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The teen detective novel is a rare breed in this post-Famous Five era, now that the catch-cry of popular Young Adult fiction is the familiar and the relatable (I didn’t grow up in England in the 1940s, nor did I have a dog called Timmy, but it didn’t stop me enjoying Enid Blyton’s rollicking series).
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