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The mystery of the burnt cottage

The mystery of the burnt cottage

The cottage in Mr Hick's garden mysteriously burns down one night, and five children think someone started the fire deliberately. Mr Goon, the local policeman, thinks so too, and isn't at all pleased to have the Five Find-Outers and Dog nosing in on his mystery. There seem to be lots of suspects - Mr Peeks, Mr Hick's valet, has just been rudely dismissed, Mr Smellie argued with Mr Hick the day of the fire, there's a suspicious-looking tramp in the fields nearby, and even Mr Hick's housekeeper has a reason to have done it. The children bump into Inspector Jenks fishing by the river one day, and talk to him about their theories. Inspector Jenks is senior to Mr Goon, who still doesn't want to listen to the children, and praises the Find-Outers as they reveal the true culprit - Mr Hick himself, who burnt the cottage for the insurance money.

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Barcode Shelf Location Collection Volume Ref. Status Due Date
920389455 JF BLY
Junior Fiction   . Available .  
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Catalogue Information
Field name Details
RSN 000024305766
ISBN 9781444930771 (paperback)
Call Number 823.912
Dates Blyton, Enid
Name of Publisher London : Egmont, 2003.
Attachments 20 cm.
Volume Mystery series 1
Summary The cottage in Mr Hick's garden mysteriously burns down one night, and five children think someone started the fire deliberately. Mr Goon, the local policeman, thinks so too, and isn't at all pleased to have the Five Find-Outers and Dog nosing in on his mystery. There seem to be lots of suspects - Mr Peeks, Mr Hick's valet, has just been rudely dismissed, Mr Smellie argued with Mr Hick the day of the fire, there's a suspicious-looking tramp in the fields nearby, and even Mr Hick's housekeeper has a reason to have done it. The children bump into Inspector Jenks fishing by the river one day, and talk to him about their theories. Inspector Jenks is senior to Mr Goon, who still doesn't want to listen to the children, and praises the Find-Outers as they reveal the true culprit - Mr Hick himself, who burnt the cottage for the insurance money.
Subject Premier's reading challenge 7-9
Detective and mystery stories
Missing persons
Five Find-Outers (Fictitious characters)
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