When a man plunges down a cliff, two adventurous young friends decide to find his killer!

In 1771, at the age of 65, Benjamin Franklin sat down to write his autobiography, having emerged from the poverty and obscurity in which I was born and bred to a state of affluence and some degree of reputation in the world, and having gone so far through life with a considerable share of felicity. The result is a classic of American literature.

An old woman in a nursing home speaks of a child buried behind the fireplace...

With the break up of her marriage and the death of her daughter, Hilary Craven flees England and escapes to Casablanca - with the intention of taking her own life. However, fate intervenes in the shape of Mr Jessop who enlists Hilary's help to find out why some of the world's top scientists, physicists and chemists have disappeared without trace.

Unpleasant things are going on in an exclusive school for girls - things like murder!

A story of the author's early years at school and with his family. It features Quentin Blake cover and a section of facts about the author.