Murder on the Robot City Express Robot City Adventures, #4

The hotly-tipped graphic novel rip-roaring, action-packed new series continues with these titles, full of retro-comic fun. As the world-famous Robot City Express train sets off to break the cross-country speed record amid cheers and celebrations, little do the passengers know that murder is on the menu! Can conductor Harrison glean the truth from a host of larger-than-life characters and find the crook before the train reaches its final destination? This playful pastiche of the detective-fiction genre is just the ticket for reluctant readers.

Paul Collicutt originally intended to be a comic-book artist, but fell in love with painting and became an illustrator. His picture book This Train won a Parents Choice Gold Award. He is also the author-illustrator of the first two Robot City Adventures: City in Peril! and Rust Attack! He lives near Brighton, England.