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|summary=Certainly an inventive thriller for the under-twelves, but anybody older will be so ahead of the curve they'll be frowning at every mention of intelligence.

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That said, there is an energy to the telling, and again those good jokes, alongside some quite weirdly clever clues, that do amount to a better read. There's the depth of it all, when you include Holly and her chainsaw, and the new friendship Noelle forms with a lad called Porter. There's the snappy clue cards Noelle makes for herself that interrupt the page in little box-outs and give a small individual sheen to things. Finally, to recommend it, is the fact that while it's for an audience barely a year or two older than that for [[The Great Hamster Massacre by Katie Davies]] and its ilk, it is a full-length novel. Now, if the mystery had remained fully throughout and not been solved by me ridiculously early, I'd be eager to welcome more in this series. As it is, there is a nice effervescent style, and certainly potential here, with this debutante author.

Another juvenile detective can be had with the series containing [[Agatha Parrot and the Odd Street Ghost by Kjartan Poskitt]].