“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.” ~Madeleine L’Engle, author of A Wrinkle in Time Quintet
Thank you for visiting my official middle grade mystery website for Sherrill Joseph, Author!
If you love mysteries, you’ve come to the right place.
Warmest greetings to my favorite readers–those of you who are nine to twelve years old.
Welcome also to parents, grandparents, teachers, librarians, and all readers.
Get ready to explore with the Botanic Hill detectives, two girls and two boys, each thirteen years old. They bring unique talents and abilities to bear as an effective team to solve complex mysteries.
You are invited to join our four friends as they find themselves entangled in one hair-raising mystery after another, often in or near their beautiful coastal Pacific hometown of Las Palmitas in sun-drenched Southern California.
The young detectives are the most famous residents of their resort town’s neighborhood of Botanic Hill. But beauty mingles with serious crime on the hill. Thankfully, our four friends are ready for action. Won’t you help them as they attempt to conquer venomous snakes, blackmailers, thieves, cursed gemstones, and secret passages?
Adventures await you! Nutmeg Street: Egyptian Secrets, Book 1 in the Botanic Hill Detectives Mysteries series, was published on February 1, 2020, by Acorn Publishing. It is available on Amazon in two formats: in paperback at https://amzn.to/3ad9T6T; as an eBook at https://amzn.to/2NuhVyq; and, at other fine retailers, including Barnes & Noble, at https://books2read.com/u/3JD0yJ. An audiobook will be available from Audible and iTunes on or shortly after April 27, 2020.
Book 2, Eucalyptus Street: Green Curse is coming October 20, 2020. Yay!
Book 3: Walnut Street: Phantom Rider is coming soon after that. Stay tuned . . .
But now, it’s time to prepare. Check your flashlight batteries. And dust off that magnifying glass. Spooky . . .
Sherrill Joseph
