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Bernard saves three rare hairless monkeys, Emile, Zola and Titus, during an Amazonian anteater trek after witnessing their mother being shot by a short-sighted trophy hunter. Their incredible acrobatics catch the eye of Sebastian Trophy-Assetclass, presenter of Fame Me! and shampoo model who lures them away from Bernard with the promise of fame and fortune. Bernard finds happiness again after saving 46 zoo animals from being shot by trophy hunter, Baron Von Hesti, who says he wants to avenge his wife Bunny's death. She was allegedly savaged by two tigers she'd hand-reared. When Bernard calls Von a Hesti a murderer to his face, he unexpectedly hands him the zoo. Bernard renames it Fluffingdale Zoo and after coaxing Loki, a cat, and Armando, a giant anteater, out of their depression, they become his new companions. Bernard rarely sees the monkeys and learns they will be performing at the Christmas Royal Variety Show in front of the Queen. However, Larold, Sebastian's 11-year-old niece, alerts Bernard to the truth: with the help of a quack doctor, Dr Wu, Sebastian plans to turn the hairless monkeys into hair restoring potion for him and his gruesome nightclub owning pal Virgil Boghero. Bernard and Larold warn the monkeys who come up with a plan to humiliate Sebastian in front of millions of TV viewers. The monkeys move back with Bernard as does Larold who has nowhere else to go. She begins to challenge Bernard about how his parents - famous conservationists who campaigned against trophy hunting and animal trafficking - died in a mysterious hot air ballooning accident. Bernard has always blamed himself and Larold helps Bernard discover he isn't to blame but that someone else is. Meanwhile, fur from the zoo animals begins disappearing. Is it anything to do with the raggedy beast lurking in the garden. Or is it another outbreak of a deadly man-made virus fluffititus? Or even the monkeys, who are jealous of the zoo animals' fur? Larold and Bernard stake out the zoo and capture the phantom fur shaver in the act. Shortly afterwards, a family of warthogs solve the mystery of his parents' deaths and Bernard brings the culprits to justice at last. The story touches on friendship and love, as well as darker themes of loss, trophy hunting and the illegal trade in animal parts used in quack medicine.

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'I prefer cat biscuits.' My cat Raffy. 'WARNING - there is only ONE dog in this book. Outrageous!' My sister's dog Bruno. 'Not a lot of axolotls. In fact, ZERO axolotls.' A local axolotl. 'Why are you asking me? I can't read.' Manky Fox.

"""Hard to buy books for 11 year olds. This really worked! The combination of mystery-tension and silliness, I think. Could hear him chuckling away. Read it in 2 days over the holidays. Will be getting the next one!"" ""Really enjoyed this book, funny, sad and a thrilling mystery that adults can enjoy as much as their kids. Would definitely recommend it."" ""My two daughters - 10 and 11 years old enjoyed the mysterious unexpected events in the book and the animal characters made the story so much fun. They were very eager to know what happens next and some of the animals even inspired one of the girl to use the characters for her creative writing exam. Two children heroes in the book are very brave, determined and truly inspirational."" ""I bought this book as was recommended by a friend. My kids (boys 8 and 10 ) talked about the monkeys and Bernard so much that I decided to read it too. It's a really great read, fun but also with a darker side about illegal wildlife trafficking that gave the story some real jeopardy. The boys had a lot of questions about this so led to some good discussions about conservation generally."""

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