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THE THING IS WITH ICE CREAM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO EAT IT. BUT YOU CAN'T DENY DEATH. YOU CAN FIGHT BUT NOT BEAT IT . . .
Larkin Mills is no ordinary town. It is a place of secrets and enigma. A place with an exquisite ice cream parlour, and an awful lot of death. A place where an extraordinary mystery is beginning to unfold.
People have known for years that there is something rotten at the heart of Larkin Mills, and long suspected that some of the town's residents will do anything to keeps their secrets hidden. What's behind the ice cream seller Mr Morricone's sumptuous sundaes? What is undertaker Harold Milkwell hiding in the hearse? And what will young Ross uncover in the dark corners of the town's infamous waxwork museum? The truth can't stay hidden forever - and Larkin Mills contains the darkest and most peculiar secrets of all.
About the author
Gareth divides his time between writing books, visiting schools, producing TV programmes and annoying his friends and family by playing the ludicrous number of stringed instruments in his front room. He won the Blue Peter Book of the Year Prize 2012 for THE CONSIDINE CURSE, and THE CASE OF THE MISSING CATS, the first book in The Dragon Detective Agency series, was nominated for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. THE THORNTHWAITE INHERITANCE won seven children's book awards, and his previous books for Hot Key Books, CONSTABLE & TOOP and THE SOCIETY OF THIRTEEN, were extremely well-received. Follow Gareth at www.garethwrites.co.uk or on Twitter: @jonesgarethp
Summary
Larkin Mills: The Birthplace of Death! Larkin Mills is no ordinary town. well, you'll have begun to unlock the dark secrets that keep the little world of Larkin Mills spinning .
Foreword
Larkin Mills: The Birthplace of Death!
Additional text
Death or Ice Cream? Will tickle the tastebuds of any lover of the dark and the macabre (...) a clever and fun book. Piecing the stories together is an added pleasure for the reader (...) A thought-provoking, shiver-inducing... lark!
