Kidnap on the California Comet (Adventures on Train)

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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. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Your selection was perfect for our children and what really made the difference was your ability to engage with each child, discuss their interests and help them to choose a suitable book based on your extensive knowledge of the books you were selling. Bronnie is so lovely with the boys and we also felt that having a man enthusing about the books set a great example. It seems that his fellow passengers are an interesting group, from would-be magicians to a hectored son.

Little do they know that it won’t be long until they’re right in the middle of Kidnap on the California Comet! After his adventure on the Highland Falcon, amateur sleuth Hal Beck is excited to embark on another journey with his journalist uncle. After the excitement of his adventures aboard the Highland Falcon, Harrison Beck can't wait for the opportunity to go on another amazing train journey.The Adventures on Trains series is published in the UK and US by Macmillan, and is licensed to more than ten countries around the world, including the Czech Republic, France, Greece, Italy, Japan, Latin America, the Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Spain and Sweden. 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 , from bestselling authors M. As a grown up, she has written stories about fantastical beetles, beautiful birds and thrilling train rides. 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. 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.

It lives up to our hopes, and the strengths of the opening title of this series, The Highland Falcon Thief.

G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman in the second mystery adventure in the major Adventures on Trains series.

While Harrison hopes to spend his time drawing the sights along the journey between Chicago and San Francisco, curious encounters seem to distract that focus. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. 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. This experience has been fantastic primarily for the children, the school and also for me (professionally).There are a few little edit niggles that takes a little off the rating but overall this is a book I really did enjoy and can confirm that the other books in the series are on the kindle ready. He’s guest aboard the California Comet with his uncle Nathaniel, a travel journalist and railway enthusiast. Harrison Beck travels the world on trains with his journalist uncle, and wherever he goes, crime seems to follow. During the trip on the California Comet we find Harrison has managed to make some friends with a few children onboard but when one of those friends disappears following a clearly witnessed kidnap can Harrison and his new friends come up with the answer to find what has happened and solve this mystery?