There's trouble Down Under as Matt, Jo and Dad set off on a new fossil-hunting adventure in the opal mines of Australia: the local miners seem to want them gone, Jo's showing signs of opal fever, and those claustrophobic tunnels don't look very safe either. When the trio's journey into the caves starts to go wrong, they begin to suspect that there's something even more sinister going on ... About The Dinosaur Detectives series: The Dinosaur Detectives is a fun-filled adventure series following the story of Matt Sharp and his family as they hunt for dinosaur eggs. This fact meets fiction series is great for inspiring the young explorer and particularly popular amongst readers aged 7+.About the Author: Stephanie Baudet ================ Stephanie was born in England before emigrating to Australia - and later New Zealand - with her family, where she trained as a nurse. Whilst back in England on holiday, she met and married her husband, had a daughter and settled down. Stephanie's lifelong interest in writing became more serious when her first children's book, Avalanche, was published in the 1980s. Since then, she has had around forty children's books published, and has also published an historical novella for adults.