Di Island Crew Investigates The Case of the Lighthouse Intruder

Inspired by the much-loved children’s mystery stories Kereen Getten herself enjoyed as a young reader, this new series takes a group of kids of varying ages and dispositions and gives them a mystery to solve: what is the strange shadow that appears in the lighthouse only to suddenly disappear?

Fayson initially feels out of place when she joins her cousins for the summer in their swanky holiday villa on a small island off Jamaica. In contrast to the cousins, money is tight at home, with her mama working long hours as a nurse. It doesn’t help either that Uncle Edmond keeps correcting her for speaking in patois and insisting on English. But Fayson dreams of being an FBI agent and has the brains and observation skills to match, as the cousins are well aware. Challenged to solve the mystery by snobby Tia, she is determined to find out what’s going on.

As crime-solving-gang-of-kids stories go, this has everything readers want. An appealing set of characters, a mystery that doesn’t take up too much attention but provides a suitably dramatic plotline, and a setting that offers absolute freedom for the youngsters. The island is one of the real  delights of the book, described with so much care that we can see and smell exactly what the characters are experience. An immensely satisfying story, perfect summer reading.

Read our interview with Kereen Getten.