Jack's father died when Jack was three and he has lived happily with his mother, the tough and funny Big Rose. Then Big Rose starts lying, visiting the police station and making odd phone calls, so Jack decides to investigate.

 

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published 1999 by Penguin Books Ltd .

Catherine MacPhail is an award-winning author with an excellent reputation in schools and bookshops. Her other Barrington Stoke books are Picking on Percy, Sticks and Stones and A Kind of Magic. She lives in Greenock.