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Foul Play

by Tom Palmer · 2008

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Danny Harte

is obessed with two things-

watching football and tackling crime.

So when his hero, the legendary footballer Sam Roberts,is kidnapped, Danny gets on the case, and fast. Danny was being chased through the streets on the dark night Roberts disappeared, and was the last person to see Roberts before he went missing.

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Now Danny wants an answer to the question on everybody's lips - who would hold England's star striker to ransom - and why?

Genre
detectivedetectiveMore like thisLess of this
Themes
sportssportsMore like thisLess of thiskidnappingkidnappingMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 175 pages

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