Falcon's Malteser, The

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Back in the flat the following day, Nick is visited by the Professor, one of Snape's suspects, who offers Nick half the Falcon's money if he gives him the Maltesers. This is the first full-length Diamond Brothers novel since the release of South by South East back in 1991. A hilarious story about the world's worst detectives by the bestselling author of the Alex Rider series, Anthony Horowitz. Tim Diamond runs the world’s worst private detective agency along with his long suffering little brother Nick.

Its got everything you need in a good book - peril/suspension/love/twists and turns and a decent ending. Its relevance to the story is that one of the most dangerous criminals is in London and is trying to kill Tim and Nick Diamond. The plot involves the start up of the Diamond detective agents which is probably a disaster in se, having Tim as the detective and a 13 year-old brother (Nick) depending on him.

However, just moments after the brothers feel they are getting somewhere, Bacardi is snatched by two shady figures in a blue van. Registered office address: Unit 34 Vulcan House Business Centre, Vulcan Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 3EF. The next day – after going to the cinema to see 101 Dalmatians – they find their flat turned over by someone during the day. Nick explains that he was meant to emigrate with his parents to Australia against his wishes in the novel's character introduction, but he managed to escape the airport when they weren't looking. After his older brother, a fledgling private detective, agrees to safeguard a package for a dwarf who does not live long, thirteen-year-old Nick scampers to solve the mystery while also trying to stay one step ahead of an assortment of thugs.

With great humour, interesting chapters, and a great storyline, it is one of the best books I have ever read.Nick goes back to the hotel, where Naples was staying, to investigate, while Snape keeps Herbert for interrogation. T. He penned the script for the film The Gathering, which was released in 2003, starring Christina Ricci.

By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.Snape and the police suspect that the Falcon had stashes of uncut diamonds in many cities around the world, including London, which was the base of his operations. When they go to Room 39 at Hotel Splendide however, they arrive at exactly the time that he is shot. The promotional blurbs of the early 2004 editions of the Alex Rider novel Scorpia, and of an early edition of Three of Diamonds claimed that Horowitz was planning an Australian-based adventure for the Diamond Brothers, entitled The Radius of the Lost Shark (a play-on-words on the film title Raiders of the Lost Ark).

A hilarious family film noir pastiche following the adventures of the hopelessly inept private detective Tim Diamond and his sharp witted brother Nick. Isn’t it more exciting to imagine these great battles with all their magic and mystery happening in the very high street where you live, just out of the corner of your eye?If you are under 16, please obtain your parent/guardian’s permission before submitting or ask your parent/guardian to submit on your behalf. When a dwarf comes into the office and leaves a package, Tim Diamond, the world's worst private dick, is faced with his toughest case yet.