Seven years after they first came together, the members of the Black Hand Gang meet up again. They find much has changed. Whilst they cherish their shared past, they discover they have chosen different paths in life, and are preparing for adult life in different ways.

Frank, Angela, Ralph and Keith, known together as the Black Hand Gang, prove their skill as detectives during four exciting episodes in which they uncover a forger, capture a burglar and enlist the aid of the local police when things get a bit sticky. Every story has illustrations which provide the clues discovered by the Gang. All the necessary clues are shown so you can be a detective with them. But you have to be sharp to keep up with the Black Hand Gang! As the Gang tracks down the criminals, you can keep a score of clues you get right and add them up at the end of the book.

Grace and her family return to Kenya from England, where they have been living for quite some time. Youns Grace joins a girls' boarding school in Kenya. While her parents are worried she might not adjust to the new system, for Grace and the other girls at Lina School life is full of action, fun and adventure.

The Black Hand Gang is a neighbourhood group of young Kenyans, which meets in the eastern part of Nairobi. The gang members, Onyango, Waithaka, his sister Jane, V.J. Patel and Hassan make a lot of friends trying to help other people. The story is intended as a supplementary text for children fluent in reading, to encourage reading for pleasure.

During the pandemic, the Blackhand Gang finds themselves confined within the walls of Lockdown Town. Without siblings, short on funds, and craving adventure, these four friends from diverse backgrounds share a unified spirit and a thirst for excitement. Their adventures are nothing short of extraordinary. From daring rescues to save a drowning individual, to facing the terror of processionary caterpillars, and confronting the heartbreaking captivity of a white lion, their courage and ingenuity know no bounds. In these challenging times, their friendship blossoms as they rely on each other for solutions to problems like family separations and welcoming a new gang member from Ukraine, who embraces their secret sign and the unexpected challenge of the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme. The Blackhand Gang is defined by their unwavering commitment to each mission, guided by innovative plans that differ with each new adventure. This story is a testament to the power of friendship and resilience in the face of adversity, showcasing how unity and creativity can turn any situation into an extraordinary journey.

Billy is an uneducated quick witted lad from South East London. Roger is his middle class counterpart from a leafy suburb and training to be an architect. Their unlikely friendship and resultant partnership leads to a bank robbery, the proceeds of which is used as seed capital to form BHG a window cleaning business. Window cleaning is intended mainly as a front for further thieving. But Billy discovers that a successful business brings it's own rewards. Until a holiday to the Greek island of Zante puts some serious criminal temptation in their path. They kidnap the body of a Saint.

THE BLACK HAND is the true story of Rene Enriquez, aka "Boxer," and his rise in a secret criminal organization, a new Mafia, that already has a grip on all organized crime in California and soon all of the United States. This Mafia is using a base army of an estimated 60,000 heavily armed, loyal Latino gang members, called Surenos, driven by fear and illicit profits. They are the most dangerous gang in American history and they wave the flag of the Black Hand. Mafioso Enriquez gives an insider′s view of how he devoted his life to the cause--the Mexican Mafia, La Familia Mexicana, also known as La Eme--only to find betrayal and disillusionment at the end of a bloody trail of violence that he followed for two decades. And now, award-winning investigative journalist Chris Blatchford, with the unprecedented cooperation of Rene Enriquez, reveals the inner workings, secret meetings, and elaborate murder plots that make up the daily routine of the Mafia brothers. It is an intense, never-before-told story of a man who devoted his life to a bloody cause only to find betrayal and disillusionment. Based on years of research and investigation, Chris Blatchford has delivered a historic narrative of a nefarious organization that will go down as a classic in mob literature.