Friday Barnes 12: Collision Course
by R.A. Spratt
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Friday’s Mum, the Nobel Prize winning physicist, has been accused of espionage. The police think she’s been selling secrets about the CERN Hadron Super Collider. Friday knows her mother isn't capable of such a thing – this is a woman who can’t even operate a dishwasher. She’s got to smuggle herself into Switzerland to clear her Mum’s name. Fortunately, Melanie is a master of disguise. After an extremely extreme make-over, Friday arrives at CERN and finds axolotls in the water coolers, graffiti i
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When Friday Barnes' Nobel Prize-winning mother is accused of selling CERN secrets, the brilliant student detective faces her most personal case yet. Friday knows the accusation is absurd—her mother can't even manage basic appliances, let alone international espionage. Determined to clear her name, Friday and her master-of-disguise friend Melanie orchestrate an extreme makeover to infiltrate the Swiss research facility, where they immediately encounter bizarre anomalies including axolotls contaminating the water supply and mysterious scientific graffiti.
This twelfth installment pushes Friday beyond her usual school-based mysteries into high-stakes international intrigue while maintaining the series' signature humor and clever problem-solving. The collision of Friday's logical mind with her emotional investment in the case creates compelling character development that longtime fans will appreciate. Between amphibious infiltrators and cryptic messages at the particle physics lab, Spratt delivers another satisfying blend of academic adventure and laugh-out-loud moments that reminds readers why this brainy heroine remains so enduring.
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