The Mystery of the Missing Fur follows Bernard's darkly comic adventures after he saves three Amazonian monkeys and a zoo full of animals from the clutches of a vain celebrity, a short-sighted trophy hunter and a grinder of monkey bones. Along the way, he makes friends with an anteater called Armando, Loki, an over-fluffed cat and a human child with an unfortunate name. Together, they solve the not so mysterious mystery of the missing fur and, most importantly, what happened to Bernard's parents, famous conservationists. This is the first book in the Missing Fur Series. The Macaw of Doom is the second book in the series.