Tom and his cousin Emma are given a school project about life in their town 400 years ago. With Zenda the talking computer's help they decipher an old singing-game and an ancient map, and discover that their town used to be the headquarters for a gang of highwaymen.
Gordon Snell was a published author and an editor of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Gordon Snell include The Deadly Camera, Twelve Days: A Christmas Countdown and The King of Quizzical Island. He was married to the author Maeve Binchy until her death in 2012.