Harrison Beck and his Uncle Nat are on the journey of a lifetime aboard the Safari Star - a luxurious steam train that will take them from Pretoria to the stunning Victoria Falls. Close encounters with the amazing animals and landscape of Southern Africa are adventure enough, but things get mysterious when a passenger is found dead inside a locked compartment. Is it just a terrible accident or is something more suspicious afoot? It's up to train detective Hal and his new friend Winston to find out.

M. G. Leonard is the bestselling writer of children’s books such as Beetle Boy, The Twitchers and The Ice Children. Her work had been translated into over forty languages and Beetle Boy is currently in development as a live-action series for TV.

Sam Sedgman is the author of The Clockwork Conspiracy, the first in his exciting Isaac Turner Investigates series. Alongside his writing, Sam has worked as an award-winning digital content producer for the National Theatre, as a playwright and freelance journalist, and once ran a company designing murder mystery treasure hunts for adventurous Londoners.

Number of pages: 288
Reading age guide: 8 to 12 years
Publication date: 4 February 2021
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9781529013085
Format: Paperback