Every year a very important football match is played in Valleby. The team from Valleby are to play the team from Solbacka. The silver shield is glittering in the sunlight, and the crowd cheer as the players run onto the pitch. Here comes Sister Mary from the school who is playing as in midfield with Muhammed Karat. And with Barbro Palm playing at full-back and the chief of police in goal, nothing can go wrong – can it? Particularly as the Valleby team’s new trainer, the postman Franco Bollo, has a background in professional football from Italy… Hasn’t he?

Martin Widmark and Helena Willis bestselling The Jerry Maya Detective Agency series has sold over 12 million copys worldwide. Meet Jerry and Maya, who runs a small detective agency together, in a series of puzzling mysteries for primary school readers. The stories are set in and around the small town of Valleby, and have a rich gallery of characters to be captivated by on the exciting road to solving the mystery.

The Football Mystery is the fourteenth installment in the series with Jerry and Maya.