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Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen: The Seaside Corpse

by Marthe Jocelyn

Other authors: Isabelle Follath (Illustrator)

Series: Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen (4)

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For young detective Aggie Morton and her friend Hector, an opportunity to dig up fossils becomes even more thrilling when a corpse washes ashore in this fourth book in the Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen series, inspired by the life of Agatha Christie as a child and her most popular creation, Hercule Poirot. For fans of Enola Holmes. After an invigorating but not exactly restful trip to a Yorkshire spa during which she survived a near brush with death and foiled a murderer, aspiring writer Aggie Morton and her friend Hector are thrilled to have the opportunity to stay at a camp by the sea and watch real paleontologists at work. The famed husband and wife team of the Blenningham-Crewes are about to become even more famous with the recovery of the fossilized bones of an ichthyosaur from the sea by Lyme Regis. This news has already caught the attention of an American millionaire, a British museum and a travelling circus owner, who each want the bones for their own collections. Tensions are running high throughout the camp, from the cook, to the collectors, to the Blenningham-Crewes themselves, and become downright dangerous after Aggie and Hector make a discovery of their own: a body on the beach. Not a fossil, but a human body. … (more)
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This was a very fun read-aloud to my kiddos. There was high adventure, danger, fun characters, and intrigue. The kids were guessing right along with me as to who was the killer. For quite a thick book, it was definitely a page- turner that kept your interest. Will look for more from Aggie!
  CastellumLibrandi | Aug 6, 2023 |
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I have enjoyed rediscovering the mystery genre through this middle-grade detective series. The character design I am most impressed with is the self awareness Aggie is picking up after having been highly influential in three other mysteries. In this book, she starts imagining what a suspect might have been thinking if they had been the one to commit the crime, and it feels very fitting as a tribute to Agatha Christie.

I'm grateful I've been able to read a few of these books as part of the Early Reviewers Group, and I'll continue to see what the author comes up with next. I'm a fan! ( )
  Emma.June.Lyon | Apr 10, 2023 |
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An enjoyable book which my family liked very much. I put it in our Little Free Library and it was a hit throughout the neighborhood ( )
  ZoharLaor | Mar 28, 2023 |
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My family has really enjoyed this four book series. We were sad this is the last Aggie mystery. The beginning of the book was slow to start providing information about fossil recovery efforts. Once the story picks up it is a pure delight. The characters are well developed.
  kteacherSC | Mar 21, 2023 |
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I found this book charming. I could see Aggie Morton as a series on Masterpiece Mystery along side the likes of Miss Marple and Poirot. The environment set the stage for the unraveling and felt authentic. At the start of the book I anticipated the adventure as if I was accompanying Aggie and her uncle on a wonderful journey by car. A huge Thank You to LibraryThing and author Marthe Jocelyn for the opportunity to get to know Aggie and Hector! ( )
  NickieG | Mar 4, 2023 |
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For young detective Aggie Morton and her friend Hector, an opportunity to dig up fossils becomes even more thrilling when a corpse washes ashore in this fourth book in the Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen series, inspired by the life of Agatha Christie as a child and her most popular creation, Hercule Poirot. For fans of Enola Holmes. After an invigorating but not exactly restful trip to a Yorkshire spa during which she survived a near brush with death and foiled a murderer, aspiring writer Aggie Morton and her friend Hector are thrilled to have the opportunity to stay at a camp by the sea and watch real paleontologists at work. The famed husband and wife team of the Blenningham-Crewes are about to become even more famous with the recovery of the fossilized bones of an ichthyosaur from the sea by Lyme Regis. This news has already caught the attention of an American millionaire, a British museum and a travelling circus owner, who each want the bones for their own collections. Tensions are running high throughout the camp, from the cook, to the collectors, to the Blenningham-Crewes themselves, and become downright dangerous after Aggie and Hector make a discovery of their own: a body on the beach. Not a fossil, but a human body. 

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