Carol Hedges

Carol Hedges is the author of numerous novels for children including JIGSAW, which was shortlisted for the Angus Book Award and longlisted for the Carnegie Medal, and RED VELVET, which was shortlisted for the South Lanarkshire Book Award. Most recently she has published three novels in the SPY GIRL series for Usborne with a fourth title scheduled for 2008.

Carol is married with one grown up daughter and lives in Hertfordshire.

On a holiday to Venice, Jazmin Dawson and her secret-agent mum Assia hope they can finally find the time to relax. But behind Venice's historic charm lurks a dark underworld, providing the missing link between stolen religious antiques and a body found hanging from Blackfriars Bridge back in London. Naturally, it's up to Jazmin to investigate - when she's not looking after the new twins at the learning centre, who are not quite what they seem...

Jazmin Dawson is Nancy Drew for the Noughties - sassy and sharp with a unique futuristic edge.

Praise for SPY GIRL: THE DARK SIDE OF MIDNIGHT:
‘An action-packed page-turner with a heart’ – Books for Keeps