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Detective Gordon: A Case in Any Case

By Ulf Nilsson
Series: Detective Gordon
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Detective Gordon: A Case in Any Case Gordon is on vacation, and Buffy is the sole detective at the small police station in the forest. It is not easy for a police officer to be alone. Especially when there are strange noises outside the station at... Read More
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A stand-alone story in the warm and funny bestselling series about philosopher detective Gordon and his clever assistant Buffy.

"The Detective Gordon series is like the best kind of friendship: full of humour and delicious cakes but giving space to think about the way we all are. We could all learn from Detective Gordon." Julia Marshall, Publisher

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Detective Gordon: A Case in Any Case

Gordon is on vacation, and Buffy is the sole detective at the small police station in the forest. It is not easy for a police officer to be alone. Especially when there are strange noises outside the station at night.

Buffy decides to seek out Gordon in his little cottage by the lake to ask for help. After all, two police think twice as well as one. Two police are twice as brave!

Series: Detective Gordon

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  • Detective Gordon: A Case with a Bang
    Illustrated in full colour and packed with character and humour, this is the fifth whodunnit mystery in the award-winning Detective Gordon series, fun to read alone or aloud. A Case with a Bang is the final book in the series of funny detective stories for early readers, set in a friendly forest where two determinedly fair policeβ€”retired-toad Gordon and the...
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  • Detective Gordon: The First Case
    An award-winning illustrated detective story set in a friendly forest and first in the acclaimed series for beginning readers. Detective Gordon – a mystery-solving toad who loves cake – has his very first case. Someone’s stealing nuts from the forest, and it’s up to Detective Gordon to catch the thief! Unfortunately, solving this crime means standing in the snow and...
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  • Detective Gordon: A Case in Any Case
    Detective Gordon: A Case in Any Case Gordon is on vacation, and Buffy is the sole detective at the small police station in the forest. It is not easy for a police officer to be alone. Especially when there are strange noises outside the station at night. Buffy decides to seek out Gordon in his little cottage by the lake...
    By Ulf Nilsson
    Paperback
    $1999
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  • Detective Gordon: A Complicated Case
    The detective lay in bed with his eyes closed. But he couldn’t sleep. He was thinking. He always thought best in bed. Especially with his eyes closed. Something is going on in the forest: one of the animals is saying nasty things about the other forest creatures. But no one dares make a statement to the police. Who is the...
    By Ulf Nilsson
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781776571093

Publisher: Gecko Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 April 2017

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: Gecko Press

Illustration: Illustrations, color

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Gitte Spee

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 154.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 108

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Education & Reference New Zealand and Australia Published New Zealand Children's Books New Zealand Published Scholastic Series: Detective Gordon Ulf Nilsson Young Adult Mystery & Thriller

About the Author

Ulf Nilsson is a celebrated children’s writer in Sweden. He has written more than 20 books for all ages, including All the Dear Little Animals (Gecko Press). He is the winner of the August Award and the American Batchelder Award. He wrote the 'Detective Gordon' junior fiction series, published to international acclaim by Gecko Press.

Gitte Spee graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, a renowned academy of fine art and design in the Netherlands. She now works in Amsterdam as a children’s book illustrator.

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  • Detective Gordon: A Case with a Bang
    Illustrated in full colour and packed with character and humour, this is the fifth whodunnit mystery in the award-winning Detective Gordon series, fun to read alone or aloud. A Case with a Bang is the final book in the series of funny detective stories for early readers, set in a friendly forest where two determinedly fair policeβ€”retired-toad Gordon and the...
    By Ulf Nilsson
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    $1999
    In Stock
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  • Detective Gordon: The First Case
    An award-winning illustrated detective story set in a friendly forest and first in the acclaimed series for beginning readers. Detective Gordon – a mystery-solving toad who loves cake – has his very first case. Someone’s stealing nuts from the forest, and it’s up to Detective Gordon to catch the thief! Unfortunately, solving this crime means standing in the snow and...
    By Ulf Nilsson
    Paperback
    $1999
    In Stock
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  • Detective Gordon: A Complicated Case
    The detective lay in bed with his eyes closed. But he couldn’t sleep. He was thinking. He always thought best in bed. Especially with his eyes closed. Something is going on in the forest: one of the animals is saying nasty things about the other forest creatures. But no one dares make a statement to the police. Who is the...
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