Darkus is having a terrible time. His dad has vanished, and now he’s stuck living next to the worst neighbours imaginable.
Then he meets Baxter—a giant, intelligent beetle—and everything changes.
Together, they must unravel the mystery of Darkus’s father’s disappearance. But as clues lead to the sinister Lucretia Cutter and her twisted obsession with beetle jewellery, the danger grows. And somewhere, in a mountain of coffee mugs and crawling insects, may lie the answer—if Darkus and Baxter are brave enough to find it.
