Author:Arthur Ransome
Reunited for the summer, the Swallows and Amazons with Dick and Dorothea launch a prospecting expedition to find the lost gold mine of the high hills above the lake. But the mining camp runs into all sorts of trouble: not only the danger of fire in the drought ridden countryside but also scary encounters with unsafe tunnels. Worst of all is the sinister Squashy Hat, who appears to be a rival prospector and who's certainly a spy - how can they keep working without him discovering what they've found?
In its own class and wearing several gold stars for distinction, Pigeon Post stands head and shoulders above the average adventure book for and of children
—— The TimesEmil is a wonder... the book had, and still has, the effect of making me feel part of Emil's little gang of boys... Emil and the Detectives is a little masterpiece... Read it and you will be happy
—— Maurice SendakThe main pleasure of the book is in the way in which it plays to the fantasy of omnipotence in a child: that a team of kids could really organise themselves into a team of detectives and catch a thief
—— Michael Rosen , GuardianThe perfect introduction to the world of fictional crime detection
—— IndependentRobert Swindells writes the kinds of books that are so scary you're afraid to turn the page
—— Daily Telegraph
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