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The Mystery Club #4
Mischief at Midnight
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Furtively, Belinda climbed into the back of the van and began to search. Shotgun, cartridges - all the evidence they needed was here. She was about to clamber out again, when suddenly the engine started. The van roared off down the road with Belinda trapped helplessly inside...
Who is trying to frighten an elderly couple out of their cottage in the woods? And why don't Mr and Mrs Benson go to the police? When The Mystery Club starts to investigate, they find themselves up against burglars, blackmail - and ghosts!
Furtively, Belinda climbed into the back of the van and began to search. Shotgun, cartridges - all the evidence they needed was here. She was about to clamber out again, when suddenly the engine started. The van roared off down the road with Belinda trapped helplessly inside...
Who is trying to frighten an elderly couple out of their cottage in the woods? And why don't Mr and Mrs Benson go to the police? When The Mystery Club starts to investigate, they find themselves up against burglars, blackmail - and ghosts!
166 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1993
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January 22, 2017
This was a series and author new to me- picked it up at a second hand book store since it looked like a fun teen mystery story. The series is about Holly Adams, a fifteen year old who had moved from London to Yorkshire where she befriends Tracey Foster an American girl who’s moved there with her mother post her parent’s divorce and Belinda Hayes, who’s crazy about horses (she has a thoroughbred Meltdown, who isn’t as much of a ‘poppet’ as she claims he is). The three girls set up a mystery club essentially to discuss detective stories but find themselves turning into detectives with real life mysteries to solve. This book, the fourth in the series, had Holly meet Mr and Mrs Benson an old couple who are being frightened by someone or something so much that they barely step out of their house. Also, they have a secret which they’re terrified someone will find out and so are reluctant to seek any help. Luckily the girls don’t need to be asked to solve the mystery—which gets them into their fair share of danger. This was a nicely written story with pretty likeable characters (they seemed more ‘old fashioned’ teens than modern ones) and the mystery itself was good with a few surprises at the end.
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February 6, 2017The first Mystery Club book I've read, and enjoyed. The detective trio are very real teenagers, solving mysteries between their other chores, including a younger brother, who tends to tag along. The girls are warm-hearted and ever wiling to help, showing great courage, even while shivering in their boots. A fun read.
February 14, 2025
The Mystery Club is a fantastic series that I first discovered in a London bookshop in 1996. I knew I had to read them all. Now I'm re-reading them. They are fun and unique mysteries. They are thrillers.
The Club consists of Holly, Tracy, and Belinda, 14 year-olds who are curious, brave, and want to help people. While delivering Meals on Wheels to a shut in couple, the Bensons, Holly detects a mystery. Who is trying to frighten the elderly couple out of their home? What goes on there during the night. The Bensons think they have a ghost. The Mystery Club doesn't think so. They refuse to go to the police, even when they get threatening letters. It's up to the girls to figure out what is going on and thwart the attempts to make them sign over their property rights. I must say that these girls are gutsy.
The Club consists of Holly, Tracy, and Belinda, 14 year-olds who are curious, brave, and want to help people. While delivering Meals on Wheels to a shut in couple, the Bensons, Holly detects a mystery. Who is trying to frighten the elderly couple out of their home? What goes on there during the night. The Bensons think they have a ghost. The Mystery Club doesn't think so. They refuse to go to the police, even when they get threatening letters. It's up to the girls to figure out what is going on and thwart the attempts to make them sign over their property rights. I must say that these girls are gutsy.
January 19, 2020
I loved this book, it’s mainly a book for tweens/ younger teenagers maybe 12 or 13 but I still really liked it. The plot was very predictable but there was one scene that I didn’t expect. I adored the main characters especially Belinda!
December 23, 2017
Continuing my reread of these childhood favourites, this was a good mystery. Some exciting scenes particularly involving Belinda's horse, and a few twists. Overall enjoyable!
November 16, 2022
Ta bueno
March 24, 2025
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October 4, 2022
Otra aventura —libro n° 4 de la saga— del club del misterio conformados por: Holly Adams, Tracy Foster y Belinda Hayes, tres chicas de quince años que tratarán de descubrir el misterio de chantaje que está hostigando a la pareja de ancianos Benson.
La historia fue bien pero, se repite mucho la situación de atropellarlas, cosa que paso en el anterior libro como, también, las bromas efectuadas por Belinda con la “señora Drácula”.
Esto ya es cosa mía que me dio gracia que Holly fuera tan metiche hasta para abrir cartas sin el permiso de nadie. Pero siento que la autora se olvidó evidencias que plasmó con anterioridad y ya no supimos más de ello, ¿qué pasó con la huella dactilar encontrada en la carta? ¿Acaso la patente de la furgoneta no era para nada importante?
También que la información que se está narrando no sé da de forma directa, pasa capítulos de capítulos sin decir nada, a su vez hay una contradicción de parte del personaje del señor Benson, él exclama que el asunto a terminado de forma muy enojado, pasan dos páginas y aquél enojo se evaporó, todo sigue como antes.
En conclusión, esta narrativa va con 2/5 pudo ser un poco más interesante como su interior número, la isla prohibida pero no le llega.
La historia fue bien pero, se repite mucho la situación de atropellarlas, cosa que paso en el anterior libro como, también, las bromas efectuadas por Belinda con la “señora Drácula”.
Esto ya es cosa mía que me dio gracia que Holly fuera tan metiche hasta para abrir cartas sin el permiso de nadie. Pero siento que la autora se olvidó evidencias que plasmó con anterioridad y ya no supimos más de ello, ¿qué pasó con la huella dactilar encontrada en la carta? ¿Acaso la patente de la furgoneta no era para nada importante?
También que la información que se está narrando no sé da de forma directa, pasa capítulos de capítulos sin decir nada, a su vez hay una contradicción de parte del personaje del señor Benson, él exclama que el asunto a terminado de forma muy enojado, pasan dos páginas y aquél enojo se evaporó, todo sigue como antes.
En conclusión, esta narrativa va con 2/5 pudo ser un poco más interesante como su interior número, la isla prohibida pero no le llega.
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January 2, 2011it ia amazing i loveeeee it
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