Recipient of the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award 2011, DEAD MAN'S COVE is the first book in an exciting adventure series starring the one-of-a-kind 11-year-old detective, Laura Marlin, by award-winning author Lauren St John.
When orphaned Laura moves from a children's home to live with her uncle in Cornwall, she longs for a life full of adventures like the characters in her favorite detective novels. A true adventure awaits her as she arrives at her uncle's eerie house... Why does her uncle, Calvin Redfern, forbid her from going to Dead Man's Cove? What is the truth about Tariq, the silent boy from India living with the flamboyant Mukhtars? Who is J? Who left the message in a bottle for Laura to discover? Mysteries abound, and who better to solve them than Laura Marlin, the one-of-a-kind detective?
Along with her trusted friend, Skye, a three-legged husky, the dog she always wished for, Laura's adventures begin in this first enchanting mystery.
