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''Trixie Belden'' is a series of 'girl detective' mysteries written between 1948 and 1986. The first six books were written by Julie Campbell Tatham. The following titles were written by various in-house writers of Western Publishing under the pseudonym "Kathryn Kenny".〔 In 2003, Random House re-issued the first four books of the series.〔 ==Original six written by Julie Campbell Tatham== 1.''The Secret of the Mansion'' (1948) The book opens with thirteen-year-old Trixie begging her mother for a horse. Her two older brothers are away at camp for the summer, and Trixie is afraid she will be bored at their house, Crabapple Farm. The family cannot afford a horse, so Trixie is told she will have to save her money to buy one. She then sees a horse trailer outside a neighboring mansion. The Wheelers, a rich family from New York City, have just bought the mansion and are moving in with their teenaged daughter, Honey. Although tough Trixie thinks Honey is a priss and a sissy at first, they soon become fast friends. Trixie realizes that Honey really is a "poor little rich girl", her parents are never home, she has been very sickly, and she grew up at boarding schools, at camps and with governesses. Trixie helps her new friend overcome these problems, while Honey balances Trixie's rash and impatient personality with her tactfulness and gentleness. Recently, Trixie's neighbor on the other side was taken to the hospital, unconscious and sick from pneumonia. Trixie uses this chance to explore around the miser's rundown old mansion. Under the pretense of locking a window, Trixie and Honey climb inside to look around. They are shocked to find a tall, redheaded boy asleep on a mattress. The boy is Jim Frayne, the miser's grandnephew, and he is running away from his abusive stepfather. The three become close friends, with the girls smuggling food to the mansion for Jim. Local legend says the old man hid his fortune in the house, electing to live in poverty after his beloved wife’s death. Honey and Jim are doubtful, but Trixie is sure the money is there somewhere, if only they can find it before Jim's evil stepfather comes looking for him. Eventually, Jonesy, the stepfather, does come after a newspaper article about a jet crashing near the miser's mansion also features the miser's legend and a photo of a safe Trixie accidentally leaves open when she finds the engagement ring that Jim's granduncle gave his wife. That same night after Jonesy shows up, the mansion catches fire and is burned to the ground. When Trixie and Honey go there to the next morning to visit Jim, they find him gone. He has run away again, this time in possession of a portion of the half million dollars. The money was hidden in the mattress Jim had been sleeping on. The girls are confronted by the granduncle's lawyer, who asks them to track Jim down because his uncle had formed a trust for him. Also, a new guardian will be appointed for Jim. Mr Rainsford can only do this if Trixie and Honey find Jim. 2. ''The Red Trailer Mystery'' (1950) Jim Frayne ran away at the end of ''The Secret of the Mansion'', but later his great uncle's lawyer showed up, revealing that Jim inherited half a million dollars and is going to be removed from his abusive stepfather's custody. So Trixie and Honey set off in the Wheelers' trailer with Honey's governess Miss Trask to find their missing friend. They decide to check the boys' camps upstate, since Jim mentioned getting a job there, but he always seems to be one step ahead of them. On the trip, Trixie and Honey are faced with: a strange and poor family in a luxurious trailer; that family's missing daughter; Mrs. Smith, a fat and motherly woman who's missing her locket; a trailer-robbing ring; and two suspicious workers at their trailer camp who may be involved. Trixie knows that the mysteries are tied together and the answer lies in the nearby forest. At the end of the book, Honey's parents return. Honey runs to her mother and gives her a hug, something she has never done before. Her mother forgets her own shyness and hugs her daughter back. Jim is adopted by the Wheeler family, giving Honey an older brother. Jim tells Trixie that he is in charge now, but Trixie tells him to wait for her older brothers, Mart and Brian, to get back from camp. 3.''The Gatehouse Mystery'' (1951). ''The Gatehouse Mystery'' marks a point in the series when the hallmarks of the Trixie Belden books are solidly established. This book introduces Trixie's older brothers and marks the establishment of the "Bob-Whites of the Glen" club.〔 The plot involves an adventure that follows when Trixie and Honey explore an old, abandoned gatehouse on the Wheelers' property. 4.''The Mysterious Visitor'' (1954) This book marks the entry of Diana (Di) Lynch and a man staying with her family who may or may not be her long-lost uncle. The end of this book foreshadows events that occur in ''The Mystery in Arizona''. 5.''The Mystery Off Glen Road'' (1956) When the clubhouse is badly damaged, Brian uses the money he has been saving to buy a jalopy in order to purchase repair materials. To help him keep the car, Trixie wants to use the ring Jim gave her in the first volume as collateral. She also plans to get the Bob-Whites hired as temporary gamekeepers for Mr. Wheeler so that they can raise enough money to pay for the car. 6.''The Mystery in Arizona'' (1958) Trixie, while at Di's "real" uncle's ranch, tries to find out what happened to Uncle Monty's employees when they mysteriously disappear. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of Trixie Belden books」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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