Bronnie is so lovely with the boys and we also felt that having a man enthusing about the books set a great example. She works as a freelance digital media producer for clients such as the National Theatre and Harry Potter West End.

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. They would also only drop off a case of books and leave us to run it – it was so lovely to have you on hand to chat to the children and recommend them books, as well as the small (but appreciated! Another exciting mystery starring Harrison "Hal" Beck and his Uncle Nat, but this time we have gone stateside! This second instalment sees Hal in the middle of a mystery that keeps you looking for clues throughout. 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. When Uncle Nat arrives and asks if Harrison Beck wants to go on another train adventure it sounds like the perfect trip, he'll get to fly to America and then go on an amazing train with his uncle he loves spending time with but after the experience on Highland Falcon he knows a train journey isn't likely to be as simple as getting his ticket and just enjoying the ride. We first met Hal and his Uncle Nat in last year’s first ‘Adventure on Trains’, The Highland Falcon Thief (you can read my review of that here) and I have been looking forward to this second adventure ever since!

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. After the excitement of his adventures aboard the Highland Falcon Thief, Harrison Beck can't wait for the opportunity to go on another amazing train journey. The Adventures on Trains series is perfect for fans of Robin Stevens, David Baddiel and Lauren St John. 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. This was perfect bedtime reading, although both would have been capable of reading to themselves we chose to snuggle up together.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. Sadly it launched on the first day back to school so I held it back knowing it would mean a late night for him while he read, I wasn’t wrong! 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 prize-winning M. If you’re teaching a KS2 topic on North America, Kidnap on the California Comet provides lots of great jumping-off points. 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.

S. with his uncle to ride a famous train—the California Comet—and stumbles on a new mystery to solve, in M. 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. 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. Your words, like your reviews, bring books to life and give them a voice before the front cover is even turned.

Kidnap on the California Comet can be read as a stand-alone novel, or enjoyed as part of the Adventures on Trains series. 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.