The KESTRELS Series by Stanley Weston Mason

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The KESTRELS Series by Stanley Weston Mason

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Has anyone else here read Stanley Weston Mason's 4-book 'KESTRELS' series (Brockhampton Press), starting with "KESTELS OVER THE BEACON" (1949)?
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I have a copy of Kestrels Plot Adventure, but I'm afraid that I haven't read it yet, as I am one of these people who likes to read books in the correct order and unfortunately these books are not easy to find any more.
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Good luck with finding those other 3 'Kestrels' titles, Tony.

Your deferring the reading until you've got the whole series is probably a good move as (in my opinion at least) the first book in the series is the best.

For others who might be interested, but who lack your skills in bibliographic research, the titles I'm aware of are:
  • Kestrels Over the Beacon (1949)
    Kestrels' Jetty (1950)
    Kestrels Dare Danger (1951)
    The Kestrels Plot Adventure (1954)
It would be interesting to hear from anyone who knows of other titles, or has more information about the author than appears on the back of the dustjackets.

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EDIT:
Thanks for the date on (The) Kestrels Plot Adventure, Tony. :) Always suspected that my dateless Spring Books edition was a later edition.

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