The cover of author-illustrator Darren Farrell's Audible Original show, Letter Town Detective. The image features Detective D and Little D looking through magnifying glasses, trying to solve a great big mystery.

Letter Town Detective

My Audible Original show is out now

Join Detective D and Little D as they solve mysteries like, “Who is eating all of the food in Letter Town?” – or – “Who is demolishing that house? And WHY?” – Will you nab Robber R? Will you lock up Bad B for good? Or will you uncover someone else entirely? Put on your thinking cap, bust out your magnifying glass and help Detective D solve a new alphabet mystery in each episode. There are 13 mysteries in season one.

  • "Mr. Farrell, my (mystery and letter loving) son has fallen in love with your Letter Town mysteries. So much so that he has written his own for the entire alphabet and distributed them to all of our relatives. We can’t wait to check out your books!"

    – Illinois

  • “My four year old son loves your books (Thank You, Octopus + Stop Following Me, Moon, in particular). Reading them with him at bedtime is one of my favorite activities because his gigantic belly laughs are truly amazing to listen to.”

    – Kansas City

  • "We listened to 2.5 episodes of Letter Town Detective this morning 🙂 My son asked to listen while he got dressed and was eating breakfast and then he wanted to listen to one in the car too!"

    – North Carolina

  • "My grands LOVE Dandelion Magic!"

    – North Carolina

  • "What a delightful read! Seriously, every single person EVERYWHERE should buy a copy of this book JUST to do what the title says, Give This Book Away! This is a perfect empowering book that evokes compassion, kindness, selflessness and love for young people."

    – GoodReads Review

  • "I just want to let you know that my 2 year old has Dandelion magic memorized. He runs around screaming, "SUPER NANA" – lol. Just want to let you know how much we appreciate your book. We’ve read it so much, he knows the words! Thanks!"

    – Seattle

  • "I just want to say that my 2 year old loves Dandelion Magic so much! She even knows it by heart! Thank you for making such an amazing book!

    – Instagram

  • "I am a Kindergarten teacher and my 3.5 year old daughter found Letter Town in my schoolbag. She became OBSESSED with reading it!!! She asks to read it every day. After naming the characters, she searches for the detective and robber on each page."

    – Guam

  • "My 2 year old son learned how to read all the letters out loud, because we read your book Letter Town with him. There are no other books at all that teach the letters like yours. Thank you!"

    – Email

  • "Do you ship to New Zealand? Have been trying to get a copy of Thank You, Octopus for a while since finding it at the library. We know it off by heart but would really love our own copy. Thanks and aroha for this awesome creation!"

    – Christchurch

  • "Hi, we are 7 and 3 and love your book Thank you, Octopus. We read it over and over!"

    – Email

  • "I love the Give This Book Away concept and can't wait to put it my little free library."

    – GoodReads Review

Give This Book Away!

Prepare to open a very special book–a book that you read, but don’t keep. That’s right. This book isn’t destined for a pile in your room. It’s not going to gather dust on a bookshelf. This book is for you to read and enjoy, and then to give away. Yes, away, to someone you’ve never spoken to before.

A 2024 North Carolina Children’s Book Award Nominee!