The Lottery's a laugh. No one expects to win. But it's fun to daydream... Life on the Maynard Estate is hard and Julie Wilder wants out. A winning scratchcard could be her ticket to a new life... A life such as Gordon Loscoe's. He won the Lottery and lives in the lap of luxury. That is until his house is burgled and his wife violently abducted... Called in to investigate, Paul and Clare uncover a network of crime based on greed and betrayal. But proving it could be quite a gamble... Join The Beat for a gripping crime series set in an inner city police station.

 

This book features in the following series: Beat Series, Point Crime-The Beat .

There are 224 pages in this book. This book was published 1997 by Scholastic .

David Belbin gave up teaching to write full time in 1994, when his book Shoot the Teacher appeared as the first title in the Point Crime series (Scholastic). He's the author of over 30 titles and his books have been translated into many different languages. He lives in Nottingham.