Phobias, funny fears and 3,000-year-old burglars were all topics of discussion at The Bookshop in Liskeard as author Andrew Beasley chatted with young fans.

The writer, who lives in Callington, read excerpts from his latest book, The Mummy’s Revenge, which is the first in his new S.C.R.E.A.M. series.

Aimed at older children, the book’s story follows Billy Flint and Charley Steel, detectives with the Supernatural Crimes, Rescues, Emergencies and Mystery squad.

An ancient Egyptian mummy has come to life and is terrorising the Scottish gentry – and it is down to Billy and Charley to intervene.

During an entertaining discussion with his young readers, Andrew revealed that he is a little bit afraid of both spiders and bananas – and that his son helped him to come up with the title for the new series of books.