Handré droom daarvan om eendag 'n speurder te word en om op ware sendings soos die karakters in sy gunstelingboeke te gaan. Totdat sy grootste nagmerrie een nag waar word en hy deur 'n onnatuurlike groot geitjie gejag word. Met die hulp van die eksentrieke tienermeisie langsaan wikkel hy homself uit dié penarie los. Hierdie eksentrieke tienermeisie het 'n eksentrieke naam: Vickie F.-Steyn. En sy is nie 'n tipiese veertienjarige nie ... Maar wie kan Handré werklik vertrou? Veral wanneer hy uitvind wat sy oudste vriendin Hiasint oorkant die straat se wêreldberoemde ma, 'n wetenskaplike, in haar laboratorium kweek. Wat voer sy in die mou? Gaan Handré en Vickie kan keer dat sy haar plan uitvoer? Lees saam om uit te vind wat 'n grillerige Gotiese herehuis, 'n geëlektrisifeerde Penny Farthing en reuse-geitjies met mekaar te doen het. 'n Naelbyt-avontuur wat elke tiener op die punt van hul stoel gaan hou.

=== Handré dreams of becoming a detective one day and going on real missions like the characters in his favorite books. That is, until his worst nightmare comes true one night and he is hunted by an unnaturally large gecko. With the help of the eccentric teenage girl next door, he manages to wriggle his way out of this tight spot. This eccentric teenage girl has an eccentric name: Vickie F.-Steyn. And she is not your typical fourteen-year-old... But who can Handré truly trust? Especially when he finds out what his oldest friend Hiasint's world-famous scientist mother, who lives across the street, is growing in her laboratory. What is she up to? Will Handré and Vickie be able to stop her from carrying out her plan? Read along to find out what a creepy Gothic mansion, an electrified Penny Farthing, and giant geckos have to do with one another. A nail-biting adventure that will keep every teen on the edge of their seat.