The title character is Agatha Oddlow, a thirteen year old girl with a brunette bob, a red beret and a penchant for investigating, a trait she inherited from her mother who passed away earlier in her childhood. Obviously I don’t want to give away spoilers but for me it reached a satisfying conclusion, but there were still a couple of outstanding questions, I’m hoping they’ll pop up in a future book but if they don’t I’m still content! Sometimes the first book in a series can suffer from a bit of a slow start as the characters are introduced but I found The Secret Key got the balance just right, there are two relatively short chapters that introduce Agatha and then you’re thrown straight into the action and the adventure barely stops until you reach the conclusion. The Secret Key is the first in the Agatha Oddly series, the second is already published with a third due out towards the end of the year. Agatha Oddly and the Secret Key is my first foray into Middle Grade this year and what a fantastic start it is! Investigate! Secret Societies, mysterious tunnels and threats follow!Īt the beginning of the year I said I wanted to read more Middle Grade fiction in 2019 so I could make more recommendations to my goddaughter rather than blindly picking one up and hoping for the best.

Witnessing a woman injured in a hit and run Agatha is determined to Happening in London, the drinking water has been contaminated and after

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