Author: Dawson, Mark, Mantle, Ben
Reading age: from c 8 years
Published on 3 August 2023 by Hachette Children's Group (Welbeck Children's Books) in the United Kingdom as part of 'The After School Detective Club' series.
Paperback | 240 pages, 30 b&w illus
199 x 129 x 21 | 256g
The fourth in a series of gripping adventure stories, perfect for fans of Enid Blyton.
Things in Southwold get off to a bad start! Max has to do extra lessons while Charlie has been roped into helping with the decorating. Meanwhile Lucy loses an important race to a new girl in her school, Miranda Fitchwitherington, who seems to enjoy being as mean as possible to Lucy and the rest of the gang.
And there is more bad news – when the gang meet Captain Tom, walking his own dog, Pugly, he tells them about an outbreak of pet thefts in the area. When they meet a lady looking for her lost dog, their worst fears are realised – there are dognappers on the loose in Southwold!