Kate Milford

When Marzana's parents are recruited to solve an odd crime, she assembles her own team, including a ghost, to investigate the kidnapping.

A Greenglass House Story

The Thief Knot

Sarah Sammis

The Thief Knot by Kate Milford is another Nagspeak novel. Like Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, there are enough Nagspeak books now to have spawned multiple series. In total publication, The Thief Knot is the eighth book. Of the Greenglass House (2014) books, it's the fourth.

This book is set primarily in the Liberty, a vibrant walled city, sort of a Vatican City for thieves and smugglers. It follows Marzana, first introduced in Ghosts of Greenglass House (2018). Marzana, save for an eventful Christmas trip to Greenglass House, has lived a boring life, unaware of her parents' adventures. She knows they've had them, that they are continuing to have them, sometimes, and is growing resentful at their secrecy.

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Ghosts, a kidnapping, a crew of young detectives, and family secrets mix in this new standalone mystery set in the world of the best-selling Greenglass House, from a National Book Award nominee and Edgar Award–winning author. Marzana and her best friend are bored. Even though they live in a notorious city where normal rules do not apply, nothing interesting ever happens to them. Nothing, that is, until Marzana’s parents are recruited to help solve an odd crime, and she realizes that this could be the excitement she’s been waiting for. She assembles a group of kid detectives with special skills—including the ghost of a ship captain’s daughter—and together, they explore hidden passageways, navigate architecture that changes overnight, and try to unravel the puzzle of who the kidnappers are—and where they’re hiding. But will they beat the deadline for a ransom that’s impossible to pay? Legendary smugglers, suspicious teachers, and some scary bad guys are just a few of the adults the crew must circumvent while discovering hidden truths about their families and themselves in this smart, richly imagined tale.

The Thief Knot A Greenglass House Story

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