We're suckers for it!

An obvious pick for the literary lover of all things bloodsucking

Grips the reader from the opening chapter

Dowd transforms disability into a gift

A wonderfully written mystery. It is funny, nerve-wracking and tender by turns, with plenty of pace and excitement as well as some moments for serious reflection

Everything about this book - the perky tone, the subtlety of characterisation and the cleverness of the plotting - is absolutely right

It's full of hilarious tiny details, which our sharp-eyed hero - and clever parents and children - can spot to solve the mysteries.

This is picture book storytelling at its best. Text and illustration perfectly integrated so that the eye moves easily across the page and the attention is held. Every page is carefully designed allowing different perspectives, creating excitement and movement through the juxtaposition of whole page and split page spreads as well as techniques adopted from graphic novel or film. There are not enough picture books that can reach older children. This is one - and it is a delight.

This is an utterly delightful book, packed with quirky text and illustrations and reall unusual.

How can you not want to read this book over and over again? How can you not want to share it with everyone you meet?

Mini Grey is as skilful as ever as she unravels a complex, tragic and very funny story through action-packed illustrations, captions and speech bubbles.

A gentle, entertaining story.

A Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year—and it's an "Outstanding Merit" title!