Seventh in a thrilling, fast-paced adventure series about Sherlock Holmes's gang of street-urchin detectives. There's been a murder at the racing stables and Gertie's father, Patrick, stands accused. The punishment is death by hanging, and Gertie is beside herself. She knows her father didn't do it, but with Sherlock Holmes away, how can she prove his innocence? Wiggins suspects an inside job and sends Sparrow in to do some digging around. Undercover as the new stable lad, Sparrow finds himself mixing with some decidedly shady characters - and then he stumbles upon an audacious betting scam that puts a valuable racehorse in danger. Now there are two lives for the Baker Street Boys to save, and time is not on their side. The race is on!

 

This book is part of a book series called Baker Street Boys .

This book has been graded for interest at 9+ years.

There are 176 pages in this book. This book was published 2012 by Walker Books Ltd .

Anthony Read is a television scripwriter whose credits include "Dr Who". He has more than 200 screen credits to his name, and has won the Writers Guild TV Award.