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Buddies Falcon Greene and Finn Carlton come to the remote Highland Stormwatch Hotel anticipating absolutely nothing more than a peaceful half-term break in the Scottish Highlands. Rather, they wake to ravaging news: a visitor has actually been killed. As a storm seals the hotel off from the outdoors world, the fact ends up being difficult to leave– the killer is still within, and each of sixteen visitors is a suspect. Racing versus time, tricks and a storm that declines to break, Falcon and Finn should follow every idea and exercise who is informing the fact before it’s far too late.
What sets The Moorland Mystery apart is whose eyes readers persevere. The story unfolds completely from the viewpoint of Falcon and Finn– 2 young investigators close in age to the readers getting the book. Falcon wonders, courageous and remarkably watchful; Finn is caring, thoughtful and silently brave. Their contrasting voices provide 8-to-14-year-old readers an investigator duo they can truly see themselves in– youths fulfilling risk and unpredictability with guts, humour and heart, instead of adult storytellers viewing from a range. Include a climatic moorland setting, a storm that will not raise, and Purrlock Holmes– a feline with a remarkable routine of showing up precisely where the next idea is concealing– and the outcome is a secret that young readers will not wish to put down.
Martha Kidston is specifically the type of author publishers imagine finding. She started composing The Moorland Mystery at 13, making use of a love of wildlife and timeless investigator fiction and a sharp impulse for outlining a secret that keeps readers thinking till the last page. Grand Publishers is happy to present her as an amazing brand-new voice in kids’s fiction– a young author currently composing with the self-confidence and creativity of somebody two times her age, and one whose profession booksellers, teachers and readers will wish to follow from the very start.
The publication is well timed, with The Moorland Mystery getting to the start of the brand-new academic year and throughout the UK’s National Year of Reading. The unique gets here simply months after National Literacy Trust research study (June 2026) taped the very first increase in kids’s checking out satisfaction because 2021– approximately 36.1%, from 32.7% in 2025, with the sharpest gains amongst 14-to-16-year-olds. As the discussion about youths and checking out turns enthusiastic, Martha uses evidence from inside the age that reading, and composing, can matter.
Perfectly shown throughout, The Moorland Mystery is constructed to reward close reading: every hint counts, and absolutely nothing occurs by mishap. The launch is supported by the main Falcon & & Finn Detective Quest, a totally free buddy examination at MarthaKidston.com where readers can check their own investigator abilities and make a customised Detective Certificate– offering schools, libraries and households a ready-made factor to keep speaking about the book long after the last page.
“I am thrilled to be able to share my characters and book with others and hope that it might motivate other youths to be innovative”
— Martha Kidston, author of The Moorland Mystery
THE MOORLAND MYSTERY is released by Grand Publishers on 11 September 2026 in paperback and eBook, following a pre-order duration ahead of launch.
NOTES TO EDITORS
- Evaluation copies, high-resolution cover art and author photography are readily available on demand.
- Martha Kidston is offered for interview, where possible provided her school dedications.
- Recommended classifications: Middle Grade Mystery, Detective Fiction, Illustrated Fiction– ages 8 to 14.
- Buddy online experience: the Falcon & & Finn Detective Quest at MarthaKidston.com
ABOUT MARTHA KIDSTON
Martha Kidston is a 14-year-old author based in Cambridge, United Kingdom. She composed The Moorland Mystery, her launching book, at the age of 13. Falcon Greene and Finn Carlton mark the start of an investigator collaboration readers will wish to follow through future experiences.
ABOUT GRAND PUBLISHERS
Grand Publishers thinks amazing stories should have exceptional publishing. Every title is established through cautious modifying, thoughtful style and worldwide circulation to bring extraordinary reading experiences to readers all over. The Moorland Mystery signs up with a growing list of Grand Publishers titles that influence creativity and a long-lasting love of reading.
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