Kidnap on the California Comet: Adventures on Trains #2

By M.G. Leonard

Book Overview

When a boy travels with his uncle, he stumbles on the disappearance of a billionaire's daughter

An Edgar Award Nominee for Best Juvenile Fiction

After his adventure on the Highland Falcon, amateur sleuth Hal Beck is excited to embark on another journey with his journalist uncle. This time, they're set to ride the historic California Comet from Chicago to San Francisco.

Hal mostly keeps to himself on the trip, feeling homesick and out of place in America. But he's soon drawn into another mystery when the young daughter of a billionaire tech entrepreneur goes missing

Along with new friends--spunky 13-year-old Mason and his younger sister, Hadley--Hal races against the clock to find the missing girl before the California Comet reaches its final destination.

Catch Hal's other adventures in:
The Highland Falcon Thief
Murder on the Safari Star
Danger at Dead Man's Pass
Sabotage on the Solar Express
The Arctic Railway Assassin

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250222931
• ISBN13: 9781250222930
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.6" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9