Meg McLaren is an author-illustrator based in Inverness, Scotland. She has published multiple picture books, including Life is Magic, w hich w as shortlisted for the W aterstones Children's Book Prize in 2017, and most recently Wee Unicorn. W atts & W hiskerton is her debut fiction series for young readers. W hen she's not up to her eyeballs in ink Meg can usually be found on a very long w alk, in front of a TV mystery, or trying to convince her dog that it's not dinner time yet.
<p>An adorable new highly-illustrated series bursting with mystery and mischief for readers aged 5+!</p><p>Watts doesn't think he's got w hat it takes to be a great detective like his parents. So when they jet off on their next case, he decides to take a holiday to Whiskerton Manor instead.</p><p>But there, Watts befriends Pearl Whiskerton, a curious cat with a nose for mysteries, who persuades him to help her investigate a series of strange goings on at the manor . . .</p><p>Who's been upending the precious rose bushes? And where did the amazing dinosaur bones dug up on the grounds come from?</p><p>It looks like the tw o things might be connected. But can this dog and cat detective duo solve the mystery?</p><p>From Waterstones Children's Book Prize shortlisted author-illustrator Meg McLaren, WATTS & WHISKERTON is purr-fect for emerging readers and fans of CLAUDE, HOTEL FLAMINGO and RABBIT & BEAR.</p>