This time Charlie and her friends may have bitten off more than they can chew, as they track down a kidnapper and murderer.  In this, the first full-length Charlie Holmes novel, they undergo grave peril as they chase the criminal across the country. The action takes our heroine from her home in the home counties to the north of England and finally to the north of Scotland where the final confrontation takes place.   Will they catch the cunning perpetrator? Will they all survive? And will Charlie get back in time to complete her homework for school?