Martha Russel
A ripped library page. A secret tunnel under school. And a pirate ship that should not exist.In Port Townsend, Vanessa Jane and her tiny Yorkshire terrier puppy, Bruno, stumble onto a clue that leads straight into trouble-an underground path marked with strange symbols, clever traps, and a mystery no grown-up would ever believe. With her best friend Liam (and Bruno’s super nose), Vanessa follows the trail to something impossible: an ancient pirate ship called the Stormcrow, hidden beneath their town.But they’re not the only ones searching.A calm, dangerous stranger with keys to places he shouldn’t enter is hunting the ship’s lost logbook-because it doesn’t just tell a pirate story. It holds proof that a powerful 'town hero' betrayed Captain Maribel Drake long ago... and the truth was hidden in plain sight for over a century.Now Vanessa, Bruno, and Liam must race through tunnels, library stacks, and even the clock tower itself-before the Crooked Crow steals the evidence and buries Port Townsend’s secrets forever.