The little friend

Although the Cleve family revels in almost every detail of their history, the events of one fateful Mother’s Day are never, ever discussed. On that day, nine-year-old Robin Cleve was found hanging by the neck from a tree in their front garden. Eleven years later, the mystery – with its haunting traces of foul play – is no nearer a solution than it had been on the day it happened.
Inspired by Houdini and Robert Louis Stevenson, twelve-year-old Harriet sets out with her only friend to find her brother’s murderer – and punish him. But what starts out as a child’s game soon becomes a dark and dangerous journey into the menacing underworld od a small Mississipi town.