When orphaned Laura Marlin moves from a children\"s home to live with her uncle in Cornwall, she longs for a life of excitement just like the characters in her favourite detective novels. A real life adventure is on hand as she is deposited at her uncle\"s spooky house......

From Cornwall to the Caribbean, 11-year-old ace detective Laura Marlin comes face to face with pirates, sharks, criminal masterminds and an erupting volcano in her second mystery adventure, which follows the Blue Peter award-winning first book Dead Man\"s Cove....

Eleven-year-old ace detective Laura Marlin is back for her next exciting adventure in the fifth mystery from award-winning author Lauren St John. \"Anyone ever told you that you\"re too clever for your own good, Laura Marlin?\" With her arch-nemesis, Mr A, safely behind bars, Laura Marlin can\"t wait to relax on a school trip to Australia....