Cruise Ship Kid: Kidnap at Sea!

Jump on board again with Silver, the Cruise Ship Kid, as she solves another crime in the second book in the hilarious and bestselling detective adventure series from author and West-End actress, Emma Swan.

Hi, I'm Silver (yes, really) and I'm back! Here are 4 more things you should know about me:
1. I still live on a cruise ship...
2. But two days ago we moved to a brand-new ship!
3. I'm now definitely a detective!
4. And I need your help investigating my second case!

Since my last diary, Mum's been promoted and we now live on a cruise ship with a mini-golf course, an ice-cream parlour and a MEGA SLIDE! And The Gang, my amazing friends who are all over 80, have come along too!

I thought my biggest challenge this cruise would be to convince Mum to buy me a phone. But now a SUPER FAMOUS INFLUENCER has been KIDNAPPED, The Gang unhelpfully keep taking over my investigations, and we still can't find her.

So, do you want to be definitely-a-detective too and help me solve the kidnap at sea?

THIS BOOK IS:

• 50% crime-solving + 50% getting creative = 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: Kidnap at Sea!

'Riotous diary-format mystery.'
– The Guardian

'Second in this cosy crime series that also has doodles, quizzes and space for readers to fill.'
– The Bookseller

'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

'Funny, charming, interactive and full of mystery.'
– Harry Woodgate, award-winning author-illustrator of Grandad's Camper

Table of Contents

• My new home
• The best presentation a towel rabbit has ever seen
• The magic door
• Kindness Kay
• Bottle-top turtle
• Influencer
• Party at 8 A.M.
• Red bulb blue leather
• Trampoline nets
• The promise
• My silver suit
• My master plan fails
• Silly gets serious
• The envelope
• The clotted cream cit
• The note
• Never underestimate old people in neon leotards
• Walkie-talkie
• The announcement
• Delizioso
• Danielle the dancer
• Fields
• That's not afternoon tea
• Pockety trousers
• Kind or not kind
• Mrs Dances-A-Lot
• Underwater?
• Don't tell
• Message from Mo in the mess with Mum
• New suspect
• Matching poodles
• Backstage break-in
• A hole in...lots
• Our last chance
• Lies and puppy wee
• Hide!
• The lobster, the spaceman and the lights
• A confession
• The right answer
• We have lift off
• No filter
• Sometimes you have to pee upside down
• A surprise