The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage
Five Find-Outers Mystery Series
Who could have set fire to Mr Hick's Cottage? There are plenty of suspects: the cook, Mrs Minns, young Mr Peeks and even a tramp. But it's the clues - a grey suspicious footprint and some grey cloth - that point the kids in the right direction. Mr Goon, the local policeman, isn't at all pleased to have the Five Find-Outers and Dog nosing in on his mystery.
About the Five Find-Outers Mystery Series
Books in series order
- 1.The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage(1943)
- 2.The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat(1944)
- 3.The Mystery of the Secret Room(1945)
- 4.The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters(1946)
- 5.The Mystery of the Missing Necklace(1947)
- 6.The Mystery of the Hidden House(1948)
- 7.The Mystery of the Pantomime Cat(1949)
- 8.The Mystery of the Invisible Thief(1950)
- 9.The Mystery of the Vanished Prince(1951)
- 10.The Mystery of the Strange Bundle(1952)
- 11.The Mystery of Holly Lane(1953)
- 12.The Mystery of Tally-Ho Cottage(1954)
- 13.The Mystery of the Missing Man(1956)
- 14.The Mystery of the Strange Messages(1957)
- 15.The Mystery of Banshee Towers(1961)
Reading age: 8+ years
The Five Find-Outers, or Mystery series, is all about a group of children and their dog, who solve mysteries in the village of Peterswood. Larry and Daisy Daykin, Pip and Bets Hilton, together with Fatty and his dog named Buster, a small black Scottish Terrier, make up the 'Five Find-Outers and Dog'. Together the gang solve a variety of local mysteries, much to the annoyance of Mr Goon, the village policeman, who can't stand the kids and particularly hates that "nasty yappy little dog."