Customer Reviews
Hugely under-rated children's series - By: hwade17, 03 May 2006 
Beneath the idyllic surface of an English country village, villainy lurks. Who stole the furniture from Holly Lane? Can the Five-Find-Outers (and Dog) solve the case? How can Dr Holroyd help, & what about the mysterious, French-accented foreigner who has come to convalesce in the cottage next-door?
You have to read the two books back to back, but "The Mystery of Holly Lane" is, without a doubt, Enid Blyton's tribute to Agatha Christie's classic, "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd." Once you start to see the paralllels, they're inescapable. And for my money, Blyton has the edge - in dialogue, in characterisation, & above alll in a rarely-revealed turn for comedy.
Written perhaps fifty years ago, the Five Find-Outers books are among her best children's works, with exciting, well-paced & witty plots that still hold their own against any of their modern-day rivals. Recommended for any child with imagination & a sense of humour.
five-find outers - By: , 03 Feb 1999 
This book has a group of detective "wannabees" callled the Five Find-Outers. The basic plot of this story is about a blind man who is robbed one night & the find-outers hear about it, they are straight on the case. But can the find-outers crack the case before the local police-man, Mr Theophilus Goon
