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Solve the mystery with the Secret Seven - everyone's favourite detective club! These timeless stories are perfect for young fans of mystery, adventure or detective series. In book seven, the Secret Seven have a fantastic new hiding place, but somebody else has been using it, too. Whoever it is is going there at night, and the gang are determined to catch the cheeky intruder, whatever it takes. Solve the mystery! The story was first published in 1955. This recording has been amended since the previous version (2013) to revert to the original text wherever possible.

Die Uhren auf dem Schnuppestern ticken anders. Kein Wunder. Denn ein Tag dauert so lange, bis alle Menschen, Tiere und Aliens, die dort wohnen, einmal mit AAAAAAAAAH-Rufen dran waren. Das hört sich zwar seltsam an, aber irgendwie musste man doch festlegen, wie lange ein Tag zu dauern hat. Schließlich saust der Schnuppestern geradewegs durchs Universum und dreht sich nicht, wie etwa die Erde, um sich selbst und um eine Sonne. An manchen Tagen und Wochen ist es daher so zappenduster wie stockdunkel dort – von den unendlich vielen Sternen einmal abgesehen.

Jennie McGrady is quickly gaining a reputation as an amateur sleuth, and it isn't going unnoticed by the local media. But the glamour of publicity is getting old, and Jennie would love to disappear into the crowd - especially when a plea from Courtney Evans leaves her out in the cold. Courtney is the typical wild sixteen-year-old: weird hair, strange friends, and an attitude to boot. But underneath the hype Jennie finds a compassionate, hurting friend who is running scared.