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Rex Marlowe: Dino Detective – The Case of the Golden Egg

Ages 7+ · by Robin DeVries

Tiny arms. Big brain. One missing egg.

⭐ Coming soon to Amazon

It’s 11:47 PM in Fossil City, and it’s raining. It’s always raining in Fossil City. Then the door of Rex Marlowe’s office bursts open, and Penny Ptera, ace reporter, crash-lands with terrible news: the famous Golden Egg has vanished from the Fossil City Museum, the night before the Big Hatch Festival.

Rex is a hard-boiled T-rex private eye in a trench coat and fedora. His arms are tiny, his magnifying glass is held at full stretch, and his brain is the sharpest in town. With Penny at his side, he follows a trail of very strange clues: glass broken on the outside of the case, a missing blanket, a thermostat turned up to TROPICAL, and teeny three-toed footprints leading into the air vents.

Was it Vinnie the sleepy night guard? Big Stella, whose diner has just started selling a “Golden Omelette”? Or nervous Professor Trike, who loves that egg more than anything? Readers get every clue Rex gets, plus a clue board just before the big reveal, so they can try to crack the case first.

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📖 What’s inside

• A full-colour comic mystery in five chapters, with rich painted artwork and pencil outlines
• Five clues to spot, plus suspect files from Penny’s notebook
• A “Can you solve it before Rex does?” clue board before the twist
• How to draw Rex, a detective quiz and a page for your own case notes
• A sneak peek at Book 2: The Case of the Eleven Eggs

❤️ Why kids (and parents) love it

• Comics are a brilliant first step for reluctant readers: the pictures carry the story when the words get tricky
• A mystery gives kids a reason to read every line, because the next clue might be hiding in it
• Funny, warm and a little bit spooky, with a heart-melting ending
• Book 1 of a brand-new series, so there’s more to come

⭐ Coming soon to Amazon