Uncle's house, Homeward, is even more amazing than Uncle himself. Uncle Drew recruits a squad of older basketball players to return to the court to compete in a tournament. Pages are clean and bright with a firm binding. 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. Funny Uncle John and family pretend play with pizza kitchen toys and cooking food kids toys at the restaurant. Carlos is Lisa ’s older brother and a detective on the same police force as One-Fifteen.A second father figure to Starr, Carlos helped take care of the Carter children while Maverick was in jail—a fact that creates tension between him and his brother-in-law. 1966. The fourth of the Uncle books and one of the scarcer titles, particularly in such nice condition. Uncle is a millionaire elephant who has a B.A. 172 pages. His life should be an easy one. But his sworn enemies, the dreadful Badfort crowd, led by the frightful Beaver Hateman, are determined to make it a misery. Uncle and His Detective. Uncle (the elephant) is trunkdeep in trouble again! His enemy the Hateman is disturbing the peace with plots and rebellions. UNCLE AND HIS DETECTIVE - Martin, J.P. by Blake, Quentin Author: Martin, J.P. Uncle and His Detective: Part 1 - The Mystery of the Art Gallery 15min | Family , Fantasy | Episode aired 25 January 1971 Season 9 | Episode 97 A few stories relate to land use, land deeds and inheritance laws during that period. Toby goes to desperate measures to win the $10,000 prize offered to the detective who can solve a staged death and then become "The World's Greatest Detective." True Detective and all … Uncle Abner is a wise, religious and observant man who solve frontier mysteries and deliver frontier justice using his power of observation and deductive skills. Almost very good condition in an almost very good dustwrapper. Third book in the Uncle series. Boards are a little rub worn with some slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. His enemy the Hateman is disturbing the peace with plots and rebellions. At present this site reflects the contents of the published Radio Times BBC listings. He lives in a labyrinth of skyscrapers connected by water chutes, lifts and railways, and littered with oil lakes, walls of sweets and towers of treacle. Book 3 of 5 in the Uncle Series. Amateur sleuth Drew Nance and her father Attorney Carson Nance are conducting a secret investigation of a ciminal world hidden behind the facade of business and high finance – a criminal world that caused the death of Drew’s uncle David and her cousin Jane. Beaver Hateman has sold it cheaply to someone on the condition that he, … His money comes from thousands of dwarfs who live in the top storeys of his house and pay him rent. search results for this author. John Percival Martin (1879 – 24 March 1966), also known as J. P. Martin, was an English author best known for his Uncle series of children's stories.. Martin was born in Scarborough in the county of Yorkshire in summer 1879 and became a Methodist minister in 1902 before serving as a missionary in South Africa and as an army chaplain in Palestine during the First World War. First Edition. Uncle and his Detective UNCLE the immensely rich and well dressed elephant is in trouble again. Toby thinks trouble follows him, and it does seem so. Uncle And His Detective. Uncle John wants a big pizza and Auntie Joyce makes one, but … Best scene in the premiere. Fox 15min | Family , Fantasy | Episode aired 26 January 1971 Season 9 | Episode 98 Detective McCaslin has applied his investigative skills to finding the remains of Staff Sgt. First edition. J. P. Martin (Author), Quentin Blake (Illustrator) 5.0 out of 5 stars 2 ratings. Uncle and His Detective Hardcover – 1 Nov 1966. by J. P. Martin (Author) › Visit Amazon's J. P. Martin Page.