The dead kid detective agency. Volume 2, Dial M for Morna

As the Dead Kid Detective Agency embarks on its second (mis)adventure, October Schwartz and her five deadest friends are back, turning over metaphoric rocks and finding the centipedes underneath. In this latest volume, set against a backdrop of yuletide pandemonium, they discover dark supernatural forces at work in Sticksville and sleuth their way through a mystery involving a blizzard of suffragettes, ice skating disasters, anti-Asian sentiment, and the Titanic. Although the holiday season has descended upon the town like an eggnog rainstorm, October has no time for candy canes or mistletoe. She{u2019}s busy dealing with an oddly pleasant new history teacher, her two living friends{u2019} new roles as high school radio DJs, and mysteries to be solved before the year end. October and her ghost friends are hot on the trail of those responsible for Morna MacIsaac{u2019}s death in 1914{u2014}or as hot as one can be on a 100-year-old trail{u2014}when Yumi becomes the target of a sinister harassment campaign at school. Solving dual concurrent mysteries at once won{u2019}t be easy, but the intrepid heroine in black eyeliner loves a challenge The anticipated second volume in Munday’s Silver Birch-nominated series October Schwartz and her five deadest friends are back. The holiday season has descended upon the town of Sticksville like an eggnog rainstorm, but October has no time for candy canes or mistletoe. She’s busy dealing with an oddly pleasant new history teacher, her living friends’ new roles as high-school radio DJs, and two (!) new mysteries that need solving before the new year. October and her ghost friends are hot on the trail of the person (or persons) responsible for Morna MacIsaac’s death in 1914 — or as hot as one can be on a 100-year-old trail — when October’s friend Yumi finds herself the target of anti-Asian harassment at school. Solving two mysteries at once won’t be easy, but our intrepid heroine in black eyeliner loves a challenge. Follow October, Cyril, Tabetha, Morna, Kirby, and Derek as they sleuth their way through a blizzard of suffragettes, iceskating disasters, mystical telephones, and boats named Titanic, all set against a backdrop of yuletide pandemonium. October Schwartz is hot on the trail of the person (or persons) responsible for Morna MacIsaac's death in 1914--or as hot as one can be on a 100-year-old trail--when her living friend Yumi finds herself the target of harassment at school. The intrepid heroine in black eyeliner and her ghost friends sleuth their way through a mystery featuring a blizzard of suffragettes, ice-skating disasters, mystical telephones, and the Titanic, set against a backdrop of Yuletide pandemonium.