Cruise Ship Kid: Thief At Sea!

Jump on board with Silver, the Cruise Ship Kid, in the hilarious new detective adventure series from debut author and West-End actress, Emma Swan.

There are 4 things you should know about me:

• I live on a cruise ship
• My name is Silver. Yes, really
• I've never had a best friend my own age :(
• I'm definitely not a detective

Somehow, though, I'm now investigating the CASE OF THE MISSING MEGA-EXPENSIVE WATCHES. But, I've got a plan. If I can solve the crime, then surely the kids on board will want to be friends with me. Right?

I've had lots of help (interference) from the Gang, but I won't tell you about them because they are all over 80 and prefer playing bingo to solving crimes.

So, do you want to be definitely-not-a-detective too and help me catch the thief at sea?

THIS BOOK IS:

• 50% crime-solving + 50% friendship = 100% FUN!
• Written in diary form
• Inspired by the author's childhood growing up on an actual cruise ship!
• Filled with doodles, activities and lots of space to scribble!
• Pamela Butchart meets Tom Gates, set at sea.

About the Author

Emma Swan is a writer, actor, award-winning comedian and West-End star of Horrible Histories. Originally from Rotherham, she also has a slightly unhealthy Yorkshire tea addiction! Her theatre work has been performed at the Arcola, the Soho Theatre and Theatre Royal Stratford East. She is also a lyricist and won Best Newcomer at the Musical Comedy Awards.

In the West End, she has performed at the Garrick, Apollo and Barbican theatres and her other acting credits include the RSC and Doctor Who. Emma also narrates many audiobooks and has a very professional studio in her flat that may or may not be made out of sofa cushions and a duvet.

Emma's bestselling debut children's book, Cruise Ship Kid: Thief at Sea!, based on her childhood growing up on cruise ships, was a Waterstones Children's Book of the Month and won both the Newcomer and the Readers' Choice at the Books are My Bag Readers Awards in 2025.

Praise for Cruise Ship Kid: Thief At Sea!

'Riotous diary-format mystery.'
– The Guardian

'Tom Gates meets Cluedo, the first rip-roaring entry in Swan's mystery series teams young readers up with junior sleuth Silver, who lives on a cruise ship and solves crimes at sea.'
– Waterstones

'The children's summer book is meant "to be read with a pen or pencil," with quizzes, places to draw and puzzles - it's truly a book to be scribbled in.'
– The Mirror

'Fabulously funny high-seas mystery adventure.'
– WRd About Books

'A flagship of fun, steered from the heart.'
– Sophie Anderson, author of The House with Chicken Legs