Murder on the Safari Star (Adventures on Train)

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This is a light-hearted fun murder mystery, with a cast of passengers that could have stepped off Agatha’s Christie’s Orient Express, accompanied by a clever plot, with clues nicely placed throughout the story. In fact, you could call it Agatha Christie for kids. It’s a super premise for a series of stand alone adventures, with Hal and train buff uncle travelling the world, and given its light tone, different locations and the challenge of solving the mystery before Hal, it’s a super read for kids. Also it’s illustrated, and I love illustrations!

Murder on the Safari Star - Goodreads

After train journeys in his native-UK and in the USA, it's now February holiday and this time Hal is joining his Uncle Nat in South Africa for a trip on the classic Safari Star.PDF / EPUB File Name: Murder_on_the_Safari_Star_-_M_G_Leonard.pdf, Murder_on_the_Safari_Star_-_M_G_Leonard.epub The cast of characters were fantastically written (as usual) and honestly it made me feel like I was watching an episode of Columbo (I mean that in the best way possible) where you think you know who the guilty party is but then the story takes a massive turn and your assumptions are right but 100% wrong. I really love how well-crafted and thoughtful these books are. There's such a lot here to latch onto - the adventure, the friendships, the trains (even if you're like me - these books make them interesting!), or the sheer joy of a solid, bold, and brilliantly told adventure story.

Murder on the Safari Star by MG Leonard and Sam Sedgman

We also got a teeeeeeeny sneak peek at the next book and I think it will be another corker - I'm liking the set up already. Brilliantly written and with a gripping case at its heart, it has all the hallmarks of a classic mystery story, with red herrings, twists, surprises, a gloriously drawn cast of characters, intricate plotting and even poisonous snakes. I became quite invested in certain characters and felt my heart-rate rising as they fell under suspicion. It was gripping until the very end. De treinreis zelf klinkt echt prachtig en is heel beeldend geschreven. Alsof je zelf aan boord bent van de Safari Star. De prachtige illustraties, gemaakt door Elisa Paganelli, ondersteunen dit gevoel. Maar dan de dood van één van de passagiers. Dit maakt het weer eens ontzettend spannend. Samen met Alex ga je op onderzoek uit, verdenk je meerdere passagiers en misschien raadt je het plot wel. Persoonlijk vind ik deze serie zo goed geschreven, dat het mij nog geen enkele keer is gelukt om de dader te raden.Het eerste wat opvalt is dat het per boek in de serie het steeds iets spannender wordt. Het begint met diefstal, wordt gevolgd door ontvoering en nu is er zelfs moord. Het geeft hoge verwachtingen aan het boek, maar M.G. Leonard en Sam Sedgman weten te voldoen aan deze verwachtingen. En om eerlijk te zijn: dit verhaal overtuigde niet helemaal. Er zijn een paar momenten in het boek waar ik vond dat Alex te overhaast te werk ging of niet genoeg aandacht (of de verkeerde soort aandacht) besteedde aan bepaalde elementen. Volgens mij is hij slimmer dan dat. It was fun watching Hal try to work through it all. There was even a scene where his Uncle Nat helped him to reconstruct the crime to try to find answers. It was adorable. Harrison gets off the train at Hoedspruit (E3) and must follow these directions to find the suspect. Sam Sedgman is a novelist, playwright and award-winning digital producer. His work has been performed internationally and shorltisted for the Courtyard Theatre award. Written with his friend, M.G. Leonard, The Highland Falcon Thief is Sam's first book for children. He lives in London and is a lifelong train and mystery enthusiast.