BIGGLES FLIES TO WORK
First Published in 1963 - 184 pages
This contains eleven short stories. The stories are:-
THE CASE OF THE LOST COINS
Biggles is sent to Albania to recover a valuable collection of rare coins for the British Museum.
THE CASE OF THE OLD MASTERS
Valuable works of art are being stolen and flown abroad. Various clues lead to the culprit.
MYSTERY ON THE MOOR
Ginger spots a plane on Dartmoor. This leads to the discovery of a crooked plastic surgeon.
THE TWO BRIGHT BOYS
Two boys build their own plane. Biggles warns them it is not safe to fly, as they later find out.
HORACE TAKES A HAND
A boy discovers a hideout on Dartmoor, which has been equipped to house escaped prisoners.
BIGGLES LEARNS SOMETHING
Horse racing meetings are being used by an old foe, Laxter, to fly criminals into the country.
DANGEROUS FREIGHT
Planes transporting gold are being made to crash when the air crew are poisoned.
A ROUTINE JOB
Biggles tracks down the supplier of Marijuana cigarettes.
DAWN PATROL
Ginger spots an aircraft whose registration letters don't exist. This leads to heroin smugglers.
THE TRICK THAT FAILED
An RAF accountant who has stolen £12000 is caught just as he plans to elope with his girlfriend.
THE CASE OF THE EARLY BOY
When a plane drops stolen jewels, a diamond necklace found in a tree gives the game away.
This story was originally written as
"Worrals Works it Out" and published in the 'Girls Own Paper' in September 1947 as a story featuring Worrals and her friend Frecks. It was subsequently rewritten by W. E. Johns and published in 'Stirring Stories for Girls' in 1960 as 'Pearls and Primroses' with the two lead characters becoming police officer Margaret Robertson and her assistant Jill Peters. In this third version, the story becomes a Biggles story.
The dust cover of the book shows Biggles standing by an aeroplane.
There are no story illustrations in this book
Biggles Flies to Work
Subtitle - Some unusual cases of Biggles and his Air Police
Publication Details - published by Dean & Son Ltd.
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