'Full of adventure, excitement, heart and wit... Kat Wolfe Investigates is a story to delight in.' - Katherine Rundell
Join brave Kat Wolfe and her animal sidekicks in this first mysterious adventure filled with friendship, freedom and a fierce wild cat!
Kat Wolfe loves her new home in idyllic Bluebell Bay, especially as it comes with a resident wildcat. But when she starts pet-sitting for pocket money, she finds that beneath the town's perfect surface lie some dark and dangerous secrets...
After a pet owner vanishes from his clifftop mansion, Kat turns to her new friend, Harper Lamb, for help.
What began as mystery-solving holiday fun quickly turns deadly for Wolfe and Lamb. Can they count on their unruly animals to save their lives?
Kat Wolfe Investigates is the first in a compelling middle-grade mystery series from bestselling author Lauren St John.
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9781509871223
Number of pages: 352
Weight: 236 g
Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 22 mm
Everything you want from a Lauren St John book: timeless storytelling with a contemporary edge, thrilling mystery, characterful animals and tenacious children yearning to make their mark on the world. - Editor's Choice, The Bookseller
Hurrah for a new series from Lauren St John! It’s literary Katnip for the summer holidays — especially for dedicated pet fanciers... St John writes with apparent ease, but refuses to compromise on language while mixing modern life with old-fashioned Blyton-style follow-the-clues mystery. It’s an excellent combo. If this first invigorating book is anything to go by, St John had better start writing some follow-ups. - Alex O'Connell, Saturday Times, Children's Book of the Week
St John's book is suspenseful in its shifting possibilities, constructed with care, scattered with information, techno-savvy and engaging in its characterisation - Nicolette Jones, Children's Book of the Week, Times
Full of adventure, excitement, heart and wit… Kat Wolfe Investigates is a story to delight in. - Katherine Rundell
St John is a wonderful writer... this is just the sort of thoroughly wholesome novel that should really be consumed outdoors. - Emily Bearns, Telegraph
Warm, intriguing characterisation with just the right amount of peril - not to mention a resident wildcat. - Imogen Russell Williams, Guardian
Kat Wolfe Investigates is the kind of book I’d have devoured as a child - lucky, lucky kids having this to read now. - Abi Elphinstone
All you want from a good mystery - a compelling storyline, a determined lead character, heroes and villains, some intriguing animals for a refreshing change... all excellently interwoven - Parents in Touch
A story with a great sense of adventure, transporting you to that place of excitement when you can’t wait to find out what happens next! - The Book Activist, Book of the Month
A thrilling adventure story set in Dorset, Kat Wolfe is a fantastically inspiring, new heroine who will leave you wanting more!
After starting a pet sitting agency, Kat ends up investigating the mysterious...
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What a fabulous book... Although classified as 9-12 I enjoyed it very much as a 40yr old child. Kat wolfe is a brilliant female character who takes on an investigation into a disappearance when even the police... More
Kat Wolfe Investigates is an intriguing story, which has everything any adventurous child could dream about: freedom, mystery and friendship. I really liked how close Kat was to her mum. I thought it was special.... More
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