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[bilgewaters]

I'm trying to find a childrens detective book I read in school,it was called " Tom..?.. First Case" I can't rmember the whole title.can anyone help.Hope so.many thanks.

[Kitty]

Can you describe the plot at all - or whether it was set in Europe or America, whether Tom was an adult or child, that sort of thing? Or a rough date? Was it a paperback or hardback, roughly how long? The only Toms I can think of off the top of my head are Tom Swift (not a detective) and Tom Quest (who at least was a sort of crime fighter!), but I don't really think either are what you are after, since the titles don't match

[Tony Summerfield]

There is also Tom Merry who featured in a number of books written by the Billy Bunter author, Frank Richards, mostly written under another of his pseudonyms, Martin Clifford. Tom Merry certainly did a fair bit of detective work, but there is no such title as 'Tom Merry's First Case'!

[bilgewaters]

It was a hardback from about middle fifties i think, it was set in England, I can't remember the plot at all now although I remember him(Tom) smoking! he was a young man just left school and it was his first job.The cover showed Tom standing sideways looking into a room secretly.I keep getting flashes of the book maybe I'll remember more one day!.thanks for your help anyway.