Laura Marlin Mysteries: Dead Man’s Cove: Book 1 by Lauren St. John

Laura Marlin Mysteries: Dead Man’s Cove: Book 1 by Lauren St. John
Winner of the 2011 Blue Peter Book of the Year Award, DEAD MAN’S COVE is
the first book in a gripping adventure series about eleven-year-old ace
detective, Laura Marlin, from award-winning author Lauren St John.

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 . . . Why does her uncle, Calvin Redfern, forbid her to go to Dead
Man’s Cove? What’s the truth about Tariq, the silent Indian boy who lives
with the flamboyant Mukthars? Who is J? Who has left the message in a bottle
for Laura to discover? Mysteries abound and who better to solve them than
Laura Marlin, ace detective?

Accompanied by her trusty companion, Skye, a three-legged husky, the dog
she’s always wanted, Laura’s adventures begin in this first captivating
mystery.