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(1959) by Bruce Campbell, a penname of Sam and Beryl Epstein, who cemented their legacy as the pioneers of the present-days Young Ad*lt genre with the acclaimed Ken Holt series – which tended to be darker and more intricately plotted than most juvenile mystery series of the period. What's not as well known is that Ken Holt has a predecessor, Roger Baxter, who appeared in a couple of novels during the late (1948), which were published under two different names, Charles Strong and Martin Colt. A very short-lived series, but as highly regarded by fans as the more well-known Holt series. And not without reason! Roger Baxter is the 14-year-old protagonist of the series who lives with his 12-year-old brother, Bill, in the small, coastal town of Seaview and they were obviously the prototypes for Ken Holt and Sandy Allen. Roger is, very much like Ken, the meticu*ous, rationally-minded thinker of the two. However, the difference between Ken and Sandy, who are the same age, is due to intelligence, while the difference between Roger and Bill is clearly age, because Roger has already began to ma*ure and Bill is still in the phase between childhood and adolescence – which can make him a little bit naive at times. Roger and Bill are two very well-drawn, believable child characters on par with the children and te*nagers found in the work of Gladys Mitchell The story opens during the summer holiday and the boys are planning to make a windmill on top of the empty cottage, owned by their cottage has been rented for two months to a man, Robert Slim Warner, who wants a quiet place to recuperate from an operation. Luckily, Slim has no problem with Roger and Bill mounting a windmill on the roof of the cottage to generate electricity for the cottage. However, they soon begin to pick up hints and clues that Slim is not who he says he is. send the telegram to ask for it. And then there's the mysterious, late-night visitor to the cottage and they boys overheard them talking