A Job with Horses

by Josephine Pullein-Thompson

After her mother remarries, Kate feels uncomfortable in her new home and so accepts a summer job. Living in a stately home and helping the children to improve their riding seems the ideal solution. But Kate does not bargain for mystery prowlers and a kidnapping.

202 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1994

About the author

The Pullein-Thompson sisters — Josephine Pullein-Thompson MBE (3 April 1924-[1]), Diana Pullein-Thompson (born 1 October 1925) [2] and Christine Pullein-Thompson (1 October 1925–2 December 2005[2] — are British writers of several horse and pony books (mostly fictional) aimed at children and mostly popular with girls. They started at a very young age (initially writing collectively) and they were at their peak in the 1950s and 1960s, but their popularity has endured. They have written a collective autobiography Fair Girls and Grey Horses.

All 3 sisters have written at least 1 book under a different name; Josephine wrote 1 under the pseudonym of Josephine Mann, Diana 3 books under her married name of Diana Farr and Christine wrote 2 books under the name of Christine Keir.

Their mother, Joanna Cannan (1898–1961), sister of the poet May Cannan, wrote similar equestrian stories, but is better known for detective mysteries.

Reviews

[Lena · Rating 4 out of 5]

There's something disturbing about reading a Pullein-Thompson novel with mobile phones and laptop computers.