Legendary Sam Hawkins and his trusty crew used to the wickedest pirates on the high seas. But now they're landlubbers in Washed-upon-the-Beach, ready to right wrongs wherever they may be found (and even where they aren't).

Sam's first case is a rum one - to find the priceless Cut-glass Cutlass. But the trail leads to a treasure trove of confuddling clues: some mysteriously tiny footprints, a harmonica-playing octopus, and a distinctly pongy pile of red herrings...

There are 240 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by Pan Macmillan .

Ian was born at a young age. He is a writer of books, plays and pantomimes, a reformed juggler, actor, lecturer and general dabbler in many areas. His previous books include - SAM HAWKINS, PIRATE DETECTIVE, AND THE CUT GLASS CUTLASS; SAM HAWKINS AND THE POINTY HEAD LIGHTHOUSE CHOCOLATE MELTDOWN; C. O. R. G. I. AND THE PURSUIT OF THE PRINCE'S PANTS; SNOT MONSTER; IAN BILLINGS' LOST PROPERTY and BORN TO GIGGLE for SAVE THE CHILDREN. When he is not at home writing or feeding his cat, Harriet, Ian is travelling the world making children laugh with his stand-up comedy show. So far he has performed in UK, Australia, Cyprus, Germany, Switzerland, Russian, Thailand, Jordan, Oman, Vietnam, UAE, Uganda, Kenya and a firestation. He recently appeared in BBC TV's "Doctors,"; in the BBC radio drama,"The Colcloughs," and once penned episodes for CBeebie TV's "ChuckleVision" and "Gigglybiz". Ian was nominated for the 2019 BBC Imison Award for Best Radio Play for his radio play SPIKE AND THE ELFIN OAK, for which its star, actor, David Threlfall picked-up the 2019 Best Actor Award. He was once described by an audience member as "The most imaginative adult I've ever met" and by one of his teachers as "Hopeless!"