Adventures only happen to adults and children in story books.
Or do they?Tilly is a girl who dreams of adventures.
When she is sent to live with her mysterious explorer Aunt in her old house atop a sugar cane hill, she has no idea what to expect.
She finds a house full of books and strange artefacts, the odd delicious biscuit, an absent-minded aunt often away on adventures, a border collie called Livingston and Thandeka, a new friend.
Then the valuable crown of ancient Ghana is stolen from a mus.