Kidnap on the California Comet (Adventures on Train)

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You guys were so fab and Dawn was such a lovely presence in the schools - I will absolutely be in touch next time I'm in your neck of the woods. My daughter and I read this book together as a bedtime story, having previously read the first mystery in the series, The Highland Falcon Thief. Is there anything that Hal has seen or learned that could help unpick the clues to recovering Marianne? There are plenty of notes at the back for train fans, and the book may therefore appeal especially to vehicle-obsessed children who are looking for a longer book with a clear plot to follow.

He’s guest aboard the California Comet with his uncle Nathaniel, a travel journalist and railway enthusiast. In this second book of the middle-grade Adventures on Trains series, amateur sleuth Hal Beck travels to the U. She works as a freelance digital media producer for clients such as the National Theatre and Harry Potter West End. There is an odd assembly of characters aboard the California Comet, from a shady passenger with briefcases, a rival journalist, a bullying father and a woman with a bearded dragon! She now lives and works in UK as a freelance Illustrator and Creative Designer, accompanied by her beloved pets.So this time we were ready to be detectives alongside Hal and spent our time thinking who would be kidnapped and who had done the crime! Wildly funny, with hairpin plot bends and inventive characters, this series is firmly on track to become a bestseller. Fans of Agatha Christie, or, more recently, Robin Stevens and Katherine Woodfine, should adore this mystery which makes a steam trail all of its own. The second instalment in the bestselling Adventures On Trains series, Kidnap on the California Comet follows Hal and Uncle Nat to the United States for another amazing railway journey - and a brand new mystery to solve.

But when the daughter of billionaire entrepreneur August Reza goes missing en route, Hal finds himself with another mystery to solve. A lifelong fan of puzzles, games, and detective fiction, he grew up with a railway at the bottom of his garden and has been mad about trains ever since. We then took part in the Scout Great Indoors Weekender Camp were Sam read the start of this book as the bedtime story. The illustrations are beautiful and add so much to the story, Hal (aka Elisa Paganelli) uses his amazing artistic skills to help him solve the mystery.Board the California Comet and help Harrison Beck to solve another heart-stopping mystery in the second Adventures on Trains story, Kidnap on the California Comet.