First Line: ‘Mrs Whitaker found the holy Grail. It was under a fur coat.’

First Line: ‘When I was little, my dad used to tell me, “Will, you can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can’t pick your friend’s nose. This seemed like a reasonably astute observation to me when I was eight, but it turns out to be incorrect on a few levels.’

Definitely sits within the same sub-genre! It’s an excellent series. The first couple of books are more similar to HP (discovery of powers, joining the wundrous society/school). But I really enjoy how each book takes the story into a slightly different genre- this one is HP meets murder mystery.

First Line: “Winter’s last midnight ticked closer.”

First Line: “They said I was a drug addict.”

First Line: “You must leave as few clues as possible. That’s the only rule.”

First line: “February the fifteenth is a very special day for me.”