Welcome to the official middle grade mystery website for multiple award-winning author
SHERRILL JOSEPH!
Warmest greetings to her favorite readers and greatest world citizens–KIDS, nine to fourteen years old.
Welcome also to parents, grandparents, sibs, teachers, librarians, and all readers.
“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
Please join the four Botanic Hill Detectives 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. 
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. Available in paperback, eBook, and audiobook. Click below to purchase. The paperback can be ordered via any book store. Please support your local indie book store!
Book 2, Eucalyptus Street: Green Curse, was published on October 20, 2020, by Acorn Publishing. Available in paperback, eBook, and audiobook. Click below to purchase. The paperback can be ordered via any book store. Please support your local indie book store!
Book 3: Walnut Street: Phantom Rider was published on October 7, 2021, by Acorn Publishing. Available in paperback and eBook. Click below to purchase. The paperback can be ordered via any book store. Please support your local indie book store!
Book 4: Saffron Street: Island Danger was published on September 20, 2022, by Quince Street Press. Available in paperback and eBook. Click below to purchase now from select online book retailers. Support your local indie book store!
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Book 5: Jacaranda Street: Gravestone Image was published on September 26, 2023, by Quince Street Press. Currently available in paperback. Click below to purchase. The eBook is coming soon!
Please check back on this page or click on the “Books” tab for purchase links to all your favorite online bookstores, including indie book stores, soon for both the paperback and eBook. Please support your local indie book store!
Time to prepare! Check your flashlight batteries. Dust off that magnifying glass. And get ready for adventure!
Thank you! Sherrill Joseph
