Hello!
I'm Alison Weatherby, a writer of teen and tween murder mysteries that are sometimes funny, always twisty, and hopefully bringing kids back to reading.
Books
THE COMMON CRIMINALS CLUB (June 2026)
Cosy Crime for Teens and Tweens
This is the story of how we . . .
- Discovered a dead body
- Rediscovered that same dead body
- Launched an investigation
- Discovered yet another dead body
- Battled mean girls, feral bats, and nearly destroyed our three-year friendship all in the noble pursuit of solving a complex murder.
Mae Flynn is used to the chaos of her rural Irish Catholic boarding school, but she isn’t expecting to discover a dead body in the school kitchen. To make matters worse, the hapless victim, Conor Haddock, was the previous owner of the school building and had recently been talking about selling up, alongside getting on the bad side of seemingly every adult Mae knows. In other words: the suspects are endless.
Along with her best friends, the self-named Common Criminals' Club, Mae is determined to solve the murder. But the more she uncovers, the more she begins to suspect that everyone around her is hiding something. Soon it’s not only her lessons and friendships at stake, but her very life . . .
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THE SECRETS ACT (2022)
Teen historical murder mystery
Wartime.
Pearl and Ellen work at top-secret codebreaking HQ, Bletchley
Park.
Pearl is the youngest. A messenger at sixteen, she’s untidy, lively, bright, and half in love with the wrong boy, Richard. Her circle of friends overlaps with his – the dashing young
men on their motorcycles who courier the secrets that Bletchley deciphers.
Ellen is a codebreaker. Reserved, analytical and beautiful. She never expected to get close to a girl like Pearl – or fall for a chap like Dennis.
But when tragedy strikes, their logical world is upended, with both friends caught in a spy plot that rocks the very heart of the war effort. Who can they turn to now? Who can they trust? And
above all, can they unmask the traitor in their midst before it’s too late?
Set in atmospheric 1940s England, The Secrets Act also explores serious historical themes. Perfect for fans of Code Name Verity.
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