Edward is preparing to visit his cousins Ben and Tim during the school holidays. But Misa, their only cow, disappears on the eve of his travels, throwing his plans into doubt and setting in motion a chain of exciting events that are related in this book and in The boys in Kakamega and A gang called Musumbiji.

Edward finally goes to visit with his cousins in Kakamega. But the holiday turns out to be full of adventure and dangerous surprises. The boys encounter a member of a band of organized criminals. Is there anything they can do to have this gangster and his deadly friends arrested?

Seven years after they first came together, the members of the Black Hand Gang meet up again. They find much has changed. Whilst they cherish their shared past, they discover they have chosen different paths in life, and are preparing for adult life in different ways.

Greed, dishonesty and pride are the themes of these four stories, designed to encourage reading for pleasure. The stories are "The Three Hunters", "Nyakalondo and the Merciless Father", "Hare Learns a Lesson", and "Lion, Hare and the Thorn".

Fortælling fra Afrika om tre drenge, der undervejs i det vestlige Uganda farer vild og ender i Zaire, hvor de møder to farlige kriminelle