Lauren St John grew up surrounded by horses, cats, dogs and a pet giraffe on a farm and game reserve in Zimbabwe, Africa, the inspiration for her bestselling White Giraffe series. At seventeen, she spent a year working in the UK as a veterinary nurse before becoming a sports and music journalist. Dead Man's Cove, the first in her Laura Marlin Mysteries series, won the 2011 Blue Peter Book of the Year Award. She is also the author of the Kat Wolfe series. A passionate conservationist, Lauren is an ambassador for the Born Free Foundation and founder of the Authors4Oceans anti-plastics campaign. When not writing or rescuing leopards, she is a full-time valet to her not-in-the-least-demanding Bengal cat, Max.

A compelling middle-grade mystery from Lauren St John, the bestselling author of the Blue Peter Book Award-winning Laura Marlin Mysteries series. Introducing pet-sitter and amateur detective, Kat Wolfe, in her first exciting adventure!

Chapter - 1: An Uninvited Guest Chapter - 2: Capuchins and Cockatoos Chapter - 3: The Way of the Mongoose Chapter - 4: A Tiny Condition Chapter - 5: Dark Lord Chapter - 6: A Leopard in the Attic Chapter - 7: Charming Outlaw Chapter - 8: The Case of the Missing Pumpkin Chapter - 9: The Honesty of Parrots Chapter - 10: Private and Confidential Chapter - 11: The Trust Technique Chapter - 12: Wolfe & Lamb, Inc. Chapter - 13: The Oxford Street Phantom Chapter - 14: Body Snatchers Chapter - 15: Death Owl Chapter - 16: Trojan Horse Chapter - 17: Hat Trick Chapter - 18: Bullseye Chapter - 19: No Mystery Chapter - 20: The Exterminator Chapter - 21: Pleading the Fifth Chapter - 22: Option Thirteen Chapter - 23: Operation Cyclone Chapter - 24: Double Trouble Chapter - 25: A Bolt from the Blue Chapter - 26: Life Lessons Chapter - 27: Square Zero Chapter - 28: Monkey Business Chapter - 29: Pistols and Piranhas Chapter - 30: The Owl Service Chapter - 31: Agent Orange Chapter - 32: Operation Ghost Stories Chapter - 33: Amazon Warrior Chapter - 34: The Pocket Rocket Chapter - 35: Recipe for Disaster Chapter - 36: Move 58 Chapter - 37: Families and Other Animals Chapter - 38: The Armchair Adventurers' Club Section - i: Author's Note Section - ii: Authors 4 Oceans