In the cold & foggy Christmas holidays it doesnt seem as though the Five Find-Outers & Dog will have anything exciting to investigate. Fattys got some wonderful new disguises but there doesnt seem to be any mystery for them at all this time. Then Pip stumbles on a single furnished room in an otherwise deserted house. They try to find out whom the house belongs to but theyre not making much progress
- until Fatty decides to go to the house to see what he can uncover. Suddenly trapped by the men inside he writes a note to his friends apparently innocuous enough but with another secret message hidden beneath it. Mr Goon has tried investigating the house too but only ends up locked in the coal cellar & covered in dust. The rest of the Find-Outers call Inspector Jenks to help Fatty & find the house has been a place for storing stolen goods & the men inside are wanted criminals. Another mystery safely solved!
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The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters Pip & Bets housemaid receives a spiteful letter in the post. Then Mrs Moon receives one too. Who would want to make them so miserable? By piecing together the clues the Find-Outers are determined to find the culprit. ...

All the Five Find-Outers have had flu this Christmas holiday so it doesn t seem as if anything exciting could happen. But then a strange robbery where nothing seems to have been taken occurs. Mr Fellows whose house was robbed seems to have run out in the night & thrown a bundle into the river. A man with a scarred face is seen poking in the river & the children come across some strangely small children s clothes. It turns out the clothes belong to a ventriloquist s dummy & the ventriloquist who Mr Fellows assisted was working for the secret service. An important message is hidden in the clothes
- but the scarred man has stolen them. All but the one most important item
- a shoe with a false heel containing the message that Buster the dog had kept to gnaw.

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This is a classic children's crime story from Enid Blyton's Mysteries series. When the local PC starts receiving strange anonymous notes he calls in the Five Find-Outers to discover their author. But the subsequent discovery leads to greater things as the gang stumble across a diamond robbery. Enid Blyton's crime-fighting child investigators have been firm favourites amongst readers of all ages for decades. Fans of The Famous Five & The Secret Seven should not miss The Mystery of the Strange Messages. ...

Prince Bongawah goes missing from a camp near Peterswood. His uncle is trying to get control of his country & is trying to remove the heir to the throne. The Five Find-Outers realise that to get away the Prince had to hide in the bottom of a pram but the plan is even more cunning. In fact the Prince was kidnapped before he even arrived at the camp & an accomplice took his place. In an exciting conclusion they trace the Prince to a remote farmhouse just as his captors are about to take him away by helicopter. ...

Key Words with Peter & Jane" uses the most frequently met words in the English language as a starting point for learning to read successfully & confidently. The Key Words reading scheme is scientifically researched & world renowned. In book "11a" follow Peter & Jane as they discover a missing boy on an island & introduces 129 new words. Once this book is completed the child moves on to book "11b". " The Key Words with Peter & Jane" books work because each of the key words is introduced gradually & repeated frequently. This builds confidence in children when they recognise these key words on sight (also known as the 'look & say' method of learning). Examples of key words are: the one two he. There are 12 levels each with 3 books: a b & c. " Series a": gradually introduces new words. " Series b": provides further practise of words featured in the 'a' series. " Series c": links reading with writing & phonics. All the words that have been introduced in each 'a' & 'b' book are also reinforced in the 'c' books." ...

This is a fantastic bumper volume of classic stories from a much-loved author. The Mystery" series follows the adventures of The Five Find Outers
- Pip Bets Larry Daisy & Fatty as they solve the most mysterious cases with the help of their dog Buster. This first volume collects the first three stories in the series: " The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage" " The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat" & " The Mystery of the Secret Room"."
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The second novel in the Victorian ' Ladies of Lantern Street' novels features paid companion/private inquiry agent Beatrice Lockwood & burned out ex-spy Joshua North in a mystery involving paranormal forces & Egyptian antiquities. A mad scientist has preserved his dead lover in an ancient Egyptian embalming formula & has convinced himself that he can revive the dead woman but he needs Beatrice Lockwood's psychic abilities to 'ignite' the formula. & he will do anything to capture her. Joshua North
- scarred & forced to use a cane due to the disaster that occurred during his last case
- is all Beatrice has in the way of a bodyguard.. .

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The first adventure in this fresh & fun new pony-club series for all girls who love horses. Issie loves horses & is a member of the Chevalier Point Pony Club where she looks after her pony Mystic trains for gymkhanas & hangs out with her best friends. When Issie is asked to train Blaze an abandoned pony her riding skills are put to the test. Can she tame the spirited new horse? & is Blaze really" out of danger? This is a fast-paced action-packed new pony series for all girls aged 812." ...

There are threads in our lives. You pull one & everything else gets affected. When they were children Sean Devine Jimmy Marcus & Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange car pulled up their street. One boy got in the car two did not & something terrible happened
- something that ended their friendship & changed all three boys forever. Twenty-five years later Sean Devine is a homicide detective. Jimmy Marcus is an ex-con who owns a corner store. & Dave Boyle is trying to hold his marriage together & keep his demons at bay
- demons that urge him to do horrific things. When Jimmy Marcus' daughter is found murdered Sean Devine is assigned to the case. His personal life unravelling he must go back into a world he thought he'd left behind to confront not only the violence of the present but the nightmares of his past. His investigation brings him into conflict with Jimmy Marcus who finds his old criminal impulses tempt him to solve the crime with brutal justice. & then there is Dave Boyle who came home the night Jimmy's daughter died covered in someone else's blood...

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