Twice shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, Landman’s sharp eye for detail and witty humour will make her a firm bedtime favourite as the nights draw in
Fourth in a series of brilliantly addictive, tightly plotted murder mysteries featuring the irrepressible Poppy Fields.
Poppy Fields and best friend Graham design a murder mystery trail for the school fayre, choosing the headteacher to be the corpse at the end. But when the first person to finish discovers that the head really is dead, Poppy and Graham set out on a real life murder trail.
Tanya Landman runs Storybox Theatre, a touring puppet theatre for children, with her husband Rod Burnett. She is the author of the junior novel Waking Merlin and its sequel Merlin's Apprentice; two novels about William Popidopolis, The World's Bellybutton and The Kraken Snores; and a series for younger children, Flotsam and Jetsam, Flotsam and Jetsam and the Stormy Surprise and Flotsam and Jetsam and the Grooof. She has also written two novels for teenagers, Apache and The Goldsmith's Daughter. The Head Is Dead is the fourth of a ten-book junior murder mystery series. Tanya has two children and lives in Bideford, Devon.
Visit Tanya's website at www.tanyalandman.com
