The Case of Dr Dust by Samuel J. Halpin

A brilliantly fun and spooky middle grade adventure!

Billy, who lives in the town of Stony Brook, is having a miserable summer. Firstly, she's having a fight with her best friend, Dev. Secondly, it looks like her mums might have to sell their antique shop. And thirdly and perhaps worst of all, her goldfish Hepzibah has died (she killed it).

But when Billy happens across some unusual spectacles through which she can not only see but hear ghosts - things take a spectral turn. The ghosts are worried: at night a strange, masked man with a vacuum-like machine stalks the streets of Stony Brook, using a mist to lull ghosts to sleep and suck them up like bits of fluff. Where they go, no one knows, but it's up to Billy and her unlikely new friend Dorothy to solve the mystery of the terrifying masked villain whom the ghosts all call: Dr. Dust.

About The Agency for All Things Spectral Series:

The Agency for All Things Spectral is a laugh-out-loud funny and terrifyingly spooky middle grade series featuring ten creepy instalments, that will have kids under the covers, turning just one more page. If you love ghosts, sinister villains and scary monsters, you'll love Samuel J. Halpin's brilliantly fun and creepy middle grade adventure stories. Buy The Case of Dr Dust today and you'll experience the thrill of what happens when you meet a ghost! Perfect for fans of Amelia Fang and the Goosebumps series.

Born in Tasmania with Irish roots, Samuel J. Halpin writes daily. Having studied journalism at the University of New South Wales, Samuel went on to take cinematography at AFTRS, the national Australian film school in Sydney before moving to London and working in comedy TV production. His children's books are his answer to a childhood raised on a hodgepodge of fairy tales, crowded bookshelves and cups of hot chocolate.

As soon as her parents put pencils in her hands, Laura decided to try them on the kitchen walls. Now she no longer draws on walls but on any other surface, in fact, in addition to digital she loves to draw and paint on wood and paper. In 2008 Laura attended a comic book course and in 2023 she attended a Master in Digital Illustration. Most of her days are full of drawings, but she also likes watching fantasy movies, reading children's books, practicing Tai Chi, eating pancakes with friends and annoying her cat.