Inkbound - Meticulous Jones and the Skull Tattoo

Enter an extraordinary magical adventure about family, fate and finding the courage to be truly yourself - perfect for fans of Nevermoor , Lemony Snicket and The Swifts . On her tenth birthday, Meticulous Jones - known to her friends as Metty - receives her fate, as all children do, in the form of a magical tattoo on her hand. She hopes for something exciting: a tattoo that will symbolise travel, or discovery, or adventure. What she gets is a skull, balanced in the palm of a violet glove. Metty''s fate is to become a murderer. Metty is swiftly hidden away by her father, Moral Jones, in a remote Welsh farmhouse, with only a miserable housekeeper (who''s terrified she''ll become Metty''s first victim) for company. But when Moral goes missing, his sister - Aunt Magnificent - arrives to sweep Metty off to the glittering city of New London. Metty is mesmerised by the magic and enchantment of the city. But when she starts to hear rumours of a mysterious and dangerous organisation known as the Black Moths, she wonders if they might be connected to her father''s disappearance - and to her own fate ...

Product details

• Authors: Philippa Leathley
• Assisted by: Brie Schmida (Illustration)
• Publisher: Haper Collins Children's Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 12
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 10.09.2025
• EAN: 9780008660956
• ISBN: 978-0-00-866095-6
• No. of pages: 382
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Mysteries & Detective Stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Girls & Women, General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), Crime & mystery fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Interest age: from c 9 years, Children’s / Teenage: Action & adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage: Crime & mystery fiction