The Case of the Watching Boy Author:Robert Newman It was an odd assignment that the headmaster had given Andrew Tillett: Find out what was troubling another student, Markham, and try to help him. Andrew knew where to find him alright - out on the moors. And it didn't take long to find out what was troubling his classmate: He had been asked to help rescue a child. A woman had met him on the moor... more »s, had told a sad tale of her child having been taken from her by her estranged husband, and had enlisted Markham's help in stealing back the child.
But there were some odd incidents that went with the rescue, Andrew thought. Why did the mother not hug and kiss the child before handing him over to a nurse? Why was the nurse so unloving? And who were the coachmen and the other man in the carriage?« less