Hey, buster! Tough-cookie sleuth Ruby Redfort is back for a second detective mission. That means off-the-wall drama, razor-sharp humour & lots of very miserable baddies. This time, Ruby takes to the wide ocean for a case that has her all at sea. (Or it would, if she wasn’t always two steps ahead of the game.) Can Ruby crack the case of the Twinford pirates & avoid being eaten by a sea monster? Plus: will she dodge the evil clutches of the seriously creepy Count von Viscount? The second book in Lauren Child’s barnstorming series Wisecracking sleuth Ruby Redfort is a true one-off A cheeky send-up of the hardboiled detective genre “ The coolest girl hero in years” – The Times