Falcon – vol. 1
Humorous
Mystery
The most famous young detective around. At least, that’s what he says.
One summer morning, a postcard arrives at Linus’s house from his friend Giangi. Apparently there’s a new threat in town: he has snake-like eyes and drives a bottle-green van. This seems like a case for Linus, the most famous young detective around! Of course, he should be thinking about his summer holiday homework, but how can he concentrate on these trifling matters when his town is teeming with crimes and mysteries?
- Packed with clever banter, absurd disguises, and schoolyard mysteries, this laugh-out-loud series reinvents the detective genre with a humorous twist for middle-grade readers.
- Inspired by classics, borrows all the typical features of the noir genre from film and novels: the detective, the secretary, the cop, the sidekick, the femme fatale, the secret informant, the villains, even jazz music (and some trap too).
From the same series (Detective Linus): Detective Linus incredibly solves another case, Detective Linus. His Enemies Hate Him, His Friends Put up with Him, Detective Linus And the Dishonourable Case of the Missing Honourable, An Explosive Case for a Crackling Hero.
Publisher:
Piemme
Target:
10+
Year:
2022
Author
Angelo Mozzillo
Angelo Mozzillo was born in Naples and lives in Milan. He writes short stories, screenplays, reportage, and rhyming tales. He is the author of the humorous mystery series Detective Linus, the novel The Little Gatsby, and the hilarious travel diary The Woods Are Nice but I Wouldn’t Live There (all published by Il Battello a Vapore).
His recent picture books include I Wrote a Book for You (But This Isn’t It) (Camelozampa), An Important Secret(Minibombo), and Monsieur Claquette’s Sunday (Rizzoli). His book I Am a Leaf (Bacchilega Junior) won both the Andersen Prize and the Super Andersen Prize in 2021.
Author
Davide Panizza
Davide Panizza studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Urbino and later at MiMaster in Milan, where he discovered the world of children’s illustration. He now lives and works in Bologna, illustrating stories and designing board games for kids. His recent work includes the Detective Linus series by Angelo Mozzillo (Battello a Vapore), the Captain Bitorzoloseries by Andrea Visibelli (Il Castoro), and the picture book The Breeding of Unlikely Dogs by Teo Benedetti (Franco Cosimo Panini). He has also made his debut as a game designer with the board game Jurassic Valley (RedGlove).
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