<p><strong>Fifteen-year-old Smiler is still on the run.</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Smiler is aiming to evade the police until his father, a ship''s cook, comes home to clear him of a crime he hasn''t committed. Hitching a train to Scotland, he finds work as an animal caretaker within the grounds of a castle occupied by ''the Laird'', Sir Alec Elphinstone.</p><p><br></p><p>When the Laird leaves on a trip to London, Smiler discovers that thieves are planning to invade his employer''s castle.</p><p><strong><span>?</span></strong></p><p><strong>Dare he go to the police for help?</strong></p>