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The Boy Detectives by Adrian Wright is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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In 1950s Norfolk, teenage cousins Francis and Gordon Jones earn their reputation as The Boy Detectives in the first of a series of their extraordinary adventures. With the sometimes dubious assistance of Mrs Jones, Francis's corset-making mother, the Reverend Challis (always keenly interested in the boys' progress), the domineering village grandee Lady Darting, and a host of splendid characters, Francis and Gordon are faced with four perplexing mysteries. What is happening at St Mildred's School for the Advancement of Discerning Girls? Why are Francis and Gordon embroiled in a striptease show where the girls mustn't move, and how will they solve the affair of the priceless Pearl of Thalia? And surely the unlucky woman seeking the boys' assistance cannot be the Mrs Hudson of Sherlock Holmes fame? Lastly, we meet an older Francis, revisiting his childhood following the death of a remarkable woman whose passing reveals a long held secret. The local constabulary may be scratching their heads, but Francis and Gordon (providing they are not out bird-watching, brass-rubbing, reading the Eagle, or tinkering with their Meccano) are on the case! Adrian Wright has inherited the gloriously ent

Who reads The Boy Detectives?

Author

Adrian Wright

Publisher

Must Close Saturday

Published

2015

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction