She was born in Suffolk, where she works as a children's librarian for the public library service. She has a degree in zoology and an interest in folklore. Sophie Green writes children's fiction, short stories and scripts. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. Which can come in handy when trying to solve crime.įunny, atmospheric, spooky - the perfect detective story for young readers And Lil realises she is the only person in the whole of Peligan City who can see Nedly.

He agrees to help them with the Stubbs case if they help him find the criminal who escaped justice and cost him his career.Įxcept - Mandrel thinks it's only Lil he's working with. So Lil and Nedly - aka Potkin and Stubbs - team up to solve their mystery, and they call in the reluctant help of once-famous detective Abe Mandrel.

possibly) he explains that he needs Lil's help to find out what happened to him after he disappeared from his orphanage a year ago. He doesn't want to admit to being a ghost, but when he finally remembers his name (Nedly. That night Lil wakes to find him in her bedroom.

One rainy evening Lil meets a sad-looking boy sitting by himself in the bus station and buys him a hot chocolate. Her mum works in City Hall and is rarely at home, so aspiring journalist Lil has all the time she needs to explore the city in her bright yellow raincoat, investigating unsolved stories. A brilliant new series bursts onto the scene filled with ghostly goings-on and an unusual investigative duo.

Potkin and Stubbs by Sophie Green