
The Curious Crime
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Is curiosity a crime? Ree discovers the unfairness of being a girl in a male-dominated scientific world, where alternative ideas are swiftly squashed.
Enter a fantasy island where Phil the dodo and other unusual wild animals roam corridors, great halls and an underground network of passages of a magnificent museum and science academy. Prevented from following her creative passion as a stonemason, Ree is confined to cleaning the halls at night as a maid.
But then the murders start happening... A determined scholar Henri and strong-willed Ree join forces to solve the mysteries and prove their innocence.
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Julia Golding has a great storytelling gift; she writes with inventiveness and brio, telling a tale packed with incident but not skimping on detail and atmosphere. -- Linda Newbery, author of The Key to Flambards In a strange, vast and wonderfully imagined museum, an apprentice sculptor and student scientist must solve a murder. Julia Golding has written a gripping helter-skelter story that will keep you guessing and start you thinking. -- Roger Wagner, artist and painter A murder, a dodo, a fantastical scientific setting all wrapped up in one mystery. A fabulous read. -- Andrew Briggs, author and professor of nanomaterials at the University of Oxford The beauty of thought, the wonder of discovery, and the vivid descriptions of the museum are enthralling; all this amid the excitement and tension of a murderer on the loose. A truly wonderful read, and of course I could not escape thinking about our own museum in London, albeit, that is, on a smaller scale. I encourage readers to enjoy the novel and to savour the interview at the culmination of the book. -- Shaun Fitzgerald, director, The Royal InstitutionMore details
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- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Part I: Palaeozoic
- Chapter 1: Of Dodos and Men
- Chapter 2: Lord John Interrupts
- Chapter 3: Never Take a Dodo to a Tea Party
- Chapter 4: Coal Dust and Tiger Cubs
- Chapter 5: A Prisoner's Last Request
- Part II: Mesozoic
- Chapter 6: Why Tasmanian Wolves Do Not Make Good Pets
- Chapter 7: Head to Head
- Chapter 8: White Chalk and Rebel Talk
- Chapter 9: Sailing Boats and Sisters
- Chapter 10: Walking the Plank
- Chapter 11: Death Comes to the Dodo Pen
- Part III: Cenozoic
- Chapter 12: Stone Axes to Grind
- Chapter 13: Dreamtime
- Chapter 14: Seeking Sanctuary
- Chapter 15: Funeral Rites
- Chapter 16: Renegades
- Chapter 17: Poisoned Pen
- Chapter 18: Flame Out
- Chapter 19: Hands Carved in Stone
- An Interview with Julia Golding
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