# Uncle And His Detective

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- Book: [Uncle And His Detective](https://www.bookquiver.com/j-p-martin/uncle-and-his-detective) ([Uncle And His Detective.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/j-p-martin/uncle-and-his-detective.md))
- Authors: [J. P. Martin](https://www.bookquiver.com/j-p-martin), [Quentin Blake](https://www.bookquiver.com/quentin-blake)
- Publisher: rhcp_digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-4819-747-7
- Published: 2015-10-30
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

It begins with the arrival not of a detective, but of disaster: Badfort is for sale, but when Uncle decides to buy it, demolish it, and build a pleasantly appointed park on the site, he is forestalled. Beaver Hateman has sold it cheaply to someone on the condition that he, Hateman, is allowed to stay on as a paying guest. Forgetting that the man who has bought Badfort is certain to regret the " bargain", Uncle tries to console himself by continuing his never-ending exploration of Homeward. He soon discovers the mysterious Crack House - lair of a vicious and horribly squawking creature, half-bat, half-bird, called Batty - where there are rumours of buried treasure. Uncle is in need of a detective . . .