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Biographical note
Lauren St John grew up surrounded by horses, cats, dogs and a pet giraffe on a farm and game reserve in Zimbabwe, Africa, the inspiration for her bestselling White Giraffe series. At seventeen, she spent a year working in the UK as a veterinary nurse before becoming a sports and music journalist. Dead Man's Cove, the first in her Laura Marlin Mysteries series, won the 2011 Blue Peter Book of the Year Award. A passionate conservationist, Lauren is an ambassador for the Born Free Foundation and founder of the Authors4Oceans anti-plastics campaign. When not writing or rescuing leopards, she is a full-time valet to her not-in-the-least-demanding Bengal cat, Max.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… <i>Kat Wolfe Investigates </i>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
<i>Kat Wolfe Investigates</i> 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