The Mystery of Docksforth's Treasure is an adventure story full of excitement, adventure, and nail biting cliffhangers. It is intended for young readers between the ages of nine and fifteen. The colorful and exotic setting is a Caribbean island in the early 1960's. The main characters are two adventurous teenagers turned sleuths, a sixteen year-old girl and her eighteen year-old brother. While on summer outreach to a mission in the Caribbean with their parents, they become embroiled in mysterious circumstances surrounding the possibility of pirate treasure buried on the mission property. The story carries the reader away to a culture and time that will fill him with wonder. Woven into the plot are 17th century ruins, caverns, ghostly pirates, snorkeling, and underwater scenes. The theme is "Where your treasure is, your heart will be." As the young detectives try to solve the mystery and find the treasure, it is the spiritual values and strong faith of this family that enable them to overcome the criminal antics of greedy people.