Mama Joram has led a lonely life on the mountainside since her son went to study in the U.S.A. One stormy night, her homestead is attacked by thieves and an attempt is made on her life. Who are the attackers? What is the motive? It is left to Brian and Masha, twins hardly twelve years old, to provide the answers in this thriller-a-minute. 

Ngumi Kibera writes fiction for both the young and adults. He is a past recipient of the Burt Award, he has published a number of titles with Queenex, among them The Valley Bandits and Ian the Crime Buster.