Get a Clue, Dad! is a podcast where a tween and her dad discuss mystery novels aimed at middle grade readers. In episode five, MJ and her dad, Aidan, discuss Jolly Foul Play by Robin Stevens.

Jolly Foul Play is the fourth novel in the Wells and Wong mystery series. Set in the 1930s, this story takes the characters back to Deepdean School. The new head girl is found murdered during the school's Guy Fawkes Night fireworks display. The suspects? The five prefects...

The discussion is split into two parts. We start with a spoiler-free conversation before we dish everything after the spoiler warning drops.

Get a Clue, Dad! is a podcast where a tween and her dad discuss mystery novels aimed at middle grade readers. In episode four, MJ and her dad, Aidan, discuss Belly Up by Stuart Gibbs.

Belly Up is the first novel in the Fun Jungle mystery series. The book takes place at an attraction that is part safari, part amusement park. When "Teddy" learns that Fun Jungle's ornery hippopotamus, Henry, has been murdered he decides to investigate. With the help of the park's owner, Summer, the pair try to get to the bottom of the crime.

As always, the discussion is split into two parts. We start with a spoiler-free conversation before we dish everything after the spoiler warning drops.

Aidan from Mysteries Ahoy! briefly explains what a locked room mystery is and what its distinctive elements are.

Books for adults referenced in this episode:

The Black Spectacles by John Dickson Carr

The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (a short story in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)

Books for middle grade readers referenced in this episode:

The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat by Enid Blyton

First Class Murder by Robin Stevens