The Wickedly Funny Anthony Horowitz Bumper Boxset 10 Books Set (Return to Grosham Grange, Granny, Switch, Devil and his Boy, Public Enemy Number Two & MORE!)

thirteen-year-old Nick Diamond Is In Prison! Framed For A Jewel Heist, Quick-thinking Nick Finds Himself Sharing A Cell With Public Enemy Number One: Johnny Powers. Nick's Only Chance Of Clearing His Name Is To Nail The Fence, The Country's Master Criminal. But To Do That, He Needs To Break Out—which Is Where His Bumbling Older Brother, Tim, Comes In. Nick's Not So Sure He'll Make It To His Fourteenth Birthday!

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first Published In The U.k. In 1986 And Subsequently Made Into A Film Called Variously Diamond's Edge And Just Ask For Diamond, the Falcon's Malteser Is The First In Horowitz's Long-running Diamond Brothers Mystery Series, Now Being Reissued In An Americanized Edition. Herbert Simple, Who Was Fired From The London Police Department For Stupidity And Who Is A Coward To Boot, Is Trying To Scratch Out A Living As The World's Worst Private Detective Under The Rather Romantic Name Of Tim Diamond. Fortunately His Thirteen-year-old Brother, Nick, The Book's Narrator, Is Made Of Sterner And Smarter Stuff. When A Mysterious Dwarf Leaves A Package In Their Hands For Safekeeping And Is Then Found Murdered, The Diamond Brothers Leap-or Perhaps Stumble-into Action. The Package, It Turns Out, Contains A Box Of Malted Milk Balls, The Maltesers Of The Title. Several Of The Most Important Criminals In London, Among Them A Near-anorexic Known As The Fat Man And A Pair Of Hitmen Named Gott And Himmell, Apparently Believe It To Be The Key To Millions Of Dollars In Diamonds. The Book Features Some Nice Word Play, And Horowitz Takes Great Pleasure In Parodying The Various Cliches Of Film Noir And The Hardboiled Detective Novel, Although Many Of These References Will Be Lost On The Story's Intended Audience. On The Other Hand, More Sophisticated Teen Readers Might Wonder Why British Kids In London Are Paying For Things In Dollars And Cents. In The Sequel, public Enemy Number Two, Nick Diamond Is Framed For A Jewelry Heist And Finds Himself Behind Bars, Sharing His Cell With Johnny Powers, Public Enemy Number One. Nick Must Break Out Of Jail In Order To Clear His Name And Catch The Guy Who Set Himup, But He Has Only His Incompetent Brother To Depend On, Which Means That Things Do Not Look Good. The Diamond Brothers Stories Are Invariably Funny And Full Of Excitement. Mystery Readers With A Sense Of Humor Will Enjoy Both Tales And Look Forward To Further Books In The Series. Voya Codes: 4q 3p M J (better Than Most, Marred Only By Occasional Lapses; Will Appeal With Pushing; Middle School, Defined As Grades 6 To 8; Junior High, Defined As Grades 7 To 9). 2004, Philomel, 224p., Ages 11 To 15.