Superb gift edition, featuring a bumper collection of Blyton's short stories of magic, mystery and adventure.

Jack spends a lot of time in the Hastings caves - who wouldn't if they lived with Beth, stepmum from hell? What kind of hold does sinister Beth have over Jack's dad? Who was Lady Macbeth? Is Beth a modern-day Lady Macbeth with blood on her hands? And why is a frightened little terrier with a bulging stomach led into the caves one evening and dragged out next morning looking very thin? If she's had puppies, where are they now? What is hidden in the secret cavern at the end of the spooky Monks' Walk? These are just a few of the questions Jack and his friends need to find answers to. The Smugglers' Caves is a story full of fun, mystery and suspense, that puts Hastings, with its busloads of foreign students and its eccentric local characters, as firmly on the map today as William the Conqueror did in 1066.

Are you up for a thrilling adventure? When twelve year old Joe and his two younger sisters visit Smugglers Cove for the summer holidays, they get caught up in a thrilling adventure that is beyond their wildest imagination. Follow the children as they flee down a river, are chased by ferocious dogs, locked up in an old manor, get lost at sea, expose a spy, and more! Book 1 in the Mystery Series, this adventure novel is set in 1950's Britain and will suit anyone who enjoys Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys or the Famous Five. THE MYSTERY SERIES This middle grade series set in 1950's UK will delight children of all ages. Perfect for fans of Enid Blyton (Famous Five/Secret Seven), Carolyn Keene (Nancy Drew), Franklin Dixon (Hardy Boys) and Gertrude Chandler Warner (The Boxcar Children). Suitable for children 6-8, 9-12, and even adults who love a clean and wholesome story.

AS READ ON BBC RADIO 4 A SPECTATOR BEST OF THE YEAR - AS CHOSEN BY REVIEWERS The year is 1742. Goody Brown, saved from drowning and adopted when just a babe, has grown up happily in the smuggling town of Winchelsea. But when she turns sixteen, her father is murdered by men he thought were friends. In a town where lawlessness prevails, Goody and her brother Francis must enter the cut-throat world of her father’s killers in order to find justice. Facing high seas and desperate villains, she discovers what life can be like without constraints or expectations, developing a taste for danger that makes her blood run fast. Goody was never born to be a gentlewoman. But what will she become instead?

This is another of Blyton's books that is set during the war years. A family living without Dad who is away at war, goes to spend a holiday near a beach. They meet Ben, a rather strange boy, who loves to pretend to be a smuggler.

An introduction to the network of caves that lies hidden within the Earth and how resources such as oil and coal are found and extracted.