Solve Your Own Mystery: The Transylvanian Express Paperback by Gareth P. Jones; illustrated by Louise Forshaw

Product Details

• Publisher: Penguin Workshop (2026-10-13)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 224 pages
• ISBN-13: 9798217143344
• Item Weight: 181.44 grams
• Dimensions: 20.02 x 12.7 x 1.47 cm

A fantastically imaginative interactive detective story for middle grade readers. With hundreds of paths to choose from and no dead ends, you’ll solve the mystery every time!

Welcome to Haventry, a town where the ordinary and extraordinary collide! With ghosts, werewolves, and zombies living side by side, trouble is always brewing. And when a fiendish crime is committed, YOU are the detective in charge of the case.

All aboard the Transylvanian Express! You and your yeti boss Klaus are headed to Castle Ursprung, home of the infamous vampire Count Fledermaus. But before you get there, you have a mystery to solve: Night Mayor Franklefink has vanished from the train.

Someone on board must have played a role in his disappearance, but who has the strongest motive? Could it be Franklefink’s archnemesis, Bramwell Stoker? Or is Sandra Rigmarole, elf district governor and colleague of the Night Mayor, a more likely suspect? Or perhaps Franklefink’s monster wife has suddenly turned against him?

But you better solve the mystery quickly—the train will be arriving at the castle soon and the count expects everyone to be there. The one thing worse than a missing person? An angry vampire!

About the Author

Gareth P. Jones is the author of many books for children, including the Ninja Meerkats, Pet Defenders, and Dragon Detective series, and The Considine Curse, for which he won the Blue Peter Book of the Year award in 2012. He lives in South London with his family.

Louise Forshaw is an illustrator (and sometimes author) living in a small town in the North East, United Kingdom. She earned a BA with honors in illustration and animation from Newcastle College. Louise works from home in a small studio, supervised by her three noisy and very mischievous Jack Russell terriers.