The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters

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The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters is a children's detective novel in Enid Blyton's Five Find-Outers series, featuring Fatty and his friends as they investigate a wave of malicious anonymous letters in their village.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
children's detective novel
novel
author Enid Blyton
linked to: Blyton
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
featuresCharacter Bets
Buster
Daisy
Fatty
Frederick Algernon Trotteville
Larry
Mr Goon
Pip
featuresElement amateur detectives
anonymous letters
village mystery
firstPublicationCentury 20th century
genre children's literature
detective fiction
hasAntagonist unknown letter-writer
hasDetective Fatty
hasIllustrations yes
hasInvestigationType mystery of poison-pen letters
hasRecurringCharacter Buster the dog
Mr Goon
hasSubgenre juvenile mystery fiction
hasTheme community
courage
friendship
justice
truth versus gossip
intendedReadingLevel middle grade
language English
literaryPeriod mid-20th-century children's fiction
mainSetting Peterswood
fictional English village
narrativePerspective third-person narration
partOfSeries Five Find-Outers
plotFocus wave of malicious anonymous letters
protagonistGroup Five Find-Outers
publisher Methuen Publishing
seriesPosition Five Find-Outers novel
targetAudience children

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Fatty appearsInWork The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters
Bets appearsIn The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters
Trotteville usedInWork The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters
The Five Find-Outers hasPart The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters
Five Find-Outers and Dog appearsIn The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters