Alice clair, Spy Extraordinaire! A Spoonful of Spying
By (Author) Sarah Todd Taylor
Nosy Crow Ltd
Nosy Crow Ltd
12th April 2023
12th January 2023
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction
823.92
Paperback
224
Width 129mm, Height 198mm
197g
Baker by day, spy by night - Alice Eclair leads an exciting double life!
Inventors and artists from all nations have gathered in Paris for the World Fair. All eyes are on the aeroplane exhibition - these incredible machines will take humanity to new heights! Alice suspects that some of these inventors are in terrible danger, but no one will believe her. Surrounded by enemy spies, Alice will need to use every trick in the recipe book if she's to keep her friends safe and stop France's greatest invention from falling into the wrong hands.
With a half-baked plan and a dash of daring, Alice must foil the enemy's plot before the whole thing boils over...
Look out for Alice's first mission, A Recipe for Trouble!Perfect for fans of Robin Stevens' Murder Most Unladylike series and M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman's Adventures on Trains series.
Sarah Todd Taylor was brought up in Yorkshire and Wales surrounded by books and cats. She discovered the theatre when she was a teenager and was instantly hooked, appearing in over 20 musicals in her hometown as well as helping out backstage. In her spare time she likes to sing opera in wonderful dresses, and she shares her home with her fabulous husband, two guinea pigs and a hamster.