Everyone is blaming a series of mysterious accidents on rumours that the Snakesmouth Lighthouse is haunted. But since discovering how damaging magic can be in the wrong hands, Seth Seppi sets out to prove someone among the lighthouse party must secretly be practising magic. Swept up in the new MagiCon case, Seth is determined to prove himself, both as a potential sorcerer, but also as a detective. But this is a darker and more dangerous magic than he has come across before.
‘This fantastical story has rich, descriptive text, an interesting cast of magical and non-magical characters and so many plot twists … one of the best books I have read this year’ –
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The follow-up to the bestselling The Last Chance Hotel!
“With The Last Chance Hotel, Nicki Thornton fused magical fantasy with classic crime; its follow up pushes the envelope even further, with sinister conspiracies and ruthless organisations abounding around a curious lighthouse. Playful yet genuinely creepy, the Seth Seppi Mysteries are fast becoming must haves for any child’s library.” – Waterstones