Publisher's Synopsis
"The Seven" Cat the oldest girl, with her black and white Gypsy cob, her freind Charlie and her bay gypsy cob Tomcat, her brother Jack the youngest of them, Dannie and her chestnut pony Foxy Lady, her brother Paul and their cousine Simon and Ben his black labrador dog. They become involved in an adventure when an old lady is knocked over and nearly killed in the village, then the same black car all but runs into Cat and Jigsaw, It then speeds off disapearing into thin air.They discover a mysterious beautiful house that everyone has forgotten about in a dence wood.They see three men in the big black car going there. They decide to explore the house at night, and nearly get caught, Who is the Prisoner they are holding in the house, when they trry to find out Paul gets caught, but not befor they hear their plans to execute the prisoner, can they recue paul and can they rescue the man in time befor the men kill him. The Seven face great danger. Its very close to Christmas when the village is hit by a seies of theifts, The curch and many large houses are stolen from, but how does the thief always know when the house is empty. They attack Paul and Dannies dad when he disturbs them, what were they after, what did tey steal nothings missing it seams.Then their freind Walter is left for dead when they steal his mothers jewlery, How did the thief know when the houses are empty, and how did they know Walter had his mothers jewlery, They set about helping the local Bobby find the thieves befor Christmas, Most of the houses in the village will be empty Christmas eve and christmas day. Everyone says the empty Castle on the hill is haunted, they can hear the banchies screaming in the night. Why, whats diturbed them.Why did a man chase them off telling them they were trespasing when they went to explore the castle. A top race horse doesnt win his race, Why not, Why wouldnt the groom let Cat anywhere near him in the collecting ring just before the race. They visit the casle at night and find a secret passage into the castle. When the others all get caught by the man with a gun, Charlie and Ben manage to sneak off to find help, will they be in time
