A Handful of Thieves

<p>Determined to find the ex-lodger who stole his grandmother''s savings, Fred McAlpine and his friends Sid, Rosie, Algy and Clio launch on a series of sleuthing activities to trace the thief. Unfortunately their detective work leads them nowhere fast and very soon they decide the best way to track a thief might just be by acting like one themselves.<br><br>Resorting to cunning of their own, the children find their doings attracting the attention of the police. Can they - a handful of well-meaning thieves - find the criminal and vindicate themselves in the process?<br><br>Pacy and suspenseful, <b>A Handful of Thieves</b> is another vivid and colourful novel from one of Britain''s most inventive children''s authors.</p>