The Five Find-Outers

The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage

About this book

Fatty, Larry, Daisy, Pep, Bets and Buster the dog turn detectives when a mysterious fire destroys a thatched cottage in Mr. Hick's garden in their village. Calling themselves the "Five Find-Outers and Dog" they set out to solve the mystery and discover the culprit. The final solution, however, surprises the Five Find-Outers almost as much as it surprises Mr. Goon, the village policeman.

The Five Find-Outers · 6 books

In publication order
  1. The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage 1943 This book
  2. The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat 1944
  3. The Mystery of Holly Lane 1953
  4. The Mystery of the Missing Man 1956
All 6 in order

Subjects

  • adventure and adventurers, fiction
  • adventure stories
  • children's fiction
  • children's stories
  • detective and mystery stories
  • dogs, fiction
  • fire, fiction
  • juvenile fiction
  • mystery and detective stories
  • mystery fiction