This heart-warming comedy mystery is set in England, partially during Christmas, with flashbacks to the Amazon rainforest, and is centred on themes of friendship, loss and conservation. It’s the first book in the Missing Fur Series and can be read independently of The Macaw of Doom, the second in the series.
The Mystery of the Missing Fur follows Bernard’s adventures after he saves three rare Amazonian monkeys and a zoo full of animals from the clutches of a TV talent show judge, a short-sighted trophy hunter and an endangered animal trafficker.
Along the way, he makes friends with a giant anteater called Armando, an over-furred cat named Loki and a human child with an unfortunate name. Together, they solve the not-so-mysterious mystery of the missing fur and, most importantly, what happened to Bernard’s parents, famous conservationists.
