Solve Your Own Mystery: The Monster Maker

A fantastically imaginative interactive detective story for middle grade readers. With hundreds of paths to choose from and no dead ends, you'll solve the mystery every time!

Welcome to Haventry, a town where the ordinary and extraordinary collide! With ghosts, werewolves, and zombies living side by side, trouble is always brewing. And when a fiendish crime is committed, YOU are the detective in charge of the case.

Dr. Franklefink's precious Monster Maker has gone missing and there are lots of suspects! Along with your yeti partner, it's up to YOU to find the culprit. Should you trail Bramwell Stoker, the terrifying vampire, or Grundle and Grinola, the mischievous goblin twins? Should you follow up on a lead about the cunning witches? Or will investigating the doctor's monstrous son Monty lead you to the thief? YOU decide!

Author: Gareth P. Jones
Publisher: Penguin Workshop
Published: 04/07/2026
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 7.88h x 5.00w x 0.56d
ISBN13: 9798217143313
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Interactive Adventures
- Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries & Detective Stories
- Juvenile Fiction | Monsters

About the Author
Gareth P. Jones is the author of many books for children, including the Ninja Meerkats, Pet Defenders, and Dragon Detective series, and The Considine Curse, for which he won the Blue Peter Book of the Year award in 2012. He lives in South London with his family.

Louise Forshaw is an illustrator (and sometimes author) living in a small town in the North East, United Kingdom. She earned a BA with honors in illustration and animation from Newcastle College. Louise works from home in a small studio, supervised by her three noisy and very mischievous Jack Russell terriers.