Overview
Eleven-year-old ace detective Laura Marlin finds herself deep in the murky world of race-fixing, trickery and horse thieves in her third mystery adventure perfect for fans of Enid Blyton, from award-winning author Lauren St John.
Eleven-year-old ace detective Laura Marlin finds herself deep in the murky world of race-fixing, trickery and horse thieves in her third mystery adventure, from award-winning author Lauren St John.
Laura Marlin''s two greatest loves in life are detective novels and animals, so she is ecstatic when her uncle agrees to let her keep a horse after they rescue it, crazed with fear, from an overturned horsebox. But he has a condition. Before he will allow her to adopt it they have to find its former owner, just to ensure that it hasn''t been stolen. A visit to Newmarket to investigate the thoroughbred''s origins leads Laura to the Kentucky Derby in the US and deep into the murky world of race-fixing.
- | Author: Lauren St John
- | Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
- | Publication Date: Jul 04, 2013
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9781444006476
- | ISBN-10: 1444006479
