Barry Roe

To survive in England 1916, Duke Kenneth Wright must choose between family and reputation. People wear masks to hide their true inventions - but a snake that sheds its skin is still a snake, and the world sees only what you show it.

Daniel Murphy is lumbered with a corpse that has the same last name as his, who dies on his flight from Boston to County Cork. Travelling back to Ireland to attend his mother’s funeral, Daniel also checks on his autistic brother. What follows is an unconventional road trip with his brother and the mortuary assistant as they take the coffin from Clonakilty to Rathlin Island.

Smart, sarcastic and a little dead inside, Wednesday Addams investigates twisted mysteries while making new friends — and foes — at Nevermore Academy.