Follow school girl Ivy Sharp as she uncovers mysteries in 1929s Ashwick.
The Books
Book One — The Clockmaker's Secret
When Ashwick's beloved clockmaker is found dead in his locked shop, the police call it a heart attack. But Ivy notices three things nobody else does — and that is never, in her experience, a coincidence.
Nobody will listen to a twelve-year-old girl. So Ivy decides to investigate alone.
What she uncovers reaches far beyond one locked shop and one quiet death, all the way to a shadowy London organisation called the Meridian Society — and a list of names that will keep her busy for a very long time.
The Clockmaker's Secret is the first book in the Adventures of Ivy Sharp series.Â
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Girl detective books for children
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Book Two — The Vanishing at Velvet Hall
A letter arrives at the Courier on expensive cream paper. Inside is a single pressed orchid, so dark it is almost black, and four words:
She should come alone.
The orchid leads Ivy up the valley to Velvet Hall — a grand, beautiful house with secrets buried since the Great War. There she meets Georgie Wren, the loneliest boy she has ever encountered. Then Georgie vanishes. The household says he has gone back to school.
Nobody thinks to question it. Nobody except Ivy. And Max.
The Vanishing at Velvet Hall is the second book in the Adventures of Ivy Sharp series.
Available exclusively on Amazon.
Coming Soon in the Ivy Sharp Series
A thrilling journey awaits with Six books in the complete series.
Book Three
The Poison Pier — Coming September 2026
Ivy Sharp returns for her most dangerous investigation yet. As the sun sets over the harbor, secrets long buried beneath the wooden planks begin to float to the surface. Will Ivy untangle the web of boats and betrayal before the tide turns?