Nearly a year has passed since Marigold first came to live with the Sandburrow family. Everything would be perfect, if only she wasn't so afraid of the dark. One day, Marigold begins a journey that leads right into the territory of the strange-looking Mr Many Coats. And he isn't the only strange thing Marigold encounters. How is it that Sea Gem, the youngest pup in the Sandburrow family, knows about things before they happen? Marigold and the Dark is the second in a series of picture books about the Sandburrow family and their life in the seaside village of Foamy Bay.