Smugglers! (9 page)

Karen King began her writing career with the teenage magazine
Jackie
, and spent many years writing for various children’s magazines, including
Winnie the Pooh
,
Rosie and Jim
and Nursery Education
, before concentrating solely on writing books. With over one hundred children’s books published, Karen writes both fiction and non-fiction titles for children from pre-school to teens. Karen’s published work includes
Foul Play, Cosmic Whizz Kid, Space Chase on Planet Zog
and
The Gold Badge
. Her picture book
I Don't Eat Toothpaste Anymore
won the Gold Award for Best Product, and her book entitled
The Birthday Surprise
won the Practical Parenting Award.

If you enjoyed
Smugglers!
, read the first and second Amy Carter Mysteries,
Dognapped!
and
Sabotage!.

Available from all good bookshops!

This edition published in Great Britain in 2010 by Top That! Publishing plc, Marine House, Tide Mill Way, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 1AP, UK
www.topthatpublishing.com

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Creative Director – Simon Couchman
Editorial Director – Daniel Graham
Art Editor – Matt Denny
Commissioning Editor – Lorna Thomson
Podcast Engineer – Paul Strandoo

Written by Karen King

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ISBN 978-1-84956-276-8

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, incidents and dialogues are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual people, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

With thanks to the following voice actors:
Amy Carter: Valentina Huxley
Max: Cameron Casey
Sid the Sniff: Steve Wooldridge
Will: Mick Farrow
Suzanna from Nite Life: Linda Wooldridge
Lee from Nite Life: Steve Wooldridge