Mother Goose Murders (Tuppenny Hat Detective series Book 3)

Twelve year old Billy Perks and his pals Yvonne Sparkes and Kick Morley find a lordly old actor in their gang den. They befriend and care for him until he mysteriously vanishes two days later. Police try to connect him to a hit and run killing and a brutal murder at a stately home. The three pals must turn detective to prove them wrong, assisted by Old Etonian medic Doc Hadfield and ex sailor, police constable John Needham.