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The Casebooks of Captain Holloway: The Disappearance of Tom Pile (The Casebooks of Captain Holloway, 1)

The Casebooks of Captain Holloway: The Disappearance of Tom Pile (The Casebooks of Captain Holloway, 1)

by IanBeck (Author)

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    Paperback 2015

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Synopsis

On a bitterly cold winter's night in 1900, a young boy disappears without trace from the forest near his home in the quiet village of Litton Cheney. He is never found, but the man he was with claims he was snatched by angels. Forty years later, Corporal Jack Carmody is sent to investigate strange reports of mysterious lights above Litton Cheney. The villagers suspect German bombers overhead, but Carmody knows there's something far more intriguing going on. And when a terrified boy appears in the graveyard, convinced it's the year 1900, it's up to Carmody and his boss - the charismatic Captain Holloway - to uncover the truth.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 288
 Publisher: Corgi Childrens
Published: 02 Apr 2015
ISBN 10: 0552567760
ISBN 13: 9780552567763
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
 Book Overview: The first gripping story in a brilliant new series about a secret team investigating the strange, the mysterious and the unexplained.

Media Reviews
A cracker . . . Utterly convincing -- Philip Pullman
WW2, somewhere in southern England. Our mathematically and psychically gifted soldier-narrator is on a secret mission . . . Despite the diversity of its elements, this is a well-paced, enjoyable read, which effectively combines ideas generally not seen together in WW2 fiction, and certainly not children's fiction * Armadillo *
The real-life location, historical detail and plausible contemporary voices give this conviction * Sunday Times *
Author Bio
IAN BECK has worked as a freelance illustrator for many years (including such notable artwork as the record cover for Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album). Ian turned to writing and illustrating children's books when his own children were born.