Description
The Find-Outers Series: Book 1 – The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage by Enid Blyton
The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage is the first in the Five Find-Outers series of children’s mystery novels by Enid Blyton. It was first published in 1943 and continues to be frequently reissued. This edition was published in 2017.
The novel centres on the mystery of who could have set fire to Mr. Hick’s cottage. The five children, Larry and Daisy Daykin, Pip and Bets Hilton, and newcomer Frederick Algernon Trotteville (later nicknamed Fatty from his initials), meet at the scene of the fire and end up solving the mystery together.
Suggested reading age: 9+