(Thinking Puzzle)The Vanished Palace of Mirrors and the Order of the Weatherlords
What happens when the world-famous Palace of Mirrors is simply lifted from the beach of Dune Island by a whirlwind and blown away in broad daylight? Then the Very Secret Ministry of Very Secret Affairs springs into action to get to the very bottom of this very mysterious mystery.
Released September 2007 | Published by CircusPatz/Unieboek Publishers
Ministry of Very Secret Affairs and the Splitting City
From one day to the next, the town of Zilterem is split in two by an enormous crack. The usually tranquil town becomes headline news all over the world, but everyone soon returns to their regular lives. The crack, however, keeps growing and growing, while the little town seems to become quieter and quieter.
Released August 2009 | Published by CircusPatz/A.W.Bruna Publishers
Coming soon! The Ministry of Very Secret Affairs and the Lost Legion
When a number of ditches and lakes around the small town of Niemansfort refuse to freeze over during an exceptionally cold winter, everyone thinks it’s a natural phenomenon.
However, the Ministry of Very Secret Affairs thinks otherwise. It sends its best agents to the town surrounded by old forts and bunkers to size up the situation…
Release November 2011 | Published by CircusPatz/A.W.Bruna Publishers
For some time now, sea containers have very mysteriously been disappearing from large ships shortly before entering the port of Wallepoort. The police are at their wits’ end. And when children also start disappearing in the vicinity of the port, the Ministry of Very Secret Affairs is called in to shed some secret light on the matter.
Tom, the son of the Minister of Very Secret Affairs, helps his father to solve this case. Together with Berber and Boet, a pair of rather quick-witted twins who are nearly 14, he investigates the mysterious developments at Wallepoort. Here, they come across a curious threesome, who lead them to the entrance of a sunken labyrinth…
The second instalment in a series of riveting books about the Ministry of Very Secret Affairs, for children aged 10 and older, in which the reader is asked to think along in order to solve the mysterious case. Comes complete with exciting colour illustrations and a very secret website where readers can download extra evidence.
Reviews:
The CircusPatz Lab of Wonderful Stories excels in the production of adventurous stories with youthful or playful protagonists. Without a doubt, this book’s trump card is its visual elaboration.
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| Dutch | Author: Mariette Ciggaar | Illustrations: Patz van der Sloot |
Design: Hans van der Baan / Patz van der Sloot | Cover: Bange Teddybeer producties | Concept: CircusPatz
16,95| 261 blz FC | hardcover | Extra evidence
that can be downloaded from an extremely secret website | Published by CircusPatz/A.W.Bruna Publishers| ISBN 978 90 229 9746 8 | Released: November 2010
