Kidnap on the California Comet
The second instalment in the bestselling Adventures On Trains series, Kidnap on the California Comet follows Hal and Uncle Nat to the United States for another amazing railway journey - and a brand new mystery to solve.
After the excitement of his adventures aboard the Highland Falcon, Harrison Beck can't wait for the opportunity to go on another amazing train journey. So when his Uncle Nat invites him aboard the California Comet, the iconic three-day train journey from Chicago to San Francisco, he leaps at the chance to travel. But when the daughter of billionaire entrepreneur August Reza goes missing en route, Hal finds himself with another mystery to solve. Can he uncover the kidnapper before the journey's end?
Praise for Adventures On Trains:
“If Agatha Christie had written for children, it might have read something like this”
“A chuffing triumph”
“A terrific read”
“Wonderful”
“Pacey and intensely satisfying”
“A brilliant detective story”
World Rights
The Adventures on Trains series is published in the UK and US by Macmillan, and is licensed to more than ten countries around the world, including the Czech Republic, France, Greece, Italy, Japan, Latin America, the Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Spain and Sweden.
TV and film rights are currently available.
M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman. Image: Jamie Isbell