For as long as she can remember, Pepper Stark has wanted one thing: to join her father, the Captain, aboard the magnificent RMS Aquitania on a voyage to New York. She has never even been allowed to set foot on her father’s ship – until now.

Aquitania is every bit as glamorous as Pepper imagined, filled to bursting with rich and famous passengers, including stage star Perdita West. But Pepper’s first ocean crossing turns out to be far more dramatic than she ever expected when Perdita’s priceless Saffron Diamond disappears mid-voyage and Pepper finds herself entangled in the crime. With the Captain’s reputation at stake, Pepper and her new friends set out to solve the mystery. But finding a missing jewel isn’t so easy on Aquitania, where everyone has something to hide …

Nicki Greenberg
Nicki Greenberg is an award-winning writer and illustrator based in Melbourne, Australia. Her work includes critically acclaimed graphic novels, picture books, fiction and nonfiction. The first book in the Detective's Guide series, The Detective's Guide to Ocean Travel, is on the shortlist for the 2022 CBCA Book of Year Award for Younger Readers. Nicki's favourite activities are making and reading books, but when she does manage to tear herself away from the desk, she loves to roller skate, crochet, and hang out with her pet poodle. In her past life she worked as a lawyer.