Author:	Charlie Higson
Published:	6th September 2007 (UK)
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Interest Range: 9-11 Years
Publisher: Puffin (UK)
Format: Hardback
Price: £12.99
Pages: 384
Size: 216 x 135mm

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Official Blurb (Puffin - UK)
As the sun blazes over the Caribbean island of Lagrimas Negras, its bloodthirsty ruler is watching and waiting. Criminals come here to hide, with blood on their hands and escape on their minds. On the mainland, in the quiet town of Tres Hermanas, ex-flying ace Jack Stone leaves his son and daughter in the company of James Bond. But a gang of thieves lie in ambush - they want Stone`s precious safe, and will kill for its contents.

A deadly chase through the Mexican jungle begins, as James fights to keep the secret treasures in sight. On this terrifying trail of greed and betrayal, only danger is guaranteed... Survival is not

Charlie Higson is a well-known writer of screenplays and adult thriller novels. He's also a performer and co-creator of The Fast Show. SilverFin was his first book for young readers, and was a phenomenal success. His second book, Blood Fever, has been even more successful.

Acknowledgements
Us writers never really make things up. Our ideas for stories and situations come from all the other stories ever told since mankind first learned to talk.

I got the notion of a secret hideout for wealthy criminals ruled over by a Mexican tyrant from a book called The Getaway by Jim Thompson.

Jim Thompson was a better writer that I will ever be (though completely unsuitable for children), and I would like to thank him for dreaming up such a clever idea.

'The Mayans used to talk of a cursed treasure called hurricane gold, which if you held on to it would bring ruin to you and your family...'