A Clock Strikes Murder
By (Author) Michelle Harrison
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Simon & Schuster Childrens Books
1st July 2026
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Magical realism / Magical fantasy
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Mysteries and the unexplained
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
Paperback
368
Width 130mm, Height 198mm
Can stopping time solve a murder Journey to a house on a hill and discover the secret of a cursed painting. And Then There Were None meets My Family and Other Animals.
Our story begins with identical twins . . .
Spike and Merry are back on the case and this time they're in Greece. The cursed Medusa painting is up for auction, but anyone who looks at it directly, will die. When one of the bidders is found dead and the painting's owner goes missing, the twins use their time bending powers to investigate. Is it really a curse, or is someone out for revenge . . .
Michelle Harrison grew up in Essex and is the youngest of three sisters. Her first novel, The Thirteen Treasures, won the Waterstones Childrens Book Prize. She also won the Calderdale Book of the Year Award for The Other Alice. Her work has been translated into over 20 languages.A Storm of Sisters is the fourth adventure in the bestselling Pinch of Magic series. Before she was published, Michelles jobs included working in a bar, a bakery, and an art gallery. She was then a Waterstones bookseller before becoming an editorial assistant in childrens books at a publisher in Oxford. She now writes full time and lives with her partner, her son Jack, and cats. www.michelleharrisonbooks.com Find Michelle on Twitter @MHarrison13 and Instagram @elvesden