A mysterious black aeroplane and a dastardly plot.Forced down by thick fog, Biggles and Algy cut short a pleasure flight and land on a river in Norfolk to wait out the weather. Exploring the banks, they stumble across a wartime pillbox with papers written in German hidden inside! Shortly afterwards, a massive plane painted black to camouflage it against the night sky sets down on the water with a roar.Biggles investigates, boarding the craft to find it is a bomber of imme...

Biggles is asked to set up a new air force!In the aftermath of the Great War, Biggles is contacted by an ambassador in London, alerting him to growing tensions between the small European nation of Maltovia and their sabre-rattling neighbour, Lovitzna. Maltovia needs help to create an air force to protect themselves, and Biggles is just the man for the job.After a menacing visit from the Lovitznian Minister in London, Biggles is convinced: he will offer Ma...

Biggles must thwart the schemes of an international gang of thieves!Paul Cronfelt, head of a firm of bullion brokers called Cronfelt and Carstairs, has a problem. Shipments of gold and precious stones being ferried between European capitals by aeroplane are being lost, the planes either crashing in mysterious circumstances or else landing without the valuables they set off with.The situation cannot be allowed to continue, and he needs a brave, daring pilot who can find ou...

Air Commodore Raymond approaches Biggles, Algy, Ginger and Bertie with an interesting proposition. Now that the Second World War had ended, he could use good pilots in a new force he is forming as Assistant Commissioner at Scotland Yard. This force would be used to combat flying crooks. The formation of a force would take some time, and there was a pressing matter to deal with and that is where our heroes come in. Biggles would be offered the rank of Detective-Sergeant.

Thirteen short stories of Biggles adventures in World War I including two stories from Biggles of the Camel Squadron.

Tiger Clinton and his crew return for more adventures in the distant stars!With their allies from space, they travel first to Mars to see the results of their aid, and then onwards - further into the unknown.Stumbling across a peaceful planet, however, the explorers and their shop the Tavona find themselves in the middle of an invasion by aliens with superior firepower. Can they use Earth's technology to help? Or are even they outmatched by this unknown foe?

The Tavona and its crew of intrepid heroes, led by Tiger Clinton, are back and exploring the galaxy once again.On a routine trip to Mars, a chance visit to a new planetoid leads to kidnap! Another planet is populated entirely by identical twins. Even simple streams are not as they appear, and everything holds hidden and unexpected dangers.Using their wits, their skills, and with the help of friends made on their travels, Tiger Clinton and his team are ready to face...

It looked like a lump of polished stone carved into the shape of an ugly little man, with a piece of red glass stuck in his forehead. But to the expert the idol became an exquisitely carved piece of jade, its single red eye consisting of a large ruby. Was the disappearance of the aircraft carrying its precious package to Santiago a normal accident, and why did Senor Pallimo suspect foul play? Biggles and Algy have to fly 5,000 miles and face many hazards before they have the answer to this...

World War II broke out, World War I veteran Major Biggles was in his room talking to some old friends. They were quiet about the radio message announcing the declaration of war and Biggles immediately understood that he was unlikely to be left out. A phone call from the Ministry was not long in coming, and in a short time, Biggles was embroiled in a secret mission and a series of hair-raising adventures.

With the First World War over, Biggles, Algy and Ginger are at a loose end, when they are offered a job transporting gold and diamonds. It ought to be simple--but there's a catch: the gold is regularly stolen en route and the pilots murdered... Can this crew solve the mystery and stay alive?

Biggles and company get sidetracked into an Egyptian adventure whilst on their way to a squadron reunion dinner in South Africa. They meet a threatened scientist and agree to help him find a lost oasis (called Zenzura) in the middle of nowhere.

Gimlet and Cub parachute back into France and meet up with The Fleas who show them the body of a dead Frenchman, Jacques, of the French Underground. Jacques was supposed to meet up with a contact but was shot by the Nazis, who are planning to replace him with a spy to infiltrate the Underground. Gimlet dresses in Jacque’s clothes to continue the rendezvous in place of Jacques. Jacques did not know the man he was supposed to meet and the man did not know Jacques. At the restaurant, a German...