Sequel to the New York Times-bestselling The Swifts - a gleeful gothic mystery perfect for fans
of Lemony Snicket and Robin Stevens. Shenanigan Swift hates burglars . . . So when the famous
criminal gang Ouvolpo target Swift House and swap a valuable painting for an exploding
inflatable bird Shenanigan sets off in pursuit determined to make them payThe trail leads to
Paris home of her eccentric French cousins the Martinets. The two sides of the Family have
been squabbling for centuries but when a body is discovered at the scene of Ouvolpo's latest
robbery the quarrelsome cousins must join forces to solve the mysteryDid Ouvolpo kill hotel
caretaker Bernard? Why is Uncle Maelstrom wearing an earring again? And what does it all have
to do with a disappearing clownCan Shenanigan uncover the answers and set right a century-old
injustice? Or will she be left adrift as her Family pulls itself apart?The Swifts won the 2023
Nero Children's Fiction Award and the Barnes & Noble Children's Book Award and was nominated
for the Carnegie Medal.
