Mystery of the Invisible Thief
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The Mystery of the Invisible Thief is a novel written by Enid Blyton. It is the 8th in the Mystery series also known as the Five Find-Outers and Dog.
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The Five Find-Outers are having a chance tea with Inspector Jenks when a robbery is revealed. The mysterious robber disappears from the scene of the crime without a trace - as if he were invisible and cannot be found.
The mysterious thief leaves only a few clues behind - enormous footprints, a strange criss-cross mark on the ground, gloveprints and two torn pieces of paper. The clues do not seem to make any sense. Of all the Peterswood villagers, only policeman Mr Goon has feet big enough to fit the footprints, and the thief is obviously not him.
The Five Find-Outers and dog decide that they will find the culprit before Mr. Goon does.
Amongst the various characters introduced throughout the story are Hilary, the god-daughter of Inspector Jenks, the cheeky baker who appears to be 'too big for his boots' and his cousin Kay.
Fatty uses his amazing disguises to gather important information, and in doing so outwits Mr Goon again, especially when both go at the same time to see Colonel Cross to ask him about his large shoes. Mr Goon disguises himself three times but on each occasion the Find-Outers see through the disguise straight away.
Eventually, the children manage to solve the mystery by understanding what made the mysterious criss-cross mark in the ground at the site of the robberies. They realise it is an imprint made by a wicker basket - in fact, the one owned and used by the arrogant baker. The baker has very small feet - and uses some enormous shoes taken from Colonel Cross in order to make large footprints and draw suspicion away from himself. He hides his stolen goods and his accessories in the bottom of his large baker's basket.
