I had been looking forward to going to France in the Easter holidays for weeks. Admittedly it meant going with Mum & her annoying yuckily young French boyfriend Almond. But I knew we would be staying at Almond's parents' place: a chateau! Everyone knows 'chat' means 'cat' in French
- so I couldn't wait...2 whole weeks in a houseful of cats! I love animals! Tragically things never work out as you expect. Instead of a houseful of cats it turned out to be a houseful of Almond's annoying totally weird French family. Before I had time to squeak 'murder ' I was on the ghastly trail of a heartless criminal. Could I Polly Price uncover the truth? Well
- not if I was the chief suspect. & not if I starved to death trying to find my way through long murky corridors to breakfast. I knew I was in a race against time. & I didn't even have a watch."