A gripping thriller for readers who like danger and mystery and chills and spills from the comfort of their sofas... Unputdownable.


The Times and Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week.


"Much more Junior Line of Duty than Junior Miss Marple" - The Sunday Times




"Just the right level of intrigue and jeopardy" - The Times


When Lucas and Ruby find an abandoned trunk covered in snow, Lucas says there's bound to be a body inside. Ruby laughs but what if he's right? Nervously she starts to open it, and immediately wishes she hadn't. From that moment on, they're drawn into a thrilling mystery, one that they have to solve before the falling snow smothers all trace of wrongdoing...