A thrilling story of Africa, snakes and a dangerous mission, from the bestselling author of the No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. Akimbo always looks forward to Uncle Peter's visits, because Uncle Peter has a very exciting job: he runs a snake park!
Akimbo loves his life in Africa. He loves living in the great game reserve where his father is ranger. He is able to see all sorts of wonderful animals. But he doesn't see many snakes - they usually slither away when he gets close. But then his Uncle Peter asks if Akimbo would like to visit his snake park and Akimbo jumps at the chance!
It's not long before Akimbo is learning all sorts of things about snakes. And then one day Uncle Peter takes a telephone call from somebody who thinks they've seen a special snake called a green mamba. Uncle Peter is very excited and asks Akimbo if he would like to come with him to try to catch it. So off they travel together on this exciting and dangerous mission ...
