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. 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.

My son is an avid book reader but during lockdown it became so hard to stop him re reading a certain wizarding book series, he became stuck in a rut, refusing to read anything else. When the daughter of a billionaire entrepreneur goes missing enroute, can Harrison Beck uncover the kidnapper? 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. S. with his uncle to ride a famous train—the California Comet—and stumbles on a new mystery to solve, in M. It was such a pleasure to meet you both, and I really appreciated how smoothly and professionally you ran everything.Hal doesn't want to join his uncle on the Highland Falcon as it makes its way to Scotland - but when he meets Lenny, a stowaway train enthusiast and the driver's daughter, the two embark on a thrilling adventure to find missing jewels and identify the culprit. Join Hal and Uncle Nat on more stops in this thrilling series with: The Highland Falcon Thief, Murder on the Safari Star, Danger at Dead Man's Pass and Sabotage on the Solar Express. Along with new friends—spunky 13-year-old Mason and his younger sister, Hadley—Hal races against the clock to find the missing girl before the California Comet reaches its final destination. In this second book of the middle-grade Adventures on Trains series, amateur sleuth Hal Beck travels to the U. 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.

This was perfect bedtime reading, although both would have been capable of reading to themselves we chose to snuggle up together. 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.This is the second of the Adventures on Trains Mysteries, and Harrison Beck is on a very special trip to the USA with his Uncle Nat aboard the California Comet, travelling from Chicago to San Francisco. He grew up with a railway line at the bottom of his garden and has been fascinated by trains ever since. Ted likes the weather, he also likes statistics and routine but his life is thrown into disarray when his Aunt Gloria and cousin Salim arrive, like a hurricane, to stay in London en-route to a new life in New York.