Follow the naughty Goldilocks into the house of the three bears, and see what happens when they come home and find her!

When Peter and Jack go looking for their lost model aeroplane in an old abandoned house, they find a lit fire in one of the rooms. So who is living there, and why? It looks like the Secret Seven have another interesting case to solve.

Part of the Secret Seven series, the book narrates one of the many adventures of the Secret Seven, a detective community made up of a group of children. Peter, Janet, Barbara, Jack, Pam, George and Colin make up the secret seven society and with peter as the leader of this group. The book narrates a particular case they encounter when a young girl named Elizabeth Sonning, accused of stealing money from her mistress, disappears. The gang comes together to study the situation. They split up looking for clues Peter and Jack head over to Elizabeth’s grandmother’s house, Barbara and Pam take to searching the woods, Colin decides to check out the barns and shelters in the neighbourhood, while George and Janet investigate the stables nearby enquiring about Elizabeth being spotted there.

At the grandmother’s house, Peter and Jack meet Mrs. Wardle who informs them of food and rugs that mysteriously disappear every night, while Tom, a stable boy at the Warner stable recollects to George and Janet about seeing someone around matching Elizabeth’s description. The gang heads back and groups in to discuss and understand their findings.
Meanwhile Jack’s sister Susie discovers some clippings of the girl in Jack’s room. Ever jealous of the Seven and determined to outfox them someday, Susie is on her quest to find Elizabeth before the detective gang. Will the gang be able to solve this mystery?

When George is kept awake in the middle of the night by toothache, she notices a light on the supposedly empty Kirrin Island. While George is at the dentist, Julian, Dick and Anne decide to investigate and strange things start happening … can the Famous Five solve this mystery?

Borrowing some scissors is the beginning of an adventure for the Famous Five, as George manages to get mixed up with some burglars. Julian, Dick and Anne are too busy eating ice cream to realise that George is in trouble! Will the Famous Five manage to catch up with the burglars and save the day?

The most famous racehorse in England is being trained in Kirren, and the Famous Five are eager to watch. But when the horse bolts the Famous Five need to think quickly to make sure he isn’t lost or injured. The whole of England is depending on them!