Well, it seems that you write off Enid Blyton at your peril…!
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#881: Minor Felonies – The Mystery of Holly Lane (1953) by Enid Blyton
I don’t know if I’d rather the writers and series I love took risks and missed some of the time, or if it’s worse for them to settle into a sort of congenial predictability that’s less and less exciting though safely fine from book to book.
Continue reading#826: Minor Felonies – The Mystery of the Strange Bundle (1952) by Enid Blyton
Another hols has rolled around — it’s Chriiiiiiiistmas — and the Five Find-Outers have all been laid up with colds and are worried that there might not be a mystery for them to solve before their impending return to their schools. And there isn’t, the end.
Continue reading#775: Minor Felonies – The Mystery of the Vanished Prince (1951) by Enid Blyton
Last week we had a vanishing — two, in fact — and this week there’s another one. Am I trying to tell you something? No, no, that would be insane. Hahahahaha. Aha.
Continue reading#729: Minor Felonies – The Mystery of the Pantomime Cat (1949) by Enid Blyton
Here’s a question for you: at what point did the Five Find-Outers series by Enid Blyton peak?
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