Mark Anchovy: Pizza Detective
Colin Kingsley is a pizza delivery boy who longs to become a detective. But in his sleepy home town, Rufflington-On-Sea, there is a complete lack of cases to solve – until he crosses paths with the Golden Spatula League. The G.S.L. is a top secret agency for ‘caterer detectives’, run by children working in the fast-food world. They have spotted Colin’s potential and amazing photographic memory and think he is just the guy to join their investigative organisation.
To become a fully-fledged G.S.L. member, Colin – codenamed ‘Mark Anchovy’ – must fly to Rome to locate the stolen painting Girl with a Squirrel. The chief suspect is Big Alan Fresco, notorious art thief and pizza addict. Will Colin’s combination of memory and pizza skills help him find the treasured artwork and save the day? The first book in a proposed trilogy featuring Colin and the rest of the Golden Spatula League, Mark Anchovy: Pizza Detective is a thrilling, page-turning read that rockets along at a quick and satisfying pace. The characters are well drawn in every sense of the word, with hilariously descriptive writing accompanied by wonderfully funny comic-book-style illustrations. The story is bursting with cliffhangers and plot twists to entertain and engage on every page – all with added intrigue, drama, code breaking, despicable villains and, of course, pizza. Author and illustrator William Goldsmith has hit on a winning formula in this, his début children’s novel, which is sure to herald the start of a successful new series for Colin and the Golden Spatula League.
