The Swifts

A hilarious new mystery adventure perfect for fans of Robin Stevens and Lemony Snicket.

On the day they are born, each Swift is brought before the sacred Family Dictionary. They are given a name and a definition, and it is assumed they will grow up to match. Unfortunately, Shenanigan Swift doesn’t much like being told what to do.

Troublemaker, prank-smith and mischief enthusiast, Shenanigan rattles around the grand old Swift House with her sisters and guardians, rehearsing her Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude’s funeral, plotting future crimes, and wondering whether she is herself through choice or design. When the Family Reunion floods the House with people, Shenanigan is excited to meet her rogue’s gallery of relatives - until one of them shoves Schadenfreude down the stairs.

Shenanigan grudgingly takes on the role of detective, but more murders, a hidden treasure and an awful lot of suspects complicate things further. Can Shenanigan catch the killer before the whole Family is picked off? And in a world where definitions are so important, can she learn to define herself?