The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-time

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Author: Haddon, Mark Interest age: from c 12 yearsPublished on 13 February 2014 by Penguin Random House Children's UK (Red Fox) in the United Kingdom.Paperback | 288 pages198 x 129 x 18 | 204g Christopher is 15 and lives in Swindon with his father. He has Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism. He is obsessed with maths, science and Sherlock Holmes but finds it hard to understand other people. When he discovers a dead dog on a neighbour's lawn he decides to solve the mystery and write a detective thriller about it. As in all good detective stories, however, the more he unearths, the deeper the mystery gets - for both Christopher and the rest of his family. Show more