Danger at Dead Man's Pass (Adventures on Train)

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Nat makes a point very early on about how, as they're going undercover, Hal can't draw the way he usually does with all his supplies - in case it gives him away. The Kratzensteins are wealthy and powerful railway tycoons with a rich history and spooky mansion in the mountains. I know that you do kind of have to suspend disbelief with these books but I think this one just took it way too far. Wildly funny, with hairpin plot bends and inventive characters, this series is firmly on track to become a bestseller. I have read each entry within hours of getting it, swept away by all the clues and red-herrings, and the general adventure of being aboard a train.

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At first it was really confusing trying to get my head around all of the characters and how they were all connected and then after the 100 page mark the plot just got a little bit too ridiculous for me. Op zich kwam dat helaas niet echt verrassend over, maar het is wel vreemd dat het vier boeken geduurd heeft voor alles aan het licht komt, zeker omdat daar in de eerste drie verhalen echt nooit een hint over wordt gegeven. The old family home (more of a castle, with a train station inside) is big enough to hide many secrets. From a creaking old house at the foot of the Harz mountains, they take the Kratzenstein family's funeral train to the peak of the Brocken Mountain.It was a really nice shakeup from the other books, and exploited the setting brilliantly (cold, dark, snowy mountains that are supposedly haunted! As with the previous novels the characters are well developed and the plot moves along at a good, convincing pace.

We’re delighted to bring you this thrilling adventure to enjoy in a book club setting – whether with friends, family or your school mates. She spent her early career in the music industry running Setanta Records, an independent record label, and managing bands, most notably The Divine Comedy. And so it is with Danger At Dead Man's Pass that takes the series to somewhere spooky and spectral and (when the resolution comes) deeply moving. From a creaking spooky old house at the foot of the Harz mountains, they take the Kratzenstein family's funeral train to the peak of the Brocken Mountain. Absolutely blown away by Uncle Nat’s revelation… but love to think where this is going to take these stories.Hal and his Uncle Nat are back in their fourth adventure, Danger at Dead Man's Pass, and I couldn't have been more excited! As a grown up, she has written stories about fantastical beetles, beautiful birds and thrilling train rides. This is a story about deception, about detective work, the importance of learning other languages, about friendship and family, about secrets and codes, and most importantly about trains. Embark on a thrilling fourth adventure in the bestselling, prize-winning Adventures on Trains series - Danger in Dead Man's Pass, from M.

With a cast of delightfully dubious characters who are all potential suspects, Kidnap on the California Comet will keep readers guessing and reading on to enjoy the developing friendships and follow the red herrings across the USA, to a satisfying conclusion. I read the first three books in the series in the space of a week and was already desperate for the next. If I could add one small caveat with this book then it would be that there are too many characters, which made things confusing, and quite a lot of them are similarly named also.Don’t worry if you haven’t read the other books in the Adventures on Trains series – you can still enjoy Danger at Dead Man’s Pass as a book on it’s own! Uncle Nat and Hal do travel by train to get to Germany, and then the Kratzenstein's do have a private funeral train that is used for Alexander's services, but besides that, you are at the Kratzenstein's gothic-feeling home.