Max and Maddy and the Bursting Balloons Mystery

Name: Max and Maddy and the Bursting Balloons Mystery
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
ISBN: 9781436133296

Author: Alexander McCall Smith

Series: Max and Maddy #2

Narrator: Alexander McCall Smith

Unabridged: 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/09/2008

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

Best-selling author Alexander McCall Smith enthralls children with Akimbo adventures, Harriet Bean mysteries, and Max & Maddy detective tales like Max & Maddy and the Chocolate Money Mystery. Wealthy adventurer Harry Helium hires Max and Maddy Twist-world Clue champions and children of private detective legends-to stop a saboteur from affecting a New York to Vancouver hot-air balloon race. But as the race begins and dangerous incidents grow worse, the mysterious culprit lurks closer than anyone realizes.

About Alexander McCall Smith

Alexander McCall Smith is the author of over one hundred books on a wide array of subjects, including the award-winning The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. He is also the author of the Isabel Dalhousie novels and the world's longest-running serial novel, 44 Scotland Street. His books have been translated into forty-six languages. Alexander McCall Smith is Professor Emeritus of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh and holds honorary doctorates from thirteen universities. He was knighted by the King in 2024.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Santosh on May 17, 2021

Jestha 3, 2078, Monday Max & Maddy and the Bursting Balloons Mystery - Alexander McCall Smith, Macky Pamintuan (Illustrator) (1997) (Max & Maddy #2) Genres: Children’s Literature/ Mystery Pages: 80 Rating: 5.5/10 Themes: Mystery/ Ingenuity Opener: “It had been a hot hot day, and this meant that Max and Madd......more

Goodreads review by Sean on April 11, 2018

Second and last in the series about the two young detectives and their battle with Professor Sardine, the arch criminal is again humorous, and certainly does not end as such but there were no more books written, perhaps the success of the ladies detectives, coming up as the next book meant no more w......more

Goodreads review by Maria on September 17, 2011

Max and Maddy solve mysteries, it's something that they learned from their parents. In this adventure Mr. Hellium needs help finding out who is trying to stop his ballooning race. They travel across the country to solve the case. Why I started it: I have enjoyed Smith's The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Ag......more