Margaret Love

Four cousins from three families come to spend the summer holidays with their eccentric, famous explorer aunt in her remote home on the Cornish coast. Each originally reluctant for various reasons (no chance to wear nice clothes! having to hike instead of reading S to V in the encyclopedia! and so on), they all end up enthusiastic about exploring right where they are and make exciting, or satisfying as the case may be, discoveries about their environment, their neighbours, and themselves. It's rather predictable that one of them would find a smugglers' cave in Cornwall, but the identity of the strange man who has been seen stalking the family is a total surprise. A pleasant summer read.… (altro)