The Case of the Lighthouse Intruder by Kereen Getten

Book Summary

Fayson has always wanted to be a detective. When her cousins recruit her to their top-secret gang on the island one summer, her dreams seem to be coming true. But the Greatest Gang of All Time don't live up to their name, and keep getting distracted from missions by things like food, falling asleep and a fair bit of squabbling!

Guided by her favourite mystery novels, Fayson takes charge and tries to track down clues about the strange shadow that has been appearing in the island's lighthouse. With tensions stirring within the gang, can she use all her smarts to solve the case?

As far as Fayson is concerned, she has loads of friends! All the characters in her favourite books are real enough to her, but her mother doesn't agree and sends her off for a holiday with the dreaded cousins. There she finally gets a real mystery to solve, just like in her favourite books.

This was really fun to read and there was lots of humour in the book. I was excited to get to the bit with lemon drops (a few arrived with my copy of the book... apparently I'm very easy to bribe!) and I loved the description of broccoli as a tiny tree.

It was interesting to read the group dynamics of the kids on the island, and Fayson having to learn to deal with all the different personalities. People aren't all as she expects them to be, and I expect there will be more developments in the future books in the series.

I've made an Island Breeze to sip on while imagining myself on Lighthouse Island in Jamaica. Shake the following ingredients with ice, 60ml coconut rum, 75ml cranberry juice and 45ml pink grapefruit juice. Strain into a tall, ice filled glass. Lovely and refreshing!