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Die Zwillinge Hops und Holly können es kaum erwarten, in die Schule zu gehen! Und zusammen mit ihren Freunden Bommel, Pumpernickel, Murmel und Rosinchen stellen sie immer wieder mal die Schule auf den Kopf. Doch auch Schulleiterin Dr. Kohl-Rabi und Franz Blütenkranz, der beste Klassenlehrer der Welt, sind für Überraschungen gut.

George Furnace, flight instructor at Baston Aero Club, dies instantly when his plane crashes into the English countryside. People who knew him are baffled - Furnace was a first-rate pilot, and the plane was in perfect condition - and the inquest records a verdict of death by misadventure. An Australian visitor to the aero club, Edwin Marriott, Bishop of Cootamundra, suspects that the true story is more complicated. Could this be a dramatic suicide - or even murder?

A short story from British Library Crime Classic Deep Waters. Four amateur yachtsmen are toasting the completion of a trip from Falmouth to Spain in adverse weather conditions with a well-earned glass of cognac. But with just one mouthful, one of the friends drops dead. Who could be behind the poisoning, and why?