💎MARIGOLD AND THE DIAMOND THIEVES💎        

06.03.2025

Happy World Book Day!

In the novel, Marigold puts books to a practical use as well as finding out the secrets within their pages:

'The next morning, her investigation into Daffodil Green continued sooner than she expected. In her sleep, she had knocked off one of the books from the stacks that made up her bed. The book had been covering a large volume entitled 'The House of Artifice'...

She was now flicking through its old, yellow pages. A family tree caught her eye. She gasped...'

Read Chapter 12 - The House of Artifice' - to share Marigold's discovery.

And apart from making a bed, she uses books for another unusual purpose. 

Find out more in Chapter 7: 'A Change of Clothes and A Change of Scene'.

Paul Myatt is from Liverpool and lives in Manchester, UK. 

After completing an MA in Screenwriting, Paul wrote several episodes of BBC TV drama, 'Doctors'.

'Marigold and the Diamond Thieves' is his first novel. 

The original, and very different, Marigold story was read to seven and eight-year-olds at a primary school in Kirkby, Merseyside. Paul found their letters and drawings of the characters very inspiring. 

It seems Diamond Thief, Bert, also liked their pictures - especially this one by Lynsey Burge. He's speedily swapped his portrait with Paul's profile photo! Well, as you'll read, you have to be very fast to stop Bert. 

Paul developed his original story into a full-length screenplay and then adapted that script into the novel. 

Paul likes spooky, gothic, history, mystery, Towers, cliff-hangers, accents, Nature's beauty, theatre and heroes who never give up - in life and in fiction. All of which can be found in this book.

Bert likes Marigold, new words and carrots.

Come on now, Bert. Put back Paul's photo.