The Talkative Tombstone: The Cryptic Casebook of Coco Carlomagno (and Alberta) Bk 6
By (Author) Ursula Dubosarsky
Illustrated by Terry Denton
6
A&U Children's
A&U Children
22nd October 2014
Australia
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories
FIC
Long-listed for Sisters in Crime Davitt Awards - Children's Novel 2015 (Australia)
Paperback
96
Width 128mm, Height 198mm
124g
Coco Carlomagno is the well-respected, if somewhat easily startled, Chief of Police in Buenos Aires. Alberta is his more sensible cousin. Together they crack the cases that confound this puzzling city. Coco's nerves are all a-jangle. Deep in a cemetery in Buenos Aires, the tomb of the famous, much-lamented tango singer Anibal Manzana has everyone baffled. It is talking! Could it be haunted Luckily Coco has his commonsensical cousin Alberta on hand to help. Can they unravel this ghostly riddle
Ursula Dubosarsky's work ranges from novels for older readers like Abyssinia, Theodora's Gift, The Red Shoe and The Golden Day, to her highly-acclaimed and hilarious picture books with Andrew Joyner such as The Terrible Plop. Ursula has also collaborated with Tohby Riddle in their unique and award-winning series that takes an entertaining journey through the English language, The Word Spy and Return of the Word Spy. Terry Denton has written and illustrated many popular and funny books, including Gasp!, the breathtaking adventures of a fish left home alone, the madly inventive Storymaze series and his books for younger children about Wombat and Fox. He is also a long-time collaborator with bestselling author Andy Griffiths and their books include The Cat on the Mat is Flat, the hilarious Just! series and the internationally bestselling 13 Storey Treehouse books.