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The adventure of the scarlet daffodil
Chatto & Windus
1952
A police Inspector's ambition to grow and show the first scarlet daffodil are thwarted by a thief.
Barbed wire - keep out
Brockhampton Press Ltd.
1950
When a young boy inherits a dilapidated cottage he is surprised when the owner of the neighbouring property offers a suspiciously large sum to buy it.
Bill sees it through: an exciting adventure story
Vawser & Wiles, Ltd.
1946
A schoolboy helps the police break up a counterfeiting gang who are using cock-fighting as a means to pass off the money.
Dead man's tale: a detective story
Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd.
1949
Three schoolboys are invited to the home of an ex-school master, turned detective, having been warned that a body lies in the hall.
The deputy detective
Bruce Publishing Co. Ltd.
1947
A boxer and a boy detective combine forces to combat the wickedest man in London.
Haunted creek
Blackie & Son Limited
1954
What is the meaning of the mysterious light which signs at dead of night in an Essex creek?
In the clutch of the green hand
T. Nelson & Sons Ltd.
1929
The Green Hand is a band of international criminals who are after the secret formula of a schoolboy's father.
Joey and the Blackbird Gang
Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd
1956
The Blackbird Gang carry out smash and grab robberies using motorbikes as their getaway transport. The fourth book in the series.
Joey and the pickpocket
Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd
1958
Joey and Clapper thwart a gang of jewel thieves in Hatton Garden. The eighteenth book in the series.
Joey and the smugglers' legend
Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd
1958
What did a band leader want with a dilapidated cottage in the seaside village of Milsea Magna? The twelfth book in the series.
Joey and the square of gold
Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd
1958
Joey and the Jasmine Street boys investigate the theft of a valuable stamp. The sixth book in the series.
The loot runners
John Lehmann Ltd
1949
A story of one of the most audacious smuggling gangs, based in a remote loch in Scotland.
The man with the glove
Dennis Dobson
1964
Twins Jane and Ronnie become involved in the recovery of a stolen painting when on holiday in France.
Mystery at Merrilees
Humphrey Milford
1939
Browne and Fanshaw investigate the death of ruthless businessman Sir Martin Harker.
The mystery of the bullion robbery
Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd
1960
The police refuse to believe that Jim and Birdie saw a bullion robbery, so they take matters into their own hands.
On the run
Lutterworth Press
1948
An escaped convict intrudes on three schoolgirls on holiday in Cornwall.
Policeman's holiday
Blackie & Son Limited
1954
A policeman's son helps a lady track down a long-lost jewel when on holiday.
The potato riddle
Blackie & Son Limited
1950s
When a group of schoolboys are sent potato gathering they become the target of a desperate gang when one of the their suitcases is inadvertently switched.
The puzzle of the lost Dauphin
Duell, Sloan and Pearce
1964
A schoolgirl competing for a college scholarship attempts to unravel a mystery surrounding Marie Antoinette's son.
The quest of the Bellamy jewels
Blackie & Son Limited
1954
When Dusty Bates runs from home and stows away on the Tilbury Pride he finds himself amongst thieves trying to smuggle stolen jewels out of the country.
The school library mystery
Blackie & Son Limited
1950s
A cryptic message falls out of the binding of a book when it is accidentally damaged.
The school of mystery
Blackie & Son Limited
1954
A preparatory school is used as cover for a formidable plot aimed at world domination.
The second Father Brown book: more stories of G.K. Chesterton's immortal detective
Cassell & Company Ltd
1959
A collection of Father Brown stories edited for children.
