Agatha Oddly: The Secret Key, Agatha Oddly: Murder at the Museum and Agatha Oddly: The Silver Serpent first published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2018, 2019 and 2019
Published in this ebook pack edition in 2020
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Source ISBNs: 9780008211844 (Agatha Oddly: The Secret Key), 9780008211905 (Agatha Oddly: Murder at the Museum), 9780008211967 (Agatha Oddly: The Silver Serpent)
Ebook Edition © December 2019 ISBN: 9780008389468
Version: 2019-12-09
Contents
For Kika and Mylo
Contents
13. Where No One Can Hear You Scream
‘This is the twelfth –’ the headmaster glances up from his notes – ‘no, let me correct that – the thirteenth time you’ve been in trouble this term, Agatha.’
We’re sitting in his office, the air sticky, and that’s not just because of the heatwave outside.
I look down at the floor. It’s true, and I don’t know what to say.
Dr Hargrave (Ronald Hargrave OBE, BPhil, MEd) likes to fill silences. He’s very good at that, and it’s best to wait until he’s done. He isn’t a doctor, as you and I think of them, but he likes to be called one. He has five liver spots in the shape of the constellation Cassiopeia on his forehead, and a steely glare, which I