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The Mystery of Maddie Musgrove
Author Alex Woolf
Mystery and Thriller
When Joe Smallwood goes to stay with his Uncle Theo and cousin Maya life seems dull until he finds a strange smartphone nestling beside a gravestone. The phone enables Joe and Maya to become time-travelling detectives and takes them on an exciting adventure back to Victorian times. Can they save innocent maidservant Maddie Musgrove from the gallows?
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Chapters
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Chapter 1 An Amazing Discovery
Joe stared up in horror. A plane was falling out of the sky, trailing clouds of black smoke. It was heading straight towards him! Terrified, he turned and began to run through the graveyard. He ra...
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Chapter 2 House of Secrets
“What are we going to do?” asked Joe, but Maya was no longer there. She was striding confidently up the gravel driveway and knocking at the front door. It was opened by a handsome young man in a t...
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Chapter 3 A Brush with the Law
Joe crouched there in the wardrobe, paralysed with fear, as Dexter Bullstrode fixed him and Maya with his bloodshot eyes. The big man swayed slightly, grabbing the door to steady himself. “Well?” ...
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Chapter 4 A Disaster and a Breakthrough
Maya stared at the phone in Joe’s hand. He could see she really wanted him to use it, but the flashing message on the screen – Further timeshifts dangerous! – scared him. He just couldn’t bring hi...
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Chapter 5 A Race Against Time
Another crack of thunder shook the house. The rain rattled and hissed against the window like an angry snake. “We’re not going to make it to Bromley in this, are we?” said Maya despondently. “And...