The Mystery of Holly Lane

1953 mystery novel by Enid Blyton

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The Mystery of Holly Lane

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Author| Enid Blyton
Illustrator| Treyer Evans
Language| English
Series| The Five Find-Outers
Genre| Children's novel
Publisher| Methuen

Publication date

| 1953
Publication place| United Kingdom
Preceded by| The Mystery of the Strange Bundle
Followed by| The Mystery of Tally-Ho Cottage

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The Mystery of Holly Lane is a 1953 children's mystery novel by English author Enid Blyton, and the eleventh book in the Five Find-Outers series.[1]

## Plot

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The Five Find-Outers — Fatty, Larry, Daisy, Pip and Bets — are together again during the school holidays. Bored without a mystery to solve, they decide to practise disguising themselves and shadowing people. Larry dresses up as a window cleaner, and unexpectedly the five children come across a robbery at a house in Holly Lane, the windows of which Larry has cleaned. The house belongs to a blind old man, who has apparently hidden his savings somewhere in the furniture. When the man reports the money stolen, the Find-Outers initially believe it to be a simple robbery, but then in the middle of the night, all the old man's furniture is mysteriously spirited away as well.

The suspects include Wilfrid, the old man's grandson, and his cousin Marian. When Marian herself disappears, suspicion falls firmly on her and bumbling village policeman Mr Goon is convinced she is the thief - but Fatty thinks differently. Will Fatty solve this mystery?

## Characters

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The Five Find-Outers and Dog:

* Fatty (Frederick Algernon Trotteville)
* Larry (Lawrence Daykin)
* Daisy (Margaret Daykin)
* Pip (Philip Hilton)
* Bets (Elizabeth Hilton)
* Buster - Scottie (Fatty's dog)

Other characters:

* Marian - the blind old man's granddaughter
* Mr Goon - the village policeman
* Mr Henri - a Frenchman who is staying next door to the house in Holly Lane
* Victim - blind old man
* Wilfred - nephew of the victim
* Superintendent Jenks - A friend of the Five Find-Outers

## References

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1. ^ "The Mystery of Holly Lane by Enid Blyton". www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2024.

## External links

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* The Mystery of Holly Lane at the Enid Blyton Society website

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Five Find-Outers by Enid Blyton

* The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage (1943)
* The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat (1944)
* The Mystery of the Secret Room (1945)
* The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters (1946)
* The Mystery of the Missing Necklace (1947)
* The Mystery of the Hidden House (1948)
* The Mystery of the Pantomime Cat (1949)
* The Mystery of the Invisible Thief (1950)
* The Mystery of the Vanished Prince (1951)
* The Mystery of the Strange Bundle (1952)
* The Mystery of Holly Lane (1953)
* The Mystery of Tally-Ho Cottage (1954)
* The Mystery of the Missing Man (1956)
* The Mystery of the Strange Messages (1957)
* The Mystery of Banshee Towers (1961)

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