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. 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.

Everything you want from a Lauren St John book: timeless storytelling with a contemporary edge, thrilling mystery, characterful animals and tenacious children yearning to make their mark on the world.

• 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

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. 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.

Everything you want from a Lauren St John book: timeless storytelling with a contemporary edge, thrilling mystery, characterful animals and tenacious children yearning to make their mark on the world.

• 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