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Kat Wolfe Investigates

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What to expect

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. Continue the adventures in Kat Wolfe Takes the Case.

Critics Review

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.
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
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.
Telegraph
Warm, intriguing characterisation with just the right amount of peril - not to mention a resident wildcat.
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

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