The Adventures of the Black Hand Gang
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The Black Hand Gang made its headquarters at 49 Canal Street, at the top of the house, up seventy-two creaking stairs and their clubroom was called the 'Airport'.
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Meeting regularly after school, the gang is: "Frank, who played the trumpet, was the leader; then there was quick-witted Angela; Ralph, who usually wore a striped sweater; and lastly Keith W.S. and his inseparable companion , a squirrel (W.S. stands for With Squirrel). Well known locally as amateur sleuths, their friend is Police Sergeant Shorthouse.
The book contains four adventures - "The Mysterious House" (featuring a forger), "The Treasure In Breezy Lake" (the gang help solve a burglary), "The Smuggler's Tunnel" (the gang go to stay with Ralph's Uncle Paul and stumble across a drug smuggling ring) and "A Theft At The Zoo" (featuring the hunt for stolen animals).
(translated by Barbara Littlewood)
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