All-aboard for the third amazing journey in the bestselling Adventures on Trains series from M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman, illustrated throughout by Elisa Paganelli. A high-speed train journey worth catching . . .The best yet' - The Times on Murder on the Safari Star Support authors: If you like this and can afford it, consider buying the original, or supporting the authors directly. Waar de Dader op het spoor boeken goed in zijn, is de enorme spanning, mysterie en de plottwisten. Al vanaf het begin van het boek weet je, door de vorige delen, dat er iets gaat gebeuren. Hierdoor ga je alvast nadenken wat er zou kunnen gebeuren en wie hiermee te maken kan hebben. Algauw wordt duidelijk dat het om een moord gaat en ga je meedenken over wie de dader kan zijn. Leonard en Sedgman weten je hierbij telkens op een 'verkeerd spoor' te zetten. Het blijft hierdoor spannend en het plot was weer een verassing.

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I really love how well-crafted and thoughtful these books are. There's such a lot here to latch onto - the adventure, the friendships, the trains (even if you're like me - these books make them interesting!), or the sheer joy of a solid, bold, and brilliantly told adventure story. I also found that I sort of figured out who would die and then who did it reasonably fast – though I didn’t get why as you don’t get the hint til close to the reveal. I never mind that though as they are so fun and well laid out. And the characters are all so wonderful. Even the unlikeable ones!Wat hierbij nog een leuk detail is, is dat Alex ook zijn tekenkwaliteiten ontwikkeld. De tekeningen, gemaakt door Elisa Paganelli, worden in het verhaal geplaatst als zijnde dat Alex ze zelf tekent. Hij gebruikt deze tekeningen onder andere om de zaken op te lossen. In Gevaar op safari krijgt Alex voor kerst ander tekenmateriaal waar hij tijdens de treinreis mee gaat oefenen. Door alle ontwikkelingen in de spanning en in het hoofdpersonage is het boek erg prettig om te lezen. This series really is wonderful! Honestly, I just want to go on awesome train trips around the world. They are so full of love for trains and mysteries, it really shines out from the books.

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The cast of characters were fantastically written (as usual) and honestly it made me feel like I was watching an episode of Columbo (I mean that in the best way possible) where you think you know who the guilty party is but then the story takes a massive turn and your assumptions are right but 100% wrong. I've talked before about the Adventures On Trains series before (reviewing The Highland Falcon Thief and Kidnap on the California Comet and loving them both intensely) and so, when Macmillan sent me a review copy of Murder On The Safari Star, I was incredibly excited. It's a brilliant series. I have pretty much negative interest in trains (I mean, I just do not find them remotely interesting) and yet here I am, living and loving every inch of this series. Since their first book I have been hooked to this mystery train series. I really enjoyed their latest book because I liked how the book is written. All the characters are likable and interesting. The authors make it easy to become hooked. They have the main protagonist solve the crime along with a fresh new character who becomes a trusted friend to Hal. I like the fact that a new likable character is put in to the book, this way you don´t have all the characters repeating with each new book. Ross Welford, author of Time Travelling with a Hamster on The Highland Falcon Thief I have a station announcement: their collaboration is a chuffing triumph. Fans of Agatha Christie, or, more recently, Robin Stevens and Katherine Woodfine, should adore this mystery which makes a steam trail all of its own.

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Join Hal and Uncle Nat as they plunge straight into an exciting mystery - this time while on Safari! Inhoudelijk doet dit boek enorm denken aan De Moord op de Oriënt-Express van Je-Weet-Wel-Wie, Die Naam Hoeft Niet Eens Genoemd Te Worden. Een afgesloten ruimte in de vorm van een luxetrein waarop passagiers van allerlei slag en nationaliteiten zitten en waarvan er een op onverklaarbare wijze vermoord wordt. Feitelijk heeft het nog lang geduurd voor Leonard & Sedgman er zich aan waagden, maar goed, de concurrentie is - eh - moordend, natuurlijk. We also got a teeeeeeeny sneak peek at the next book and I think it will be another corker – I’m liking the set up already. A "file MD5" is a hash that gets computed from the file contents, and is reasonably unique based on that content. All shadow libraries that we have indexed on here primarily use MD5s to identify files. En om eerlijk te zijn: dit verhaal overtuigde niet helemaal. Er zijn een paar momenten in het boek waar ik vond dat Alex te overhaast te werk ging of niet genoeg aandacht (of de verkeerde soort aandacht) besteedde aan bepaalde elementen. Volgens mij is hij slimmer dan dat.

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Het eerste dat me opviel toen ik in dit derde boek begon, was dat de vertaling van Anne Douqué was. En al kon ik me niet herinneren wie de vorige twee verhalen had gedaan, van haar had ik nog nooit gehoord. Het was in elk geval een aangename kennismaking. Het las vlot, snel, geen rare zinnen, geen typfouten. Mooie Nederlandse uitgave! The safari element felt great as well – really respectful of the animals and explaining about hunting and endangered species. And I obviously loved Chipo, as he’s adorable! This is a light-hearted fun murder mystery, with a cast of passengers that could have stepped off Agatha’s Christie’s Orient Express, accompanied by a clever plot, with clues nicely placed throughout the story. In fact, you could call it Agatha Christie for kids. It’s a super premise for a series of stand alone adventures, with Hal and train buff uncle travelling the world, and given its light tone, different locations and the challenge of solving the mystery before Hal, it’s a super read for kids. Also it’s illustrated, and I love illustrations! This time, Hal and his uncle Nat were traveling in Safari Star, a luxurious safari train in South Africa. And for the first time on his detective career, Hal had a murder case.Oh ja. Het was ook heel plezant om een paar uitstapjes naar wilde dieren te maken. De combinatie van de treinrit met die safaritochtjes was heel origineel gevonden en goed verwerkt! The Adventures on Trains series is published in the UK and US by Macmillan, and is licensed to more than ten countries around the world, including the Czech Republic, France, Greece, Italy, Japan, Latin America, the Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Spain and Sweden. I was pleased to see that the galley had the illustrations in, as they really help make the books, and are honestly so fantastic.

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I’d like to thank netgalley and publishers for allowing me the opportunity to read an advanced ebook Sam Sedgman is a novelist, playwright and award-winning digital producer. His work has been performed internationally and shorltisted for the Courtyard Theatre award. Written with his friend, M.G. Leonard, The Highland Falcon Thief is Sam's first book for children. He lives in London and is a lifelong train and mystery enthusiast. After train journeys in his native-UK and in the USA, it's now February holiday and this time Hal is joining his Uncle Nat in South Africa for a trip on the classic Safari Star. The main reason we love this series is that it's a mystery on a train - and this one does not disappoint. The mystery in this can be rather baffling at first but as Hal figures more things out, I really felt myself start to become a detective. Having said that, I still wasn't sure what the outcome would be, or who was behind it all, and I think Leonard & Sedgman played the game very well in leading me off certain character scents. PDF / EPUB File Name: Murder_on_the_Safari_Star_-_M_G_Leonard.pdf, Murder_on_the_Safari_Star_-_M_G_Leonard.epubHal and Uncle Nat continue to shine and their relationship is always so genuinely portrayed. Because they are so grounded now in who they are, I'm always excited to see how they interact with a new cast of characters, and who Hal makes friends with next. I loved Hal's new friendship with Winston and even the mongoose Chipo. Each new setting and each new cast of characters presents different challenges to Hal and Uncle Nat and I just love watching them navigate it all. I feel like I missed out on the opportunity to read so many MG books when I was younger and need to read them now!