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Grave Robbing and Other Curious Activities
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There’s a body missing at the morgue. Alexander Steeple should know—he sleeps directly above the corpses. Growing up at Steeple and Sons Mortuary and Crematorium, with a mortician mum who cuts up cadavers, Alexander is pretty used to death. The thing is, the dead usually stay...
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There’s a body missing at the morgue. Alexander Steeple should know—he sleeps directly above the corpses.
Growing up at Steeple and Sons Mortuary and Crematorium, with a mortician mum who cuts up cadavers, Alexander is pretty used to death. The thing is, the dead usually stay where they belong.
Not today.
Alexander wasn’t planning to launch a full-blown investigation, but when his mother knows more than she is letting on and when a trail of clues begins to show itself, he cannot help but chase the mystery.
Will he uncover what happened, or will the truth stay buried?
Grave Robbing and Other Curious Activities by Joel McKerrow is a thrilling tale of mystery and discovery, where the line between life and death becomes intriguingly blurred.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781923345317
Publisher: Larrikin House
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 28 January 2026
Country: Australia
Imprint: Larrikin House
DIMENSIONS
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 300g
About the Author
Based out of Melbourne, Australia, Joel McKerrow is an award-winning writer, keynote speaker, creativity specialist, educator, artist, and, having performed for hundreds of thousands of people throughout the world, is one of Australia’s most successful internationally touring, performance poets. In publishing Joel has released seven spoken word/music albums, five published books of poetry and one creative non-fiction called WOVEN: A Faith for the Dissatisfied. This is his first Junior Fiction/Graphic novel with Larrikin House.
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