Why does an escaped convict send a message to Dick in the dead of night? And what can the strange message mean? The Police refuse to help...

George and Timmy have disappeared, and someone has broken into Kirrin Cottage!

Dick's been kidnapped, mistaken for someone else, and the Famous Five are frantic! Desperately, they track him down to a sinister old house in the middle of nowhere - and he's safe and well! But just when they thou...